First of all, I like to thank all the encourage and prayers from you after reading my previous entry about my lost Rosary bracelet. I’m learning to let go and live with lost now. Will definitely be more careful with my stuff next time.

As you’ll probably have noticed by now, I’ve added quite a few affiliate links on the blog. I thought it was a rather cool idea to be able to spread the word some of my favorite websites, while perhaps being able to earn a little extra cash.

Top of the list of my new affiliates are definitely the good folks at JapanesePod101.com, an online portal dedicated to making the learning of the Japanese language easy and fun. You probably remember my review of their podcasts a couple of months back. The same wonderful people have since started KoreanClass101.com and SpanishPod101.com, using the same winning formula to teach the Korean and Spanish language respectively. They’ve also got EnglishPod101.com, which is sort of the reverse of JapanesePod101.com where English is taught using Japanese. If you are a language lover like me, please check out the links on the sidebar of my blog.

If you suddenly feel the urge to find something on Amazon.com while reading the blog, you’ll be pleased to know that you can search Amazon using the widget on my sidebar.

Meanwhile, enjoy this wonderful video by Dr Paul Camarata from the SaintCast. It’ll probably give you more reason to go get yourself an iPhone or an iPod Touch. Nice one, Dr Paul!

Tags: Announcements, life, musings, videos, youtube

As some of you may know by now, I lost my Rosary bracelet today. It was a beaded Rosary bracelet which I bought at a charity drive at church last Sunday. I’ve been wearing it to work every morning since then. However this morning, in my rush to get to work on time, I left the bracelet in one of the compartments of my handbag and ran out of the house. I had meant to put the bracelet on later on the bus, but I totally forgot about it until I got to the office, when I noticed my rather “naked” wrist while washing my hands. I made a mental note to put the bracelet on once I got back to my desk, but forgot about it again since there was a pile of work screaming for my attention.

It was until after lunch when I finally remembered about my bracelet. I dug into my bag, but the bracelet was not where I had left it. I searched through all the components of my handbag, all my pockets, all my little pouches, and everywhere and anywhere that I could have possibly placed my precious bracelet, but it was nowhere to be found. I must have dropped it on my way to work. Perhaps it got hooked to my mobile phone and fell off when I took the phone out. I felt terrible. Like I’d lost a piece of me. I was angry with myself for being so careless.

I still have not found my bracelet, and probably never will again. It isn’t losing it that’s upset me, but rather what has happened to it that’s worrying me. I had the bracelet blessed by a priest, so that makes it a sacramental. I’m worried that someone will “mis-treat” or abuse it. I feel guilty of not taking good care of my bracelet, like I’ve let God down. But after some thought, perhaps I lost the bracelet for a reason. Perhaps someone who needs it more than I do will find it. I can only hope and pray that whoever comes across it will take good care of it for me.

Tags: Catholic, life, rant

Hi hi! I have to apologize for my lack of updates. It’s just that work has kept me real busy during the day, and drained in the evening to come up with a new entry. All that combined with the innate streak of laziness in me has led to this whole hiatus situation. I will try to post more often, although I can’t guarantee how regular the posts will be coming in.

During my “hiatus” period, I actually discovered a few more excellent Catholic podcasts and I’ll like to take this chance to share them with you.

First of all, in case you’ve been living under a rock all this while, SQPN has added 5 new affiliate podcasts in their line-up, as well as 2 new video podcasts produced by CatholicTV.org. You may either subscribe to the “catch-all” feed here or check out individual podcasts through the links listed below:

• On The U (rss)
• The Catholic Hack! (rss)
• iPadre (rss)
• Catholic Underground (rss)
• Catholic Moments (rss)
• This Is The Day (rss) [video]
• The Daily Mass (rss) [video]

Fans of Catholic Underground may be glad to know that the gang now also produce the CU Sixty podcast (rss), which offers bite-size doses of what’s going on in the Catholic world, or in their Catholic lives. Father Ryan Humphries also started a new podcast, Life is Still Worth Living (rss), where he explores our Catholic faith. This podcast was originally produced for Radio Maria USA. Another cool new feature which I found from their website is CU TV.

Everyone of us has a still small voice in our hearts, whispering to us what God wants us to do. This, is our vocation. For those who are discerning their vocation, or those who are interested to the vocational journey of others, check out the Catholic Vocations Podcast (rss) by Marc Smith. In the podcast, Marc interviews men and women who have answered the God’s call to religious vocations.

One of the recent series of podcasts I discovered recently are from Catholic Radio International. CRI offers straightforward information and insights about the world around us. You may subscribe to the “catch-all” feed here, (like I did) or to the feeds of the individual programs:

• The Heart of the Matter (rss)
• Thread of Grace (rss)
• UltraSound (rss)
• Mary’s Touch (rss)
• The Poetry of Pavel Chichikov (rss)
• Cover to Cover (rss)

Another podcast “derived” from a live radio show is the Catholic Sound Insight Radio Daily hosted by Dr. Tom Curran and produced by MyCatholicFaith.org. Catholic Sound Insight is a daily live radio program which is entertaining and thought provoking, and offers humor, guest interviews, insights from the Scripture, and interaction with listeners. Great for commuters and anyone who wants to tune in for a daily boost of faith! Dr. Tom Curran is the Executive Director of Trinity Formation Resources, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Catholics understand, explore and live their faith more deeply. He is also a regular guest on Catholic Answers LIVE. Listeners can also watch the live recording of the program on UStream through the MyCatholicFaith.org website.

Listeners to Catholic Answers LIVE will also be familiar to Dr. Ray Guarendi. If you’re a fan of this humorous psychologist, you’ll wanna check out The Doctor Is In (rss) and Family Minute with Dr Ray Guarendi (rss) podcasts where the good doctor shares his wit and wisdom on family and the faith.

Another gem I found is The Heart of Things Podcast (rss) by Bill Donaghy, which brings us on a journey past the shallows and into the deep of daily life! Touching on faith, art, music, movies and more, we’ll tap into the many places where faith and life meet, at the very heart of things. Find out more on MissionMoment.org.

If you like Bible studies and diving deep into the faith, you will love the St. Irenaeus Podcast (rss) by St. Irenaeus Ministries, whose goal is to provide sound instruction and spiritual formation in Biblical study, evangelization and discipleship and to proclaim Christ in the fullness of the historic faith.

That’s all for now. Meanwhile, do fill up your MP3 player / podcast aggregator with all the goodies mentioned above. Until next time, God bless!

Tags: Catholic, Podcasts, Reviews