Fools For Christ?

"What am I doing? I look stupid in this costume. How did I get myself into this?"

Ever thought to yourself why you've been subjected to that kind of humiliation? LOL! The answer is simple! We are all fools for Christ!! Amen!!

St Paul in his lifetime was rejected by many and they called him a fool wherever he went. He took the humiliation for Christ just for the sake of the Gospel. But did he ever stop? NO! He kept going on. And because of his great love for Christ, the Gentiles (which is us by the way) have the fullness of the truth! Aren't we lucky and grateful that St Paul was a fool for Christ?

So then my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, STM Lifeline is offering this lifetime course to be Fools for Christ and tonight is the first class! The best part is....it's free registration!!! Come sign up at the Bosco-Goretti Youth Centre @ SS15 (2 floors above Jojo's Kitchen) at 8.30pm. It's gonna be absolutely fun! I'll let you in on a little secret, everyone is eligible if not talented at being fools so why not become fools for Him? If you need any further info, just call Martin @ 012-671 2690.

"People kept poking me and some asking, 'is that Crisabel?'. So memalukan.
Fools for Christ man..."
- Crisabel said this after holding Oprah's enlarged face whilst promoting the STM Lifeline Camp, 2010 -

STM Lifeline Camp 2010 Pictures are out!

Hey peeps!

For those of you who missed out on our very first STM Lifeline Camp 2010, here are "some" pictures. There's just so many to upload and choose from so please bear with us as we continue to upload many more yahh?

From what we gather, some of us have truly experienced God's divine love and forgiveness. Hence we would like you to share with us this experience to further grow with you in faith. So do drop us a testimonial anytime ya?

God bless!

Ask Somebody Else 5: Long long time ago..

| STM LIFELINE CAMP 2010 | VILLA DOMINIC, GENTING HIGHLANDS | 27-29 AUGUST 2010 | 18-35 YEARS |

Ask Somebody Else 4: In Dagobah...

| STM LIFELINE CAMP 2010 | VILLA DOMINIC, GENTING HIGHLANDS | 27-29 AUGUST 2010 | 18-35 YEARS |

Saint Thomas More Lifeline Camp 2010

After such a long journey, we are finally here. Saint Thomas More Lifeline is having our.......very first Lifeline Camp!! Praise the Lord!!!

So all those who are 18 to 35 years young are definitely invited to join us. And it's at the best time of the year to watch fireworks from the clouds. Just kidding! But alas, it is a time of celebration for our country's independence as well as our first camp! We're all excited about the program and anxious about the preparations to ensure everything is taken care of.

Now a little bit more about the camp itself, we're now at the peak of our youth. Some of us may have asked ourselves life provoking questions like "What is my purpose on earth?" or "Is heaven really for REAL?" or "Do sinners like me go to heaven?". Guess what? Actually no guessing, I'm telling you that we have all the answers. So......ASK US.

Keep updated through our blog here.

Central : WHO?

Tomorrow we have a special speaker from Penang. She's someone young, vibrant and passionate for Christ and His Church. And she will share about her experience of what it means to clothe a naked person, feed a stranger when they are hungry, visit when they are ill and invite the homeless. Nowadays times have changed. It's not that extreme anymore but rather, it's like between me and the guy at the back of the class. Who is he?

Venue: STM Community Centre
Time: 9.00pm.

*Way of the Cross starts at 8.30pm. Come join together as one community as we walk down the Via Dolorosa.

Shuttle Service is back

This is the bus. :D

So peeps! Our shuttle service is back! Do take note that we only provide for the 11.30 mass. Please be punctual at the stated area before the stated time as the bus will leave without you if you're late.

The shuttle times and stops are as such:
1st stop (10.00am): Taylors Business School (TBS), Main Campus Area
2nd stop (10.20am): Ridzuan Condominiums, Mentari Court Area
3rd stop(10.45am): Sunway/Monash Area (In front of Sun-U Residence)

This is a FREE service for all who would want to use the bus hence we would also welcome any Love Offering for the service to subsidize the cost. RM 1 is great!

