tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post2398818403143582900..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: That perennial struggle we have between making worship an act of love and wanting worship to be entertaining and engaging.Fr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-10373967969937844302016-09-29T21:27:53.813+08:002016-09-29T21:27:53.813+08:00"An added ‘bonus’ is the fact that while bein..."An added ‘bonus’ is the fact that while being entertained and with the senses so engaged, one is also doing something else – worshipping God."<br /><br /><br />I would find this line rather hilarious if not for the rather serious nature of the topic at hand. Can we really multi-task at worship? <br /><br />I believe worship is a natural consequence of love .<br /><br />Recently, I met up with a young friend who was a successful and brilliant stock-broker-"fast and furious" at the exchange(was what I heard)........for the number of years that I had known her. She had just become a mother.Now, she shared that she never knew she could be such a 'typical mum' loving this little bundle of joy to distraction-so much so she has "become his willing slave." To be in his presence looking at him asleep or awake became her only daily desire. It was enough. <br /><br />I knew she was sincere coz she had forgotten so much about herself that she was meeting up with us with her face free of make-up except for a trace of lipstick and her glossy, long hair clasped high in a 'horse-tail'. She looked such a child herself! <br /><br />I felt that if we have gotten to know God and fallen in love with him likewise - we would also be adoring him and always wanting to talk about him to others in like manner...... because the weight of not sharing this joy in our hearts would be too over-powering. We would be looking forward to worship him with others, together ..........feeling proud that we can boast about his goodness, his majesty, his beauty....publicly.<br /><br />How then can this public worship or mass be boring if we are really participating or celebrating together? In most cases, we can say , it ends too soon!<br /><br /><br />God bless u, Fr.<br /><br />Tessa<br />Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211998984286520369noreply@blogger.com