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Mission
Written by Spiritual Director: Father Paul Pang   
Aug 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM
We, the fishers of men, are disciples of Jesus who in obedience to His Word seek to cast the net into the deep to catch men and women into the kingdom of GOD. Touched by the Gospel, in their turn, they must go on to evangelize others.
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Make Her Known
Written by Spiritual Director:Father Paul Pang   
Aug 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Since the Novena Devotions began 59 years ago people from all walks of life, and races and creeds have placed letters at the feet of our Mother of Perpetual Help. These letters written in great anxiety and distress were nevertheless prayers of faith in our Mother's unfailing love for us her children.

Other letters were written from hearts, overflowing with love and gratitude to a Mother who did not fail to answer the cry of her desperate children. But do you realize that God our heavenly Father has also written to us a most beautiful, a most assuring, a most comforting letter?  Our heavenly Father spoke to our doomed world defeated and broken by sin, a Word. It was a Word of mercy, a Word of hope, a Word of infinite love and tenderness. The Spirit of God wrote this Word "JESUS" not on a stone tablet but on the tablet of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary. Then the Spirit wove this Word into a baby in the womb of Mary. The Word was made flesh, (Jn.1.14) and the Son of God , became the Son of Mary.   Because Mary said: "Yes" to God and brought God's Word of love into the world, she became God's love letter to the human race. And Mary, God's love letter to us is depicted in the form of the icon of our Mother of Perpetual Help. This icon is God's mass medium by which he proclaims his unspeakable love for us his children. Mary holds in her arms her Son who gazes with fear at the instruments of his passion, the cross the reed and lance. She clasps his little hands in her hands and shares his trembling. Mary says to us: "Sinners see my Child your Saviour who for love of you will die." But her eyes gaze out at us, eyes full of compassion and love. Her pain filled eyes tell us she understands our anxieties over our health, our financial struggles, and the dangers to our eternal salvation we face threatened as we are by so many temptations. Her pain filled eyes tell us she understands the hurts we suffer from fractured relationships, from the loss of loved one through death, from the harshness inflicted on us by  cruel, heartless people.  Her pain filled eyes brim over with love and tenderness for us, given to her as her children by Jesus on the cross in the person of St. John who represents all of us : "Woman, here is your son." Jn. 19.26. 

For the last 59 years, countless thousands of people have come before this shrine of our Mother of Perpetual Help.They have gazed upon Holy Mary of Perpetual Help as if they have heard the words of Jesus addressed to St. John: "Here is your mother." Jn.19.27. Will Singaporeans continue to come to listen to God's love letter to us- our Mother of Perpetual Help ? In ever greater numbers?  And not only for the next fifty years, but for as long as time lasts?  Mary tells us: "All generations will call me blessed, because I am your Mother of Perpetual Help."      

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Fishers of Men - Friday movies @ Peter Donders Room
Written by Convenor: John Paul Koh   
Aug 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM
 03 Jul 2009
A Man for All Seasons
Based on the true story of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England, who refused to sign a letter asking the Pope to annul the King's marriage and resigned rather than take an Oath of Supremacy declaring the King the Supreme Head of the Church of England. The King is Henry VIII of England and his wife is Catherine of Aragon, the first of an eventual six wives. The film portrays More as a man of principle, motivated by his devout Roman Catholic faith and envied by rivals such as Thomas Cromwell. He is also deeply loved by the common people and by his family.
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10 Jul       LAZARUS PHENOMENON : Life after Death? 

17 Jul         ON THE WATERFRONT  : a young fighter's redemption

24 Jul         TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE : may just change your views on the meaning of life....forever 
31 Jul          A.D.   PART 1  : The Book of ACTS comes alive in this epic covering 30-69 AD 
07 Aug        A.D.   PART 2 
14 Aug        A.D.    PART 3 
21 Aug       A.D.    PART 4

 

7.15pm in Peter Donders Room
Divine Mercy prayers form part of the evening's program
(Light meal will be served)
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The  Be-Loved Prayer Ministry

 

The Be-Loved Prayer Group believes that prayer is the  “one thing necessary” ( Lk 10:42 ) for personal growth as Christians and for the fruitfulness of all our ministries.  Without prayer we are Christians at risk, Novo Millennio Ineunte 34)   and all our efforts to evangelize are futile, for unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it (Ps 127:1 ).

Since prayer cannot be taken for granted, but must be learnt anew from the Divine Master ( Novo Millennio Ineunte 32 ) the  Be-loved Prayer Group teaches  a method of prayer according to St Alphonsus whom the Church honours with the title Doctor of Prayer.  Some aspects of prayer contained in this method are gathered from the wisdom of Catholic Tradition and the Holy Scriptures, inspired by the Holy Spirit. 

 

The Be-Loved Prayer Group directs people to contemplate the merciful love of the Father revealed through his Word Incarnate,  Jesus. Hence we place the utmost importance on the contemplation of the Word of God in the Holy Scriptures which has power to transform us from  into the image of the Lord from one degree of glory to and another for this work of the Lord who is a Spirit. ( 2Cor 3:18 )

 

Come and experience being loved by the Lord, so that you may become like the BE-LOVED DISCIPLE OF JESUS. ( Jn 13:23)

 

Our Patrons:

 

Mary the Beloved Mother of Jesus

John the Beloved Disciple of Jesus

St Alphonsus Doctor of Prayer.

 

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The Clock, The Hail Mary St Alphonsus The MRT And I.