PLEASE DO NOT feel pressured to give as this is a service for you. God loves a cheerful giver! (2 Cor 9:7)

Would love to see all of you for Mass and God Bless!

*Again a reminder to be on time.

Lifeline is ReOpening Again!

Hey peeps,

We're back again for a fresh new 2010. It's going to be a great year! And what's even better is that our first central gathering is tomorrow! So come one, come all and head over to STM Community Centre at 8.15pm.

We welcome all young and old peeps to join us as we gather together again as God's family to worship him and to always grow in faith and love. So please bring your friends, room mate, house mate, course mate, cyber cafe kaki tomorrow!

Peace out!

STM Prayer Vigil

Our Silent Vigil will be on this Friday, 22nd January 2010 at the STM Community Centre. The Vigil will commence with Mass at 8.00pm and ends at 12.00am. Please join us as we submit to the Lord our building of our Permanent Place of Worship.

2010 - A new beginning

Hey peeps!

I know many of you are asking, "When is Lifeline opening this year?" and the answer is.....SOON! Stay tune and I'll slip in the details. :p

Also a little sneak peak, who's up for a big thrill? I'll give you a hint, it has something to do with high places. If you can guess let me know!

Still not too late to say this, Happy Blessed-Fruitful-Wonderfully Two Thousand and Ten!

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Matt 11:28

Honestly, I really miss my Sunway life...where I have a lovely society there. I miss central gathering and cell group badly...I am now in Indonesia, undergoing such a stagnant life...without any spiritual activities except Sunday mass..I feel something empty in my heart...may be some of you experience the same thing..but I do not know how to describe it further...Today (3rd December 2009) I want to share a bit about today's Gospel....

Actually few weeks left since I read my daily Gospel, I don't know why but I just don't read it for a while though I am not busy here. My brain and my thinking only full of worries, yaa...I worry bout so many things...feel so much problem happen lately and make me far from God..I think...feel so emo, lonely, sad and empty. I worried bout my future, my relationship, my new chapter of life, my family, my surroundings.......All that things just cause me headache, give me so much pressure as problems everywhere...and I am alone here, I don't have friends to share and everyone also got his or her own doing.

But..last night, I went to bed quite early, around 9PM, I already jumped on my fluffy bed and when I wanted to turn off the light, I saw my daily Gospel book, my heart like ask me to open it...I grab it and start flip the pages till 3rd Dec....and here it is today's Gospel Mat 7:21,24-27 (I do not need to type the Gospel as I believe most of you have read it before starting your day).
What comes and really knock my brain is the reflection stated in my daily Gospel:

"Possibly we have watched a child, who is afraid of the water, jump off the side of the pool into the arms of a loving parent. What causes that child to jump? It is trust in the parent. Why does the child trust the parent? The parent has shown, through love, that he or she will not let anything bad happen to the child. We should have that child-like faith in God. It is not a blind, leave-your-brain-at-the-door type of trust or faith. God does not want us to check our brains at the door. He has given us plenty of proof, not only of His existence, but also of the truth of His word.
Do we trust God with the big things, like our eternal home, but not trust Him in the little things, like our jobs and finances? We must trust God in the little things as well as the big things. Do we believe that God cares enough about us to look after those things well? God has so much of His love for us, that is only reasonable to trust that He will take care of the little things in our lives"

After I read the reflection, I am stunt for a while...my tears drop one by one....I never experienced of flipping Bible and find a correct verse or something like that like those people who shares during the central gathering, but last night...after a while I live so called "far from God" without any spiritual life, after a while my brain full of worries, sadness and disappointment of myself.....I feel God just remind me that I do not need to worry so much..just trust Him....and all will be alright....

and at that time, I smiled, I put back my daily Gospel book, I turn off my light and pray my daily prayer before I sleep....in my prayer, I thank God that He remind me tonight and He brings me back, He take out all my worries, pressure and burdens,..I feel so happy and release....and I slept.......so peacefully and release....

