Sacred Heart in Mt Barker - Australia

Here are some pictures of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mt Barker WA. Unfortunately, we arrived late (from Perth Airport) for Mass and unable to take any pictures of the inside of this Church.






My sincere apologies Fr. Doyle for being unable to meet you there.

First Sunday of Advent

Image via WikipediaThis past week-end marks the start of a new liturgical year for the Catholic Church. This week's reading are as follows :
[Isaiah 63:16-17, 19] [1 Corinthians 1:3-9] [Mark 13:33-37]

The readings this week has special meanings for me after reading the many postings on the various forums. The debate on salvation, second coming of Christ, the end of the world etc..

The Gospel that Jesus teaches us is "pretty simple" and that is to love our neighbour and I truly believed that Christians can make our home a better place by following Christ and loving our neighbour just as God has loved us.

Then we should just "stay awake and be alert" waiting for the coming of Christ. When? It doesn't really matter because we really don't know as only the Father does. What is more important is : Are we ready for His coming?

Are we ready to receive Him and are we ready to answer Him when he asked:
- Did you feed me when I am hungry?
- Did you give me water when I am thirsty?
- Did you clothed me when I am naked?
- Did you visit me in hospital when I am sick?
- Did you visit me in prison when I am lonely?

In conclusion, did we love our neighbour and be a true disciple of Christ? Or are we still talking about our how much faith we have and how other faith (even denominations) are false etc...?

This first Sunday of Advent is a waking up call for us and a time for us to start thinking what we have done for the past year, to confess our sins and pray to God to help us be his true disciple.

It's Good to be Back!

Hi all,

Have been away for a 2 weeks holiday which explains why this blog was not up-dated. Missed 1 week of Mass too....

Have taken some pictures of Churches that I have visited and will be up-loading them in due time. In particular, have some interesting pictures of some historical Anglican Churches.

Will continue after getting some rest as well as sorting out my stuff. Bye for now and God Bless.

Just for laugh...

Image by 5348 Franco via FlickrAH BENG: People consider me a "GOD".

WIFE: How do you know??

AH BENG: When I went to the park today, everybody said, "Oh GOD! You have come again!"

A Deeper Look At New Creation Church Joseph Prince’s Destined to Reign

Book cover via AmazonI come across an interesting review about the book written by Joseph Prince - Destined to Reign.

You can read all about the review at HERE.

Why do I even bother to blog about this?

I am disturbed by that fact that I have come across quite a few people who seems to believe that they can understand the bible by reading them on their own. And from there, they have their own version of the gospel and start to question that other main stream Churches teachings.

Well it is good to question and search for the truth, it is disturbing to see how they have a twisted version simply by reading the books of similiar believers. Thus, a whole new set of wrong beliefs are believed as the "truth" by these people.

Mega church pastors are some of such people in my opinion. I always question where do they receive their training?

Can a self proclaimed vision give one the authority to preach? More importantly, are the preaching defensible by the bible?

I am sure many who have experience and contact with such church goers will know the answer.

Let's pray that these people continue to explore and not be taken in by sugar-coated grace ministry that is leading one away from God.

Is mega churches related to size?

Image via WikipediaI am just wondering why some non-denominations charismatic church called themselves mega churches? They usually bragged about their 15,000 - 25,000 attendance as a sign that God is with them and given them so much success....

Is that so?

Then how about the Catholic Church in Singapore? We have about 340,000 parishioners and what will that make us - Super Mega Church?

I am sure many if the other main stream Churches have more parishioners than any mega church.

Can someone explain to me?

Three Islamic militants were executed......

Image by publik18 via FlickrI read with mixed feelings at the news of the execution of the 3 Islamic militants for the 2002 Bali bombings. What they have done is really terrible but should they be executed? Does a life imprisonment suffice?

All these questions arises while we are in the mist of discussing euthanasia..... killing is wrong. But what about execution of prisoners?

There are threats of revenge for the 3 executed militants and let's hope that everybody can come to their senses and stop all killings.