On my visit to Pagani I saw the clock which whenever it chimed, reminded St Alphonsus to say a Hail Mary. This was one of the many practical ways St Alphonsus expressed his love and devotion to Mother Mary.  Today, we hardly hear the chime of a clock, as the old grandfather clocks have been replaced by digital watches and clocks.

However I would like to share my own practice of saying the Hail Mary through a simple story of a little act of kindness shown me on the MRT. A reader complained in the Straits Times that young Singaporeans are an uncivilised and uncaring lot of people. This reader lamented that some people occupying the seats on the MRT reserved for people with special needs, pretend to be asleep whenever they see an elderly person approaching. This is contrary to my experience.

On one occasion, a lady in her mid thirties, kindly offered me her seat. Well I am not exactly decrepit. But it would have been ungracious to reject her kind offer. Thanking her for her kindness, I accepted the seat which was not even one  reserved for people with special needs.  And I wondered how I could repay her for her kind deed. Then it occurred to me that I could say a Hail Mary for her. After saying the Hail Mary I felt certain that I would meet her again, in the next life. Why this certainty? Because I entrusted her to holy Mary our life, our sweetness and our hope.

I have experienced the kindness of young people again and again who offered me their seats on the MRT. And I have always said the Hail Mary for them, and not only for them but for all the people on the train, fellow travellers to our earthly and heavenly destinations.

I ask all who read this simple faith sharing to say a Hail Mary for me as I would say a Hail Mary for you. 

                                                                   

See you again on the other side of the River.

 


 

 

 

 

 
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Fishers of Men - Friday movies @ Peter Donders Room
 03 Jul 2009
A Man for All Seasons
Based on the true story of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England, who refused to sign a letter asking the Pope to annul the King's marriage and resigned rather than take an Oath of Supremacy declaring the King the Supreme Head of the Church of England. The King is Henry VIII of England and his wife is Catherine of Aragon, the first of an eventual six wives. The film portrays More as a man of principle, motivated by his devout Roman Catholic faith and envied by rivals such as Thomas Cromwell. He is also deeply loved by the common people and by his family.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10 Jul       LAZARUS PHENOMENON : Life after Death? 

17 Jul         ON THE WATERFRONT  : a young fighter's redemption

24 Jul         TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE : may just change your views on the meaning of life....forever 
31 Jul          A.D.   PART 1  : The Book of ACTS comes alive in this epic covering 30-69 AD 
07 Aug        A.D.   PART 2 
14 Aug        A.D.    PART 3 
21 Aug       A.D.    PART 4

 

7.15pm in Peter Donders Room
Divine Mercy prayers form part of the evening's program
(Light meal will be served)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The  Be-Loved Prayer Ministry

 

The Be-Loved Prayer Group believes that prayer is the  “one thing necessary” ( Lk 10:42 ) for personal growth as Christians and for the fruitfulness of all our ministries.  Without prayer we are Christians at risk, Novo Millennio Ineunte 34)   and all our efforts to evangelize are futile, for unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it (Ps 127:1 ).

Since prayer cannot be taken for granted, but must be learnt anew from the Divine Master ( Novo Millennio Ineunte 32 ) the  Be-loved Prayer Group teaches  a method of prayer according to St Alphonsus whom the Church honours with the title Doctor of Prayer.  Some aspects of prayer contained in this method are gathered from the wisdom of Catholic Tradition and the Holy Scriptures, inspired by the Holy Spirit. 

 

The Be-Loved Prayer Group directs people to contemplate the merciful love of the Father revealed through his Word Incarnate,  Jesus. Hence we place the utmost importance on the contemplation of the Word of God in the Holy Scriptures which has power to transform us from  into the image of the Lord from one degree of glory to and another for this work of the Lord who is a Spirit. ( 2Cor 3:18 )

 

Come and experience being loved by the Lord, so that you may become like the BE-LOVED DISCIPLE OF JESUS. ( Jn 13:23)

 

Our Patrons:

 

Mary the Beloved Mother of Jesus

John the Beloved Disciple of Jesus

St Alphonsus Doctor of Prayer.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

The Clock, The Hail Mary St Alphonsus The MRT And I.

On my visit to Pagani I saw the clock which whenever it chimed, reminded St Alphonsus to say a Hail Mary. This was one of the many practical ways St Alphonsus expressed his love and devotion to Mother Mary.  Today, we hardly hear the chime of a clock, as the old grandfather clocks have been replaced by digital watches and clocks.

However I would like to share my own practice of saying the Hail Mary through a simple story of a little act of kindness shown me on the MRT. A reader complained in the Straits Times that young Singaporeans are an uncivilised and uncaring lot of people. This reader lamented that some people occupying the seats on the MRT reserved for people with special needs, pretend to be asleep whenever they see an elderly person approaching. This is contrary to my experience.

On one occasion, a lady in her mid thirties, kindly offered me her seat. Well I am not exactly decrepit. But it would have been ungracious to reject her kind offer. Thanking her for her kindness, I accepted the seat which was not even one  reserved for people with special needs.  And I wondered how I could repay her for her kind deed. Then it occurred to me that I could say a Hail Mary for her. After saying the Hail Mary I felt certain that I would meet her again, in the next life. Why this certainty? Because I entrusted her to holy Mary our life, our sweetness and our hope.

I have experienced the kindness of young people again and again who offered me their seats on the MRT. And I have always said the Hail Mary for them, and not only for them but for all the people on the train, fellow travellers to our earthly and heavenly destinations.

I ask all who read this simple faith sharing to say a Hail Mary for me as I would say a Hail Mary for you. 

                                                                   

See you again on the other side of the River.

 


 

 

 

 

 
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