And Jason Loo shares...

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

I want to share with you two parts of my life that has been life changing. Nothing more, just two parts.

The first started back in 2004. It was a bad year for me. I had a hard time coping with college, the people and the work that came with it. The change was so drastic for me that before I could stand up to what it had to offer, I fell again and again. I desperately needed help, and by the grace of the Lord, my cousin Richard and good friend Aaron were there to lift me back on my two feet.

This was when Richard introduced me to Lifeline. I had a chance to meet new people and at the same time, find my faith among them. Truth be told, I was brought up a Catholic not really knowing what it truly meant till the day I joined Lifeline. I’ve learnt so much from scripture and in those who keep to their faith that, it has been a journey and an experience unlike any other. For this, I am thankful to many who have nurtured me along the way, your guidance has been nothing but incredible and I thank you for that. Being a realist, I find it difficult at times to hold on to a faith that clashes with our free will to choose. But time and time again, I have realised that the Lord indeed listens to our prayers if we have the time to set aside part of our lives for Him.

The second has to do with loss. I lost someone close to me in 2005, and it was the single most terrifying moment I had to go through. She had a great future ahead of her, yet life had to take its course too early before I could say my goodbyes. Four years on, I still do not understand why the Lord had to take her away, but I have taken it as an important lesson in life. Rest assured I take comfort in knowing that she has gone to a better place, somewhere I hope that I could go to when my time is up.

Before I end, let me share with you a passage from scripture:

“We can be confident that He will listen to us whenever we ask Him for anything in line with His will. And if we know He is listening when we make our requests, we can be sure that He will give us what we ask for.”
1 John 5:14-15

Have faith in the Lord and with the power of prayer, we can be sure He will be there to listen.

Youth Sponsored Mass + 25th October 2009

A great BIG thank you for all those who have put in effort, commitment and passion in making the Mass meaningful, vibrant yet solemn. I appreciate each and everyone, big and small contributions, truly solemnly I tell you your reward is in heaven. :D

The Mass was truly beautiful and solemn. Many said that it was refreshing to see the young people coming forward to serve in Mass. A communion minister said, "It was a breath of fresh air," and walked away smiling. So peeps, I look forward to our next youth sponsored Mass as we come together as one community to receive The Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

The few of us who were still lingering around :p

The Last Supper!

Hey peeps! Didn't think it was already time for Lifeline to close for the year so soon! The year was awesome possums and I truly felt this year, the graces we received just overflowed our cups totally! Praise God! Even so, all good things come to an end but it does not mean that our ministry ends here. We continue to go forth in our mission fields as Good Catholic Christians enriched by the Word of God and empowered by the Body and Blood of Christ to evangelize the love of Jesus Christ.

So as we gather this Friday at 8.30pm at the STM Community Centre for our last central for the year, let us cuddle together in oohs and ahhs and laughter as we reminisce the good'ol times throughout the year. Here's a treat from 2006.

Lifeline back then. ;)

"My grace is enough for you; my great strength is revealed in weakness"

My Mission Trip Experience To Sabah
By Crisabel T. Tiu, Lifeline STM

When I heard that Potter and Clay program was having a mission trip to Sabah, I was really excited. I was excited because it was my hometown, the experience I could learn, the people we’ll be meeting and I had this feeling of satisfaction of finally being able to do something good for others and for the redemption of my soul!! Harrharr… Anyway beforehand, Anne Yong and I went out for short briefing on the mission trip, Stacie was able to join bit later, and while we were having lunch at a restaurant, we bumped into Sandy and she joined us in our discussion where Anne asked her to help translate some prayers etc. into malay and following that, she mentioned to Stacie and I that going for missions we have to be open to whom God sends and especially what God wants to give or do in ourselves. I understood what she said but took it lightly and subconsciously thought that there’s nothing much I need to receive, I was keen on my ability to give and help out.

