Holy Week 2007

• Icemoon

  2 Apr 07, 12:20

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  we process into the church holding palms

  But this is unbiblical.
  
  So many palms .. but where is the donkey?
  
  It is like the eucharist without the wine/blood.
• Icemoon

  2 Apr 07, 12:25

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  in the past, Catholics abstein from meat on fridays. But they changed that a little now. It is more as a sgn of penance when u stay away from meat, but its ironic that you go for a seafood buffet instead. So i guess, the meat thing gradually lost its meaning. So we're encouraged that if we eat meat on fridays, we do ohter forms of absteinance like maybe stay away from TV or chatting on msn (to me this is TOUGH!!) etc.

  Even last time, it is all up to the individual isn't it?
  
  Meat or no meat, up to you. Is no meat on friday a sacrament?
• audlenelee

  2 Apr 07, 12:26

  i is fed up. i din get any palms yest. my church veh ngiao!
  
  
• ben1xy

  2 Apr 07, 12:32

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Hah? Most churches have that?
  
  Where? Outside the church?

  station of the cross. inside the church usually. but this year i think some churches hold it outside the church.
• ben1xy

  2 Apr 07, 12:32

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  But this is unbiblical.
  
  So many palms .. but where is the donkey?
  
  It is like the eucharist without the wine/blood.

  hard to indent donkey lah
  
  
• ben1xy

  2 Apr 07, 12:33

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Even last time, it is all up to the individual isn't it?
  
  Meat or no meat, up to you. Is no meat on friday a sacrament?

  we only have 7 sacraments lah
• ben1xy

  2 Apr 07, 12:35

  Originally posted by audlenelee:

  i is fed up. i din get any palms yest. my church veh ngiao!
  
  

  my mum used to bring her own palms. we will go to my uncle's place to choose the nice small ones (buay tahan my mum sometimes hahaha). the one the church gives usually quite big.
• audlenelee

  2 Apr 07, 12:40

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  my mum used to bring her own palms. we will go to my uncle's place to choose the nice small ones (buay tahan my mum sometimes hahaha). the one the church gives usually quite big.

  I was tempted to cut some from watever were left on the palms in church.
  
  But obviously I didn't, so i'm still very fed up. This year the allocated a certain amount for each mass service. HOW CAN??
  
  argh!
  
  So this year no green palms at home. Only the ones on the owners.
• Icemoon

  2 Apr 07, 12:41

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  we only have 7 sacraments lah

  What's the spirit of the letter?
  
  Why no meat on friday? Issit a kind of penance?
• SingaporeMacross

  2 Apr 07, 20:11

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  cannosian (sp) nuns? they are all sooo nice!!

  Closistered Carmelite nuns. Their monastery is being rebuilt.
• SingaporeMacross

  2 Apr 07, 20:11

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  hmm visited a neighbourhood church...my neighbour asked me along..
  
  church of st anthony of padua.. at wlds...
  
  this coming easter sun is my BIG DAY!!

  Baptism? At where?
• SingaporeMacross

  2 Apr 07, 20:12

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Even last time, it is all up to the individual isn't it?
  
  Meat or no meat, up to you. Is no meat on friday a sacrament?

  No meat is a discipline, not a sacrament.
  
  By the way, where did you get the 'special announcement' from?
• SingaporeMacross

  2 Apr 07, 20:12

  Originally posted by audlenelee:

  i is fed up. i din get any palms yest. my church veh ngiao!
  
  

  Mine were all dry.
  
  We have not seen you in a long time!
• the Bear

  2 Apr 07, 20:15

  at Holy Cross, we're usually given HUGE palms.. this year, the palm is about 1 metre
  
  when the warden gave me the palm, i was going "sheesh!! this is HUGE!!" and he laughed a little.. the rest were just as big
• Icemoon

  2 Apr 07, 22:07

  Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:

  No meat is a discipline, not a sacrament.
  
  By the way, where did you get the 'special announcement' from?

  but they clever .. they try to turn it into the sacrament of penance now.
  
  I got it from St. Joseph website .. was trying to look for information on its Stations of the Cross. Didn't know they have it every friday during Lent!
• SingaporeMacross

  5 Apr 07, 22:39

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  but they clever .. they try to turn it into the sacrament of penance now.
  
  I got it from St. Joseph website .. was trying to look for information on its Stations of the Cross. Didn't know they have it every friday during Lent!

  Nono. You must differentiate the Sacrament of Penance also known as Confession also known as Reconcilliation, from any acts of penance.
• Icemoon

  5 Apr 07, 22:42

  Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:

  Nono. You must differentiate the Sacrament of Penance also known as Confession also known as Reconcilliation, from any acts of penance.

  wah .. penance also got so many levels huh.
  
  what is the spirit of the letter? It is simply reconciliation with God isn't it?
  
  
• soulwinner

  5 Apr 07, 22:47

  Hmm... Go church then take a rest at home...
• SingaporeMacross

  7 Apr 07, 00:20

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  wah .. penance also got so many levels huh.
  
  what is the spirit of the letter? It is simply reconciliation with God isn't it?
  
  

  Confess your sins (sacrament of penance) and make up for the damage done (penance), that justice be served.