Of the several promises I made for yesterday, I didn't make any of them. I didn't go to Yoga and did not do much work. One thing I said I'd do, and I did this morning, is to go to the Church for early service. It started at 7:15am and I was late. It was cold and dark. Although the alarm clock had gone off a few times with the snooze function, I got up late. I left home about 7:15am. Knowing that I was late, I wanted to catch the readings and the teaching. By the time I got there, Father was already breaking the bread for Holy Communion. Oops. I stayed until the end. Didn't take Holy Communion. Not only am I not yet a Catholic, but also I was only there to witness the breaking of the bread and so on. I wouldn't have felt worthy for it.

The service ended at around 7:45am. A very short service. Even shorter than that offered at St. Jude. I stayed back, took out my copy of the bible and read a bit of it. Somehow I've book-marked the passage I have read yesterday and perhaps also on the day before. It's Mark . I must have read it a few times, plus the explanation available on a website. And yet, I didn't quite get what it's trying to say. So, I read that passage again. Still I was too dumb to understand those words. It's strange. There was not a word I don't of, but put together, the teaching simply escaped me. I stopped and prayed to God that I may understand what He's trying to say. I read it again, took the time to think about it, and its meaning dawned to me! Yes, just like that. I thanked God for that. Or may be I was rushing and didn't use my brain at all. Oops. :P

It's the first time I visit this Church. It has stationery with their own design and drawigns for sale Those drawings are very nice and pretty. I wanted to get the memo pad, stickers and keyrings with angels on them, but I didn't know where the stationery shop was. In any event, I guess it would have been too early, that it's probably not opened yet. I wanted to get the stickers and keyring for the little girl I recently met at Church. May be next time.

I looked around and read a few leaflets. I picked up a pocket-sized card that talks about Penance - the procedure and what would be said then. I also picked up a leaflet for donation to hospital pastoral care. The leaflet also invites people to volunteer their service for it. I wanted to go. But there's so much I need to do now. To start with, I better get more revision done and know more about God's words. Then I want to spend more time with bb and my parents and family. It's a good thing to want to help the others but I should not forget those around me too. So I'll wait to see first.

PS The idiot (my boss) has just come in and found me doing this! Oops. Better get on with some work.