Gratitude & Thanksgiving

  Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Michael Arro MEP Day 9 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE) - OUR MISSIONARY CHURCH

  Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Valerian Cheong Day 8 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE) - OUR EVANGELISING CHURCH

Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Christopher Soh, SJ Day 7 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE) - OUR VIBRANT CHURCH

  Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Aiden Peter, OFM Day 6 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE) - FIRE TO EMPOWER

Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Colin Tan, SJ Day 5 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE) - FIRE TO WITNESS

  Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Charlie Oasan, CICM Day 4 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE) - FIRE TO TRANSFORM

    Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Terrance Kesavan Day 3 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (Saccre)   - IGNITE ZEAL

  Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Simon Pereira, CsSr Day 2 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE)    - IGNITE LOVE  

  Notes taken from sermon by Rev Fr Henry Siew Day 1 of Pentecost Novena 2021 (SACCRE)   - IGNITE FAITH

  Prayer to the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit,  be behind me to support me,  in front of me to guide me,  above me to grant me wisdom, beside me to hold my hand and walk with me,  within me to help me live life abundantly And give me all the graces that I need to live and move and breath the life of Jesus in me, So that my foundations in life will be build on the power of the Word of God flowing from the Scriptures.   Dear Blessed Mother,  help me to say yes to God  so that I would, like you, magnify the Lord  and would proclaim that the Almighty has done great things for me, holy is His name! Amen!   (Rev Fr Simon Pereira)

  "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you (the Jews).  Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves  unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles." When Peter and Paul preached to the Gentiles, many were converted. The Jews became jealous.   The Acts of the Apostles records 3 major rejections of the message by the Jews, one at each of the great centres:  Asia, Greece and Rome. At Antioch - Acts 13:44-52 At Corinth - Acts 18:5-6 At Rome - Acts 28:25-20 Each time,  Paul makes a point of proclaiming salvation to the Jews and is rejected.   Paul marks this rejection with a biblical gesture - twice shaking the dust and then putting the cap on it with a quotation from Isaiah 6:9 (which foretells this rejection)

About half of the Book of Acts consists of a total of 26 speeches, discourses, and letter: 21 Speeches 8 addresses delivered by Peter, 1 lengthy sermon of Stephen before the Sanhedrin (7:2-53 ) 1 brief explanation by Cornelius (10:30-33) 1 short address by James at the Jerusalem Council (15:13- 21) 1 advice to Paul by James and the elders in Jerusalem (21:20-25) 9 sermons and speeches by Paul. 5 discourses by Gamaliel the Pharisee (5:35-39) Demetrius the silver- smith (19:25-27) the city clerk in Ephesus (19:35-40) Tertullus the lawyer (24:2-8) Festus the governor (25:24-27). 2 letters:  one from the Jerusalem Council to the Gentile churches (15:23-29) and the other written by Cl audius Lysias addressed to Governor Felix (23:27-30). 

    Dear Lord We thank you for this place in which we dwell, For the love that unites us, For the peace accorded to us this day, For the hope with which we expect the morrow; For the health, the work, the food and the bright skies that make our lives delightful; For our family and friends in all parts of the earth.  Amen.   [Prayer written by Robert Louis Stevenson, taken from Bread4Today, 15 May 2021]

Psalm 16 Song of Trust and Security in God 1   Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2  I say to the Lord , “You are my Lord;       I have no good apart from you. " 3  As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,      in whom is all my delight. 4  Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; b ]">[ b ]      their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out      or take their names upon my lips. 5  The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;      you hold my lot. 6  The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;      I have a goodly heritage. 7  I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;      in the night also my heart instructs me. 8  I keep the Lord always before me;      because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken . 9  Therefore my hear...