This was my second year as a Sunday School teacher at Holy Rosary Church, Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Kuala Lumpur.I was blessed with 18 wonderful kids. 14 girls and 4 boys - Abigail Choong, Andrez Dayap, Andrea Hoh, Andrea Lee, Cynthia Durai, Timothy Isaac, Joy Boh, Genevieve Goh, Laurene Lee, Nicole Ng, Natasha Tan, Jesse Ryan, Rebecca Gan, Christine Yee, Stephaneus Bismo, Bonita Fareline and Winsome and Julianne Ching (the twins).
When the bell rang, they moved gracefully down the aisle with a packed congregation and were beaming with smiles and exceitment.
Natasha Tan and Stephaneus Bismo read the Word of God carefully punctuated.
During offertory the following gifts were offered - 2 lighted candles (light of Christ), a Bible (Word of God), a rosary (devotion to our Mother Mary), 2 bouquet of white roses (beauty of God's creation), bread and wine (body and blood of Christ after consecration) and love offerings (cash for various projects and church expenses) from the congregation.
The children knelt in prayer with great reverence for God while the priest consecrated the host into the body and blood of Christ for distribution to all who were invited to receive Him.After the beautiful Mass celebration then it was the photography session. Children, parents and guardians were all invited to a pot-luck brunch.
The mass was celebrated by Msgr. Daniel Lim and it was also his 71st birthday. Mr & Mrs Andy Choong, Abigail's parents contributed a nice chocolate cake. Thank you Mr & Mrs Choong for your generosity.
As a teacher I am glad and happy that parents and guardians were so participative and supportive of their children's faith education. Going through the records, most of the children attained more than 90% attendance. Three cheers to them and may God continue to bless His people.
I am glad that you are spending more time blogging and its improving. Today it has reached 4 nations including New York.I had my first Holy Communion 22nd March last year 2007 at SFX. It was also a great moment for me as it symbolized my break fromall forms of Protestanism. I am still learning from a Catholic friend. But I suspect she is becoming more and more Protestant everyday. Please pray for her before she does any Protestant havoc. Vijay.
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