My Personal Testimony will allow me to share and portray my own proof about my relationship with God, the Church, and my service towards others. A description of how I came to see Christ in a Church’s setting while realizing God’s powers and seeing the true reality of helping others. Personally, my relationship with all three has changed for the better as I know have a willingness to deepen prayer, appreciate a new aspect of the Church and, lastly, gain a more personal experience while working with others.
My relationship with God, without a doubt, has developed much more. I communicate with God, most prominently to sustain a relationship with Him. A source in which I can show how my relationship with God has refined for the better is the …show more content…
The church is a place of worship for many, but for me, I’ve always lacked an understanding of it. In the past year, I was asked to accumulate information from the Church textbook, along with any outside research for the Marks of the Church Seminar. Given the topic of ‘Catholicism,’ I understood the Church more extensively as I began to see the intentions the Church holds. One thing I realized about the Church is that “You may be tempted to say the Catholic Church is Catholic. It seems self-explanatory but as easy as it may sound, the third mark of the Church: Catholic is meant as universal.” Taking part in this seminar; the research and things learned about the Church and Catholicity made me appreciate an aspect of the Church in which I was never familiar with. In the recent months, I was lucky enough to see a different perspective of the Church, as the topic of discussion in our mass was Friendship, initiated by Father Jacob. This mass, made me want to listen and thoroughly think about what was being said. Not being a Catholic, I always thought masses were strictly about the Gospel’s teachings and it would be difficult for non-Catholic people to relate to. A quote said by Father Jacob which I feel for the most part will always stick with me is, “You should never show hatred or anger towards …show more content…
An event which allowed me to step out of my comfort zone back in December of 2015 to help the community was United Way. Ms. Afefe, one of the organizers told me at the beginning, “Don’t quit trying. Your gesture of helping others may not be the biggest nor the smallest, but you are making a difference in the life of another human being.” Ms. Afefe’s words taught me the importance of seeking compassion and understanding in others, even when things may not be going the way we would like it to be. “I don’t strive for happiness as I instead accomplished an act of unselfishness to see the true reality of what it takes to be joyful.” This experience at the United Way gave me a sense of accomplishment and it reassured me that what I did was a good deed. In comparison to this year’s service experience, I would say I was able to gain more of a personal experience. On April 4th, 2017, I went on a Sandwich Patrol. I had a conversation with a man who right when he started talking couldn’t stop; he shared his life story with us. In order to have a conversation with him, just like last year, I stepped out of my comfort zone. This year, I used what I learned last year ( the act of compassion and understanding of others), and put it into action. It was a rewarding experience without a doubt, but it reminded me that, the way we act in situations is the
My relationship with God, without a doubt, has developed much more. I communicate with God, most prominently to sustain a relationship with Him. A source in which I can show how my relationship with God has refined for the better is the …show more content…
The church is a place of worship for many, but for me, I’ve always lacked an understanding of it. In the past year, I was asked to accumulate information from the Church textbook, along with any outside research for the Marks of the Church Seminar. Given the topic of ‘Catholicism,’ I understood the Church more extensively as I began to see the intentions the Church holds. One thing I realized about the Church is that “You may be tempted to say the Catholic Church is Catholic. It seems self-explanatory but as easy as it may sound, the third mark of the Church: Catholic is meant as universal.” Taking part in this seminar; the research and things learned about the Church and Catholicity made me appreciate an aspect of the Church in which I was never familiar with. In the recent months, I was lucky enough to see a different perspective of the Church, as the topic of discussion in our mass was Friendship, initiated by Father Jacob. This mass, made me want to listen and thoroughly think about what was being said. Not being a Catholic, I always thought masses were strictly about the Gospel’s teachings and it would be difficult for non-Catholic people to relate to. A quote said by Father Jacob which I feel for the most part will always stick with me is, “You should never show hatred or anger towards …show more content…
An event which allowed me to step out of my comfort zone back in December of 2015 to help the community was United Way. Ms. Afefe, one of the organizers told me at the beginning, “Don’t quit trying. Your gesture of helping others may not be the biggest nor the smallest, but you are making a difference in the life of another human being.” Ms. Afefe’s words taught me the importance of seeking compassion and understanding in others, even when things may not be going the way we would like it to be. “I don’t strive for happiness as I instead accomplished an act of unselfishness to see the true reality of what it takes to be joyful.” This experience at the United Way gave me a sense of accomplishment and it reassured me that what I did was a good deed. In comparison to this year’s service experience, I would say I was able to gain more of a personal experience. On April 4th, 2017, I went on a Sandwich Patrol. I had a conversation with a man who right when he started talking couldn’t stop; he shared his life story with us. In order to have a conversation with him, just like last year, I stepped out of my comfort zone. This year, I used what I learned last year ( the act of compassion and understanding of others), and put it into action. It was a rewarding experience without a doubt, but it reminded me that, the way we act in situations is the