Thursday, December 27, 2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ALL
Bless you all!!!!
Friday, December 7, 2007
EVERYTHING, ANYTHING AND NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!
St. Paul Center For Biblical Theology
The founder and president of this website is Dr. Scott Hahn who is a former Protestant minister turned Catholic. (For more information on him please see the blog entry on Wednesday, July 18, 2007). It is a very interesting website with lots of information about our faith and it also focuses a lot on the Bible as it even has several online Bible courses you can take for FREE!!! The only thing required is that you register and have the discipline to see it through.
http://www.amm.org/chss/chss.htm
Catholic Home Study Service
The website above has quite a number of home study programs such as:-
WE PRAY: LIVING IN GOD'S PRESENCE
WE WORSHIP: A GUIDE TO THE CATHOLIC MASS
A CATHOLIC GUIDE TO THE BIBLE
CHRIST'S MOTHER AND OURS
Each of the above titles comes with a book that they will actually send to you when you sign up and register for the home study program. TRUST ME!!! I've already signed up for the 'A Catholic Guide to The Bible' program and I confirmed that I have received the book no strings attached absolutely FOC.
Now the question that we have to ask ourselves is this, are we truly lacking knowledge of our own faith because there is little or no resources around or is it because we ourselves have not done enough...................................
Bernard and I came out with this little rhyme last night and it goes like this:-
We want to complain about EVERYTHING but we don't want to do ANYTHING so we end up with NOTHING!!
Bless you all!!!!!!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
http://liturgy.slu.edu/index.html
Do take the time and effort to take a look at it before you go for Mass and I believe that you will not regret it!!!!!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
THE NICENE CREED
WOW! It's been quite a while cos I've been a bit busy lately but here's something for us all to pick up our Bibles and reflect upon.
So what do Catholics believe in anyways???? We been saying it ever since we were young every Sunday and at every mass faithfully without fail but do we really know and comprehend this declaration of faith and where it comes from??? Here's something I picked up from the Catholic Goldmine website http://www.catholicgoldmine.com
What Catholics Believe
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, (Gen 14:19)
of all that is seen and unseen. (Col 1:16)
We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, (Luke 1:35)
eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. (Heb 1:3)
Through him all things were made. (John 1:2-3)
For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: (John 3:13)
by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the virgin Mary, (Matt 1:18)
and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, (John 19:16)
he suffered, died and was buried. On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures. (1 Cor 15:3-4)
He ascended into heaven (Luke 24:51)
and is seated at the right hand of the Father. (Col 3:1)
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead (2 Tim 4:1)
and his kingdom will have no end. (Luke 1:33)
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Life, (Acts 2:17)
who proceeds from the Father and the Son. (John 14:16)
With the Father and Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. (1 Peter 1:10-11)
We believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic Church. (Rom 12:5)
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. (Acts 2:38)
We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. (Rom 6:5)
Amen
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!
RaymondMonday, August 13, 2007
THE MASS! HOW? WHERE? WHAT? WHO? WHY?
This page gives you the relevant biblical text related to each section of the Mass
http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Biblical_Mass_Texts.htm
A short but informative article on the Mass
http://www.sjy.org/Church/exp_mass.asp
This is THE OFFICIAL (American Adaptation) of the GIRM = General Instruction of The Roman Missal - This is the authentic Vatican approved document on the Roman Missal
http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/current/revmissalisromanien.shtml
Friday, July 27, 2007
READ THE BIBLE AND CATHECISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURH IN 1 YEAR???!!!!!!
http://www.chnetwork.org/journals/readguide04.pdf
I greatly encourage you to look through it and see if you are willing to make that personal commitment. However let's discuss this also during our SS Meeting to see if we would like to adopt this as part of our activities.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
SCOTT HANH CONVERSION STORY!!!
http://www.chnetwork.org/scotthconv.htm
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
FINDING A CATHOLIC BIBLE ONLINE???
This website ha actually many versions of the Bible but finding this particular Catholic version required a little bit of digging : ) , however this version is a little bit difficult to read because it is a direct translation from the Latin Vulgate so it's got a lot of thee's and thou's............
http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=63&lang=2
The version found here is much easier to read as this is translated into our everyday english language.
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/
Here's an interesting article on the Bible that you all might find interesting........I didn't know that there was so much to consider when buying a Bible..............it's really quite a blessing in disguise cos when I lost my laptop together with the bag that had my Bible in it.........I decided to do a litte bit of reading and found out so much more about the Bible..........I hope to share this with all of you..........(you don't have to lose a laptop to be motivated to find out more about the Bible ; ) )
http://www.catholic.com/library/Bible_Translations_Guide.asp
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
USEFUL CATHOLIC WEBSITES!!!!!!!!
http://www.catholic.com/
http://www.vatican.va/
http://www.ewtn.com/
http://www.newadvent.com/
http://www.catholic-pages.com/
As you browse into these link, you will find more links to other related websites, however please bear in mind that we should always pray for wisdom and discernment in all that we see and read as information in this day and age can be easily distorted. Follow the simple rule.....'When in doubt, ASK!!!!!!!!!'
Sunday, June 24, 2007
The Birth of S&S Blog
Dear brothers & sisters in Christ,
Hoorrayy!! Today is S&S Blog's birthday!!
Come and visit us to learn more about this group...together we worship, bible study, deepen our faith, have fun and more...!! Stay tune as we will update you on our activities and plans!
God Bless!
Your brother in Christ,
Bernard