We have not stepped into a physical church for almost a year.
I miss it.
Last night, Loving Husband and I stood outside the Church of the Sacred Heart, some distance from another supplicant, to give thanks.
This year, we resolve to run and/or drive/run to all 32 parishes in Singapore.
Reading your Joyful Posts brings me to my happy place. I hope having them in one place makes it easier for you to find when you need a bit of happy therapy, too.
If you would like to join in, ping back to this post and I will include you next week.
- Laurie Graves‘ Friday Favourites: takes comfort in a real-time hero, wintry scenes and a toe-tapping tune from Andrew Bird
- Little Pieces of Me‘s Grateful Fridays: sets a date for a backpacking trip
- Natalie the Explorer‘s Coffee Share: Words & Photos: hosts Coffee Share and invites you to join in
- Thistles and Kiwis’ This Week’s Small Pleasures: takes respite in Dunedin
- Trent’s World‘s The Weekly Smile: finishes the final edit on his book, The Old Mill – hurray!
All things bright and beautiful 
A beautiful picture and cheers to your peace and solitude at the beautiful place.
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Thank you for appreciating our time of serenity, Frank.
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That is a beautiful photo, Ju-Lyn. What a peaceful place to enjoy!
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We find it very comforting Lavinia – even if we can’t go in, being outside these places of worship for a few minutes brings joy.
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Beautiful church. Visiting all 32 parishes–what a noble goal!
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Not at all, Betsy. Since we don’t go to mass physically (too many of us are immuno-compromised), we figured this is a way to do a pilgrimage within our means.
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When we were doing on-line Mass, we traveled around the country and as far as Canada. 🙂 We were hoping for something farther, but couldn’t find any for some reason.
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That’s fun too! To see other churches, hear different homilies, travel in this way. Making the best of the situation!
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A beautiful photo, Ju-Lyn. All the best with your goal to visit all 32 parishes. I look forward to following along virtually. Thank you for mentioning my blog. #weekendcoffeeshare
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Thanks for coming along for the run, Natalie! I look forward to the journey with you!
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Hi Lyn. What a great idea. Can I offer a link to the most encouraging story I have and was just reprising to another audience after someone reminded me of it? This actually happened. Many, but not all the players were Christian and the time, but it changed us all. If you are subject to ‘tears of joy’ you might want to have a couple of tissues handy before you enjoy a 10 minute emotional treat of how wonderful people can be. Here’s the link
https://garyawilsonstories.wordpress.com/jacquies-story/
I hope you love it.
Welcome to our weekend meet up. I also hope you become a regular with us..
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Lovely to meet you Gary!
Thank you so much for this link. I am armed with Kleenex and ready. (I will share it next Sunday as well).
Thank you for your warm welcome to the weekend meet. I hope also to be a refular there!
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If the other churches are as beautiful as that one how awesome. Have lots of wonderful chats with God.
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We don’t have the kind of historic churches which inspire momentous awe as most of ours are renovated and newer. Singapore’s history is shorter than most anyhow, so we are still young. But these are lovely and prayerful places so we are looking forward to many such visits.
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Thanks for the mention! That church certainly is beautiful.
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Most welcome Laurie.
And thank you for admiring the church along with me.
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Hi Ju-Lyn,
A beautiful picture. I know what you mean about missing being inside of a church. I used to find such peace and serenity when I sat in church. I love the idea of visiting the outside of various churches. Let us know how it goes!
Take care.
Nancy
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Thanks Nancy. We figured this season (in fact, all of last year, and it looks like for a greater part of this year as well) we would just find new ways of doing things. If we are not comfortable sitting inside church, we will approach it from other directions.
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Hi Ju-Lyn,
I saw a great sign outside one of our local churches. It said: “The building is closed but the church is open.”
Nancy
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What a beautiful resolution and what a beautiful photo!
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Thanks Natalie! for sharing in our experience.
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