More memes I did yesterday. They are actually excerpts from my previous blog posts. I shared these with our two Catholic groups at our FB sites.
Posts Tagged ‘Being Catholic’
Tuesday Thoughts
Posted in Catholic Faith, Catholic life, reflections, tagged Being Catholic, blessings, early morning thoughts, silence speaks on February 2, 2021| 11 Comments »
TGIF
Posted in blogging, I love weekends, journeys, tagged Being Catholic, I love weekends, The Filipino Catholic, thoughts on January 22, 2021| 13 Comments »
Just had a meeting with our chief admin and another admin at our Catholic page. Fr. Louie laid out his plans for our page in the next days until Holy Week.
I am now beginning to earnestly appreciate Zoom, whereas two months ago, I didn’t know how to use the app. Being active in our Catholic page and another Catholic group which I am admin is a big help in my life. I am learning a lot, gaining new friends in the process.
There are more people you’ll meet along life’s road, some would teach you a lesson, you make beautiful memories with a few, you laugh with many. I met a new friend at Sambuhay Interaktib, a co-admin actually, who have the same taste of books as I do. She has also read most inspirational books that I have read before. It is always fun to reminisce and remember. She writes too. There is no dull moment when we get the chance to talk.
I have been more active reading (done fourteen books) than visiting this blog. Sorry if I am quite slow in responding to your posts.
It’s Friday again, some of us always look forward to weekends. Have a lovely and blessed one.
A Blessed Ash Wednesday
Posted in Catholic Faith, Catholic life, Catholic traditions, tagged Ash Wednesday 2020, Being Catholic, Closer to God, Faith on February 26, 2020| 19 Comments »
“Repent, and believe in the Gospel”. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
It’s the beginning of Lent.
Today we celebrate Ash Wednesday.
I attended the 6:30 am mass this morning. So many lay ministers around to put ashes on the forehead of the mass goers. Ash Wednesday is a Christian holiday of prayer and fasting. It signifies that we ought to repent for our sins during the Lenten fast. Aside from the Advent and Christmas seasons, the observance of Lent is one thing that I also look forward to every year. It’s a beautiful tradition that we Catholics observe. This culminates on Easter Sunday. The priest reminded us that every person between the age of 18 and 59 (beginning of 60th year) must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Senior citizens like me are exempted but if we are well and fit enough to observe it, so much the better.
I recently checked my dashboard after a few days of being absent from this blog. Gosh, it’s a good thing Akismet protects us from those spam comments which are usually from porn sites. Imagine, since I started blogging, there were 56,079 spam comments that I deleted from my blog posts. It is clearly annoying.
Thank you so much to all my new followers. Sorry, I haven’t visited your blogs yet but I will one of these days.
Miércoles de Ceniza
Posted in silence speaks, tagged Ash Wednesday 2018, Being Catholic, Closer to God, Faith, fasting and abstinence on February 14, 2018| 6 Comments »
Today is Ash Wednesday.
I unconsciously donned a red shirt early this morning to get ready for the early morning mass. When I switched on the TV, everyone in the morning show were wearing red. Oh gosh, I forgot. today is Valentine’s Day too. Haha, as I don’t want to wear red, I have to change. We don’t celebrate the latter.
The church is full. What a lovely homily reminding the faithful that Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. Ashes also symbolize grief, grief that we have sinned. The wearing of ashes on our forehead is a sign of penance.
Seeing those fake roses, teddy bears galore and stems of single roses wrapped in cellophane and tied with a red ribbon, I just smiled. Will they be able to sell all those in a day? I wonder. Just like the celebration of Christmas, Valentine’s Day has been much commercialized.
Let’s celebrate love every day, not just on hearts’ day.