Religion


AMEN: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.
BULLETIN: Your receipt for attending Mass.
CHOIR: A group of people whose singing allows the rest of the Parish to lip-sync.
HOLY WATER: A liquid whose chemical formula is H2OLY.
HYMN: A song of praise usually sung in a key three octaves higher than that of the congregation’s range.
RECESSIONAL [...]

This last week (since Saturday) has been rather painful in some aspects. For some strange reason my head started throbbing Saturday evening. I assumed it to be lack of sleep and so headed off home from Marise’s place.
Went for mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Worli on Marise’s invitation. She wanted me to do [...]

A Scottish tradesman, a painter called Jack, was very interested in making extra money where he could. So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time. Eventually the Presbyterian Church decided to do a big restoration job [...]

A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners.
At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote “Revelation 3:20″ on the back of it and stuck it in the door.
When the offering [...]

An atheist was walking through the woods. He said to himself: “What majestic trees!” “What powerful rivers!” “What beautiful animals!”
As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly charging towards him. He ran as fast as he could [...]

A Jewish lawyer was troubled by the way his son turned out and went to see his Rabbi about it. “I brought him up in the faith, gave him a very expensive bar mitzvah, it cost me a fortune to educate him. Then he tells me last week he has decided to be a Christian. [...]

The Last Supper would have been eaten the next morning … cold.
The Ten Commandments would actually be only five … double-spaced and written in a large font.
A new edition would be published every two years in order to limit reselling.
Forbidden fruit would have been eaten because it wasn’t cafeteria food. Paul’s letter to the Romans [...]

Had a Mock FMS exam this morning. From what I have been told, the FMS paper is extremely simple, but you have to literally fight for time!
This was the case today and I am not happy with the performance
Lots of solving is still needed to build up speed.

I had given my bike for servicing [...]

Sunday was the last of the AIMCATs and I was a bit apprehensive about the same. The AIMCAT was “decent” but as usual I missed the cutoff in Quant by a mark. Managed an 89.8 percentile which is definitely better than last week’s.
Went for the Sunday evening mass. Thankfully it was dragged.
Monday and Wednesday was [...]

Update: For those who read this before, I have corrected the poem. The incorrect version is stated to be by Maya Angelou. The actual poem is written by Carol Wimmer. You can read the history on her site as well as Urban Legends.
Here is the original version:
When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m [...]

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