During most of the days in mission trip though I really enjoyed it and had fun, sometimes I would seem ok or happy on the outside but deep inside I felt terribly depressed and heavy, it really brought my whole being down and I felt anger and rejection in my heart. I felt lonely because of the struggle I had to go through alone, feeling no one could understand what I was going through. I asked God again and again why I was feeling this way, for Him to take it away and was really disappointed and ashamed of the weaknesses in me that really surfaced to my knowledge during the trip. Before going for the mission trip, we gathered together for briefing and prayer, as we took turns to pray in a circle, I closed my eyes and saw a shadow-defined heart shape with light seeming to radiate from behind, along the prayers I felt warmth on my forehead and tears couldn't help but flow. I didn’t really understand why the reaction for it was only normal prayers we were having.

During the trip, memories also eventually resurfaced which brought a sense of regret of what could have been done but wasn’t, occasions I didn’t appreciate and hurtful memories. Along the trip I felt useless for not being able to give much and at some point of these feelings bundled up together which gave a lot of pain in my heart I tried to suppress which was really torturing emotionally and spiritually for me. After a while I realised that even before the trip I was already feeling burdened inside firstly because of certain hurts from situations in my family, relationships and other little things along my life that built up feelings of rejection, envy and hurt. In the Divine Office prayers we did with the villagers and with much reflection, it struck me that God was trying to tell me that there was much I was lacking, that inside I still needed a lot of work and healing. His words seemed so alive to me, coming to my sense what Living Word was all about, He didn’t have to talk to me in that booming voice I wanted to hear but He spoke so gently through the Divine Office, Divine Mercy prayers and ultimately through the mass we attended. I noted specially the Gospel on that day, 2 Corinthians12:7-10….Lest I become proud after so many extraordinary revelations, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a true messenger of Satan, 3 times I prayed to the Lord that it leave me, but He answered, “My grace is enough for you; my great strength is revealed in weakness.”…..So I rejoice when I suffer infirmities, humiliations…persecution: all for Christ! For when I am weak, then I am strong. Receiving The Eucharist truly gave me so much peace and joy knowing that He’s always there for me, that my tears couldn’t stop flowing. I felt so renewed.

I was also caught up in my pride subconsciously thinking that I was more worthy in doing God’s work when instead I needed to have humility to be able to admit these weaknesses and I needed to receive help, healing and His graces before I can be able to serve in love. It’s true that no one can give what he does not have. These were the things I was ignorant towards and that I had to fully surrender, He brought it to my attention all what I was oblivious towards. It reminded me that it has been a while I’ve been praying for God to change my heart, called to mind the heart I saw in the beginning, suddenly it made sense to me, in His great love and mercy, He heard my prayers and wanted to change my heart and His shining rays wanting to bring what is hidden to light and thus being able to surrender what’s unknown for cleansing. I’m truly amazed by how much He wants to give us but what we often are unaware of, how much He wants to speak to us but often we are so insensitive towards. There are many weaknesses and struggles faced and I pray that always I can always change to become a better person, if not more Christ-like even in sorrow and hardships, to be able to receive and give humbly.

Mass Explained

They say most Catholics don't understand their faith, and quite rightly true. So come this Friday for a comprehensive Mass Explained this Friday, 9th October 2009 at the STM Community Centre at 8.00pm. Please take note, that it is a Eucharistic Celebration nonetheless so please come dressed appropriately. I'm sure most of you know that Fr Simon Labrooy is away on a pilgrimage in London hence the Mass will be presided by Fr Michael Raymond this Friday.

Since Fr Michael Raymond is around for the entire week, he is also presenting the Gospel of Mark on both Wednesday and Thursday nights at 8.00pm at the STM Community Centre. Everyone is welcomed to attend.

Why Do We Obey?

