The breeze was cold and I felt like I was naked even though I was wearing Mama's hand-me-down blue laced blouse. Thankfully, the temperature changed when we entered the church. It felt like a father's welcoming hug, comforting and warm.
Father Mark asked us if we remember the 10 commandments. Clearly not in the mood for recitation, no one answered. We had an instant review class - Catechesis 101.
And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
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The funny thing is that when he asked us what the ten commandments are again, no one answered and he commented that we already forgot, again. :D
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He also mentioned that when we go to church we should wear something that is "simple pero presentable". We should not wear sleeveless clothes or shorts. I definitely agree.
*Posted on March 10, 2012
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