Anointing of oil has sometimes been understood as a spiritual aid and was joined with other sacramental acts in a larger process of ritual preparation for death. The same council that reminded bishops to perform the blessings of the oil on Holy Thursday passed the following decree concerning the treatment of the sick: "If anyone is borne down by sickness, he should not lack, through priestly negligence, either confession and the sacerdotal prayer or anointing with the sanctified oil. And…
11/9 I was so stressed when I came back home that I didn't have any energy left to practice speaking. The reason why I felt so spent was that the attitude of my senior worker. He is a brusk, grumpy type, which doesn't gel well a reticent and gloomy personality like me. I keep making mistakes and misunderstand what he ordered me to do. To make matters worse, there is a serious lack of communication between me and hime, as he is the type who doesn't make friends when sober. I'm a teatotaller, to…
Should We Go To Mars? Dwia Alsafi Riverside Academy West Ms.Miller June, 2016 On July 20, 1989 ( the 20th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon) President George Bush made an announcement claiming his intention of supporting a program of manned exploration of the solar system and the permanent settlement of space, known as the Space Exploration Initiative ( SEI). One of its major goals was to build a space station as a stepping stone for humans to return to the Moon and…
most, when she followed in her father’s footsteps in the law enforcement field. He taught her how to be the best police officer she could be. However, being what she was best at didn’t save her parents that night when she arrived late to their Anniversary dinner. Since the passing of her parent’s Edie had vanished without a trace, abandoning everything and everyone behind including her job. Blame, failure, and agony what pushed Edie away. Lieutenant Marshall unexpected call with a…
Dot & Lil Dot & Lil is a company that makes finely crafted goods for bath, body and home. They are located at Rosemont studio in Montreal, where all their products are made by hand. On their website www.dotandlil.com , the products listed that they sell and create ranges from facial care to candles, body oils and butters. They also sell different types of soaps like bar soap and liquid soap. Their most popular items that they are most known for are their bath salts and milks. They also make…
Reading the excerpt from Karen Van Der Zee’s book “A Secret Sorrow” brings to mind a person who is very dear to me. I’m sure there are many people out there who may know someone in the same predicament, so this scenario is by no means unique. However, it is very close to my heart and shows that sometimes there can be happy endings, or that fairy tales can come true. Growing up I always had a lot of friends, some would move, or change schools, and eventually, over time, we would lose…
Nick the Fighter This is it, my one year anniversary of going to a mixed martial arts school. I’ve gotten a lot stronger, but I am still weak. As I walk to my MMA school I spot something out of the corner of my eye. I see some kids with smirks on their faces, they look like they are chasing me. Naturally, I speed up, but they do the same. I do not know why they would chase me, but they are anyway, I can’t ask questions. I start to sprint but they do not and that worries me. I tire and slow to a…
Upon walking into the NA meeting I attended, which was located at Lutheran Memorial Church in their basement on Erial & Blackwood-Clementon Rd, I felt extremely out of place because I am not familiar with this environment making me a “fish out of water”. The meeting was called Miracles on Monday, which is held from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM every Monday, and I would soon find that the name was very fitting for what takes place within those basement walls on a weekly basis. The normal feelings an addict…
This was the turning point for all gay, lesbian, and transgender. Exactly a year after the rebellion at the Stonewall Inn, June 28, 1969, the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee held a march on the streets of New York to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots. LGBT people all across New York gathered outside the Stonewall Inn to celebrate the gay liberation movement. “We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to…
Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy is a novel told in third person point of view about a bratty, misunderstood orphan protagonist named Maggie who had been hopping from home to home, then goes through the conflict of living with her two overly prim and proper great-aunt antagonists Aunt Lillian and Aunt Harriet, setting being is a beautiful home in late 1800 England. Uncle Morris, a side character, is who took her to their residency and seemed to disappear right after that task. It made me…