Editor’s ramblings….

Ah yes another Epiphany edition to add to the archives. Hopefully this is isn’t an issue that will be read and forgotten, thrown into the depths of the desk drawer and used as scrap paper in the future!!

I won’t say much but I’ll let the quotes do the talking as you reflect on the twelve different messages being presented. The 12 quotes, all of which except the last one, are Scriptural based.

Read it all then stick this issue up near your door, in front of your study desk, somewhere where you can look at it often. Take one quote per month, reflect and pray with it so that you may be filled with the grace and peace of God as He speaks to you through these passages.

Beatrice Yong

Job 33: 31-33 “Now..listen to what I am saying; be quiet and let me speak. But if you have something to say, let me hear it; I would gladly admit you are in the right. But if not, be quiet and listen to me, and I will each you how to be wise.”

Fr. Michael’s reflection on 1 Peter 2:2-10The quote…reminds me of the simple truth that I can't save myself. It was done for me, it is a gift, it is an evidence of God's love for us. God, in Jesus, has done it all. All I can do is to respond to it by the way I live my life, treat others and acknowledge God's presence in all things. I can't buy my salvation. It has been handed over to me on a silver plate. What is useful though is to contemplate on it and be absorbed by it. The rest will happen naturally.

'You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a people set a part to sing the praises of God who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Once you were not a people at all, and now you are the people of God; once you were outside mercy

and now you have been given mercy'

2 Corinthians 1:4-5

“He helps us in all our troubles so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles using the same help that we ourselves have received from God. Just as we have a share in Christ’s many sufferings so also through Christ we share in God’s great help”

Contributed by Nick Choo

Matthew 20:27

'And whosoever will be chief

among you, let him be

your servant'.

Contributed by Paul Scalzi

Psalm 139:12For you darkness itself is

not dark, and nigh shines as the

day.

Contributed by Jerolina Indryan

Luke 23:34

“Father forgive them

for they know not

what they do”

Andrew Situ: It reminds me of all

the carnage

happening all the time in Israel today

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Micah 6:8Micah 6:8

“What He requires of us is this:

to do what is just, to show constant love and to live in humble

fellowship with our God”

Contributed by Angela Han

Luke 12: 22-23

Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is

much more

important than food,

and the body much more important than clothes.”

Contributed by Sylvia Lim

Contributed by Judith White

John 16:33"The world will

make you suffer.

But be brave! I have defeated

the world"

Ecclesiasticus 2:4-6

“What ever happens to you, accept it, and in the uncertainties of your humble state, be patient, since gold is tested in the fire, and chosen men in the furnace of humiliation. Trust him and he will uphold you, follow a straight path and hope in him”

Comforting words during times of hardships when living out our faith – Beatrice Yong

Contributed by Andrea Lau

James 1:17 - 'Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows'

“To reach out to another is to risk involvement.To expose your feelings is to risk rejection.To love is to risk not being loved in return.

But risks must be taken because the greatest risk of all

is to risk nothing.

The person, who risks nothing, does nothing.He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, he cannot feel,

he cannot grow, and he cannot love.”  Joanne Ong’s reflection on the quote:

This is about friendship and love, and why sometimes, even when we have been hurt badly for whatever reason, it is still worthwhile to try again, for the right reasons. In my opinion, getting hurt means that we can still feel, rather than live with the knowledge that we have not ‘lived’ our lives. Life is too short to hold on to our own pain. Carpe Diem!

WHAT’S HAPPENING: Semester 2 Activities

1) Retreat13-15 August (end of Week 3)Cookies Hideaway, Chidlow3) Don’t miss the

Archbishop's Mass

4) Watch out for Home Gatherings

5) Remember the weekly stuff!!!!Tuesday Holy Mass; 12:30pm; Worship CtrWednesday Prayer Meetings; 5:30pm;

Worship Ctr

2) Hot Choc stall

Weeks 1-4

Liturgy

The preparation of Mass and hymns, uniting everybody in praising God, thus supporting

each other in their faith and love

MUCC

A community where Catholics can come to share their faith, and where

anyone can find support and love

Epiphany

To spread the Gospel message (and MUCC) to the whole community

through this publication and website. Everyone is welcome to contribute

Outreach & Activities

To evangalise and reach out to Catholics and non-Catholics, and build closer relationships in the community through recreational activities which also enrich the

community’s spirituality

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