I must say that the last central gathering at our STM community centre was a little different. It was refreshingly good and hilarious. A big heartfelt thanks to Dr Sheena Toyat for making it easier to understand why do we obey God, why do we obey other people and yet, why do we still disobey? Definitely a simple-straight-to-the-point talk. Again, Dr Sheena Toyat :D thanks for breaking it down for us! Praise the Lord! *I wish I can post up some pictures but I was busy laughing so...maybe next time :p

Anyhow we got to our Lifeline tradition of mamak-ing after central and ended up in Restoran Sri Bidara (RSB). And this time, we have pictures!!

One end of the table

The other end of the table

Somewhere in the middle

Anti-socials for awhile until they moved in together

Lifeline SFX Camp

Our sister, Lifeline SFX is having their annual camp this year on the 29th, 30th and 31st August at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre (APC). The theme, "The Splendour of the Truth" really opens our eyes to the richness of the Church's ancient secrets(well not really but since we have forgotten about them that it has become almost secret like) and history.

Who better than to bring them down to earth and "easier" for us youth to understand is none other than Dr Sherman Kuek. Dr Sherman Kuek, SFO, is a Catholic lay theologian. He is a professed member of the Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis, an 800 year-old Franciscan Order approved and recognised by the Holy See, which consists of laity and diocesan clergy. At an ecumenical level, he is a guest speaker and lecturer in various academic and ecclesial contexts. At the archdiocesan level, he serves as Research Associate for the Archdiocesan Ministry of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs (AMEIA) and an editorial team member of Catholic Asian News (CANews). At the parish level, he serves as a Pastoral Associate. Sherman studied for his doctoral degree in Systematic and Contextual Theology at Trinity Theological College Singapore.

So I urge those who are interested in apologetics and theology to join in these 3 days exposure to learn more about our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church. Hop on the journey for only RM 80 (working adults) and RM 60(students). As usual, contact Suzanne for registration. Before that, we have a criteria for those who want to attend this camp, you MUST give a talk on the subject that was shared at the camp. Who's up for the challenge?

Speaking of which our very own Lifeline STM Camp is also coming soon in September!! It's during the Raya Holidays so no excuse to not attend! We'll make sure we have rendang, sambal belacan and ketupat there as well. So of course we don't mind you guys joining the camp over at SFX but...you'll have to come for ours as well since it is our FIRST year on our own!! And to give you guys a teaser, we're having Dr Sherman Kuek as well! Double BONUSES! Boo Yah!

MIssion 101 - They are back and ready to rock the house!

So you guys have been following their journey throughout the past week and I'm sure you'd be anxious to hear what they have to say. And since this is the first time or rather in a very long time mission trip, it would be a great exposure as they come together in fellowship to share testimonies and exchanges of laughter!

We're heading over to St. Francis Xavier's Church along Jalan Gasing, PJ this Friday (17th July 2009). The "Missionary Experience" will be held at the Gonzaga Youth Ministry (GYM) at 8.00pm (to end approximately at 10.. It's going to be fun because Revolutionary Youth Ministry (RYM) & Junior Youth Ministry from SIC and Lifeteen SFX will also be there to come listen! It's almost like a district gathering but not really. Great time to mix and mingle around with our brothers and sisters in Christ!

Just give your CG Leaders a twinkle if you're interested to go!

*p/s: there is no central gathering or bible study this friday.

YOU GOT TALENT 2009!

Twas definitely a night to remember. The ambiance, the food, the acts, the judges, the prizes, the music contributed to the overall night event. Everybody made an extra effort that night, and I am gracious and humbled at the passion and dedication put into the event. Deepest gratitude to all the committee members for the sweat and tears and sleepless. Rest assured your reward is in heaven. :p

And of course we would always like to hear any feedback that would help us to coordinate events to serve you better. So drop us a mail anytime at stmlifeline@gmail.com or comment here as you wish.

Those who have taken photographs and video that night, please if possible burn me a copy that Lifeline will have a copy to keep and perhaps compile into a DVD so that all may have access ya? In any case, just contact Suzanne!

Here's a picture to remember always,