Eucharist as Sacrifice vs Eucharist as Meal

Not many years ago, the Eucharist used to be: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. However, in more recent times, not much reference is made to the Eucharist as sacrifice, but more as a meal. Why not? It was during a discussion with Paul at his “Vidimus Dominum” blog that I came to understand why.
In [...]

Say ‘Yes’ To Sex

Assamite let me listen to a song today. It’s a rap song, written by a priest Father Stan Fortuna, CPF. It’s a song about sex. That was enough for me to raise my eyebrows at. I burst out into spontaneous laughter especially when I heard the words “Humanae Vitae” and “Gaudium et Spes” in the [...]

Finding Christ in the liturgy

I was sitting on my chair, waiting for the priest, Carmelite Father Thomas Lim, to come celebrate Mass. The congregation was small, a handful of elderly folk. I glanced around to the back, where a lady in red was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the celebrant.
Lily was her name, and she worked in the Society [...]

Monday, October 29 - Communion

Romans 8:12-17
My brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.
Everyone moved [...]

Primary purpose of the Mass

I realised that it’s been a while since I last wrote anything in this blog, except for my daily reflections which aren’t so daily these days!
Just a couple of quotes here, regarding the liturgy from a book that I’m reading, the first one is aimed particularly at those who say that [...]

Sunday, October 14 - Sign of the Faith

Luke 17:11-19
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered one of the villages, ten lepers came to meet him. They stood some way off and called to him, “Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.” When he saw them he said, “Go and [...]

I had sex with Jesus!

Now before you get all your feathers ruffled up, let me just say that yesterday was a great day for me. It started the night before, actually, when I was writing out a sharing on how Theology of the Body changed the way I practised my faith.
According to what I learnt, [...]

Friday, September 28 - The Glory of the New Surpasses The Old

Haggai 1:15 - 2:9
In the second year of King Darius, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord was addressed through the prophet Haggai, as follows, “You are to speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the high commissioner of Judah, to Joshua son of [...]

Bring bread, bring wine… why?

Have you ever wondered why did Jesus use bread and wine at the institution of the Eucharist? Why did the faithful in the early Church bring bread and wine to the Mass, some of each was used by the priest for the sacrifice?
There are three reasons. Do you know what [...]

Tuesday, July 31 - Do You Believe This?

Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28
Moses used to take the Tent and pitch it outside the camp, at some distance from the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting. Anyone who had to consult the Lord would go out to the Tent of Meeting, outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to [...]