We held the Eucharist last night at one of the homes of the brothers. Earlier in the day before New Year's Eve, we helped the couple set up at their house. The couple had already moved some of the furniture the day before, but they needed the community's help in moving the bigger furniture such as the sofa.
The Eucharist started at 10:00 pm. By the time, it was finished, it was a little past the new year. Firecrackers and a lot of noise were heard outside. After the Eucharist, everyone sat down for dinner. In the Way, we called this dinner "agape". It is always great to start out the new year with the Mass and a formal dinner with the community.
The next day, my family and I went to a new year party held by close relatives. Many of our relatives do not walk in the Way, but we find some time to get together with them. This year, the new year fell on a Sunday so families were able to get together for a party especially since most of them have the day off tomorrow. This new year have me and my family eating a lot of food. We also took some balutang home so I do not need to cook breakfast and lunch tomorrow.
My new year's resolution: Exercise and eat healthy......that is after the balutang is all gone.
Diana I have something disturbing to tell you on jw they posted that ccog had paid archbishop Michael j byrnes $25,000.00 for what
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous at 8:47 pm,
DeleteYour comment has nothing to do with the OP. I was expecting something like "balutang," "new year's resolution", and even "family parties." I will place your comment as a post so as not to detract from the OP
Balutang? LOL.
ReplyDelete'Balutang'. I suspect Diana is Filipino. Chamorros spell it "Balutan".
DeleteDear Anonymous at 7:40 pm,
DeleteWhat does it matter how it is spelled as long as people on Guam understand what I am referring to.
Careful with the slip ups, Ric.
DeleteHoly Mass should be in
ReplyDeletea Church not in a living room of a home. No respect for the Mass. This is the problem with neo.
Dear Anonymous at 5:18 pm,
DeleteYou can tell that to Pope Francis who celebrated the Mass at a beach.
My allegiance is to Jesus Christ, not the Pope.
DeleteDear Anonymous at 10:33 pm,
DeleteIf you cannot follow the man whom Christ sent, then you cannot follow Christ...simple as that.
Luke 10:16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
But to have the Holy Eucharist in the houses is private mass. The Pope held it in public.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous at 8:31 pm,
DeleteThe Apostles and the Early Christians also held the Mass in the homes. Why does it bother you that we held the Mass in a home especially when you do not have any desire to attend the Mass held by the NCW?
Correction, the NCW don't have Mass, they have celebrations. They are different, just like the way the NCW does the Eucharist. Very, very different.
DeleteDear Anonymous at 10:37 pm,
DeleteThe Mass is a celebration. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (capitalization is mine):
CCC 1382 The Mass is at the same time, and inseparably, the sacrificial memorial in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated and the sacred banquet of communion with the Lord's body and blood. But the CELEBRATION of the Eucharistic sacrifice is wholly directed toward the intimate union of the faithful with Christ through communion. To receive communion is to receive Christ himself who has offered himself for us.
Correction: The Eucharist is the celebration but it's still called Mass.
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