Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Love knows no bound.
This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005.
Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy.
Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions... (top left)
Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine,
Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning.
Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie's constant weight loss. (top centre)
An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception.
The other couple in this picture is Nick's parents, very emotional with the wedding and to see their
son marrying the girl he fell in love when he was an adolescent. (top right)
Katie , in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her. (lower left)
In the middle of the party, Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath.
The pain does not allow her to stand for long period of time. (lower centre)
Katie died 5 days after her wedding. To see a fragile woman dress as bride with a beautiful smile
makes you think... Happiness is always there within reach, no matter how long it lasts..... L
et's enjoy life and don't live a complicated life.
Life is too short...
Work as if it was your first day.
Forgive as soon as possible.
Love without boundaries...
Laugh without control
and never stop smiling.
Please pray for those suffering from cancer.
W
e all have close to our heart.
Keep this going.
Prayers are always answered.
Life is too short to argue and desperate.
Taken from Facebook
Friday 3 February 2012
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Pope contrasts divine, human approaches to authority
"For man, authority often means possession, power, dominion, success,” the Pontiff said. “For God, however, authority means service, humility, love.”
Well said! It reminds me of St Augustine's saying: "There is something in humility that strangely exalts the heart."
Starbucks announced officially that they will support gay marriages. The link can be found here: Lifesitenews. It distressed me greatly. I do not discriminate gays due to their sexuality orientation because of their pasts such like single families and abusive parents. It is clear that they are coping errors from the errors and continue to make more errors. Therefore, I prefer to support our Catholic Church's teachings on true marriage as they bear proper and full truths. Although it does not mean that if I patronize Starbucks, I support gay marriages, I do not like to see my pure love and addiction for coffee, being taken advantage for the wrong purpose. In addition, from Starbucks as backup, they would gain power to oppose the government and the Catholic Church. Neither do I want the gays to continue making more errors nor the world to take new steps to errors. T.S.Eliot wrote, "The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason." It is time for me to leave Starbucks and go back to my old friend, regular coffeeshop who always gives me delicious aromatic 90 cents coffee.
If you are against my views, let me give you one quote from Saint John Chrysostom: "Eating and drinking don't make friendships - such friendship even robbers and murderers have. But if we are friends, if we truly care for one another, let's help one another spirituality.. Let's hinder those things that lead our friends away to hell."
I would rather sacrifice my favourite Caramel Macchiato and Green Tea Latte than to leave people making mistakes and going to hell.
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