tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post6771576333075357031..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: The difference between not going to church and leaving it.Fr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-37438160200753144802017-07-08T22:16:15.770+08:002017-07-08T22:16:15.770+08:00Fr is merely pointing out that God will not forget...Fr is merely pointing out that God will not forget such persons and we should not too readily condemn them:<br />1. The parable of The Prudigal Son<br />2. The plight and prayer of St Monica for her son and the advice of St Ambrose <br />Fire<br />How St. Monica Can Help Your Child Return to the Church | Word On Fire<br />We do not give up, even if they have <br />Whar we can't ; God can!Wah Yonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609119375355652838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-16368492516458185582017-07-07T14:48:09.570+08:002017-07-07T14:48:09.570+08:00Thanks for the wonderful insight and perspective, ...Thanks for the wonderful insight and perspective, Fr Luke! Finally someone within the Church who understands the others who, for their own reasons, do not attend Sunday Mass regularly. <br /><br />Archaic concepts and approaches to faith (eg see Anonymous July 6, 2017 at 1:11pm) is precisely why many people leave the Church permanently! Many do not attend Sunday Mass regularly but they do not consider themselves as leaving the faith. They still consider themselves Catholic and faithful Christians. What happens is that others like 'Anonymous July 6, 2017 at 1:11pm' judge them and the Church discards them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-86327621566305036432017-07-06T13:11:41.281+08:002017-07-06T13:11:41.281+08:00If one does not practise the faith, he or she is a...If one does not practise the faith, he or she is as good as having left the faith. Going to church means<br /><br />1. Attending Sunday Mass<br />2. Attending classes eg Sunday class or BAT class<br />3. Participating in the parish community<br /><br />If one does not want to attend Sunday Mass to<br />1 celebrate Christ's victory over Sin,<br /><br />2.receive the Eucharist to be the branches that remain in the vine (Christ) and bear fruits and<br /><br />3.be risen up on the last day (John 6:54) <br /><br />Then the person who does not go to church has actually left the church - substance over form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-75069916532361536382017-07-06T07:52:53.533+08:002017-07-06T07:52:53.533+08:00Thanks for your affirmation! I know I shall not gi...Thanks for your affirmation! I know I shall not give up. Jo Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498283792792739127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-43249462766021168222017-07-05T22:09:04.618+08:002017-07-05T22:09:04.618+08:00This is so powerful coming from you. Thanks.This is so powerful coming from you. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-59287791699610724282017-07-05T19:53:32.832+08:002017-07-05T19:53:32.832+08:00Not a day goes by when I do not have the need to h...Not a day goes by when I do not have the need to hear this. Good to know that a priest understands. Thanks for the spiritual uplift Father Luke <br /><br />ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057655649672465766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-86792367529261911452017-07-05T17:45:10.833+08:002017-07-05T17:45:10.833+08:00Thank you Father Luke for the gift of hoeThank you Father Luke for the gift of hoeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336617692628211138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-61379346298494590032017-07-03T10:31:25.047+08:002017-07-03T10:31:25.047+08:00Thanks Fr Luke for this! I fall in yr last paragra...Thanks Fr Luke for this! I fall in yr last paragraph.Joannanoreply@blogger.com