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Hail Mary Full of Grace

As I've been preparing weekly CG material on May and October about Mother Mary, I listened to the speaker in video where he told us that how Mother Mary could be our powerful intercessor. He told his story that he was running late for his teaching in one of the university and carpark spaces were very limited since there's construction going on. So he prayed Hail Mary Full of Grace, help me find the parking space. After he finished praying, he saw two empty lots just in front of the campus he's going to teach and he shared this story to his class.  So yesterday, my old aunty neighbour knocked my door and asked my help for fixing her TV which's not working. I've tried to restart, it still didn't work even the remote was not working. Second time I restarted the TV box, I used this prayer  Hail Mary Full of Grace, help me on this. It still didn't work. Third time I restarted again, it still didn't work so I told aunty, I didn't know what's w

Finding God in day to day life

God is never apart from us. He's our father who always wants to stay close with His children. I saw my youngest son, who always wants to cling on us. Whenever we want to go, he wants to follow. He wants to sleep with us at night too. We ask him to sleep with his brothers because he's getting bigger. He said okay but in the middle of the night, he sneaking in to sleep with us. This is what God's doing, He doesn't want to leave us, He is always with us. It's not difficult finding Him if we could recognise Him in our daily ordinary life. From the people we encounter, from the daily scripture reflection we read, from the children and the spouse we served, from the events that happen during that day, God loves to communicate with us. After all, it's not difficult to find Him if we open our mind, our eyes, our heart and ears.

Unboxing Holy Land Photobook

This is to wrap up for our first ever pilgrimage journey to Holy Land. I'm very satisfied with the quality of the book, printing and delivery process. Photobook Singapore is really recommended service. "Five gospels record the life of Jesus. Four gospels you will find in books, and the one you will find in the land they call HOLY. Read the fifth gospel and the world of four will open to you." ~ St Jerome ~

Restu (Blessing)

I found this newly released Indonesia Song in Instagram and the words are very beautiful, reminded me to our courtship days It's written by Syahrini, Indonesian artist who just got married with Indonesian - Japanese Businessman. Restu  Pertama perjumpaan tak sengaja Menyimpan ruang rindu saat senja Ku tak ingin seperti lagu - lagu cinta Hanya indah dalam permainan kata Kepada yang tercinta Dan hanya untukmu cinta Sampai kapan menunggu cinta Ku yakin kau yang paling nyata Hanya kau yang di hati Meski waktu laman perduli Jasmaniku teguh menanti Sampai restu berpihak padaku Asmara kupeluk semua rasa ingin Wajahmu mampu menghangatkan dingin Denganmu tak pernah kurasa jadi rumit Bahagia sampai terlukis di langit Kepada yang tercinta Dan hanya untukmu cinta Sampai kapan menunggu cinta Ku yakin kau yang paling nyata Hanya kau yang di hati  Meski waktu lamban perduli Jasmaniku teguh menanti Sampai restu berpihak padaku Asmara kupeluk semua rasa ingi

The Ancient City (Holy Land Trips 10 March 2019)

We stayed over at Triumph Luxury Hotel in New Cairo city. The next day we explored Old Cairo and New Cairo area and had lunch at Hard Rock Cafe. We visited one of the world wonders - The Great Pyramids and Sphinx. We continued our journey to visit some coptic churches  Cavern Church - where holy family lived there for 3 months before going back to Israel The hanging church Church of St Simon the Tanner ( the miracle of moving the mountain ) We had Sunday, thanksgiving and closing mass before heading to Airport for our flight back to Indonesia.

Journey in the Wilderness (Holy Land Trips 9 March 2019)

We stayed over night at Sheraton Sharm Al Sheikh. In the morning, we were still not talking in the bus. We had long journey from South Sinai to Cairo. It took almost 8 hours by bus, we passed by some important cities that were mentioned in the bible. Elim and Mara Marah well Elim - 70 palm trees The Waters of Marah and Elim (Exodus 15 : 22 - 27) " Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. So the people grumbled against Moses, saying "What are we to drink?" Then Moses cried out to the Lord and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. He said "If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in His eyes, if y

Journey to the Top (Holy Land Trips 8 March 2019)

That was the day that we challenged our perseverance and endurance. We never climbed up neither trekking at the mountain. We have prepared the tools to help us including the helper sticks, head light and trail shoes and I have done endurance exercise months before. Many people who have done it before told us that it's not easy climbing up and down Mt Sinai especially at night, even our tour leader has warned us when we reached at the foot of Mt Sinai there's no turning back once we decided to climb up. We arrived at St Catherine motel, on the foot of Mt Sinai around noon time and had lunch there. Then we had an opportunity to wear Bedouin costumes complete with their camp for photoshoots. We gathered at St Catherine Monastery to see Burning bush inside but too bad it's closed so we continued our journey climbing up to Mt Sinai by riding camels. It took 1.5 hours to reach the second base before summit. We finally reached the