tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post6790491453798731007..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: The importance of showing up in Church each week.Fr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-15044091050459136952018-04-22T15:05:29.778+08:002018-04-22T15:05:29.778+08:00The Last 2 words edify me most. Always get the fee...The Last 2 words edify me most. Always get the feeling of being read a storybook during kindergarten times when all the children sit in front of the class and on the floor, when it is your turn to celebrate mass. What a nice feeling! Thnk you lots for being our Shepherd, Fr LUKE AND A HAPPY GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY TO YOU! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332699040028651519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-60238971943380434342018-04-19T17:47:43.483+08:002018-04-19T17:47:43.483+08:00 “There are a host of reasons that cause this irre... “There are a host of reasons that cause this irregularity, (mass attendance) and at its core, the issue really boils down to selfishness.” <br />I laud the points that you raised later on to support your above stand and I do agree with them.<br /><br />However, sometimes what seems to be the problem is the over- idealization of what worship or mass-attendance should be. We would like to believe that at every mass we are fully attentive, enthusiastic and emotionally present all the time. So when we can’t sustain this, we experience uncertainty, tension and guilt. <br /><br />For instance, there are days when we are tired, distracted , harried by the daily demands made on us so that by Sunday we are deflated and depleted of energy and yet - after getting the family into the pews - the kids start their own percussion band.<br /><br />I have heard it happen to young families who decided to forgo this weekly “charade”as they call it. It would thus be welcoming for them to know that sometimes the effort made to be present that seems to be just a weekly routine or a ritual - plays an important part in sustaining faith....for nothing is permanent and the effort is part of the desire to worship and to love God.<br /><br />Thanks again Fr for high- lighting current issues of concern.<br />God bless you<br /><br />TessaTessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211998984286520369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-74472931447706829182018-04-16T16:57:43.193+08:002018-04-16T16:57:43.193+08:00Thanks Fr Luke for summing up our thoughts n conce...Thanks Fr Luke for summing up our thoughts n concerns for those who aren't regular. Praise be to God! <br />Trust you are keeping well!.... Joanna Joanna Tannoreply@blogger.com