B-2 Spirit

Gaudium et Spes was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7th, 1965. It was not a dogmatic council, it was and is a Pastoral Constitution. Pope John XXIII wanted it to be pastoral, so the Church to contribute more to the world's problems. In my opinion, it unleashed a new vision for joy and hope for the Catholic Church. A new and different church was beginning to come to shape. "Gone was the defensive, reactionary, and often hostile church of previous centuries. Gone were the threats,…

Creating a Catholic high school for low income students, with a work study program that helps students pay for their tuition, but is also a college preparatory high school, with cura personalis as its building block sounds like a dream. However, Father John Foley made it a reality for more than 10,000 students across America. Father John Foley is a Jesuit priest who started Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, IL in 1996. By 2001, The Cristo Rey Network of schools was created, now including…

2012). Historically, these distinguishing factors have proved salient for Pentecostal women who desired to preach. For women utilized the religion’s mystical aspects, such as prophetic dreams and glossolalia – both considered accesses to the Holy Spirit – as proof that they have been “called” to preach (Alexander and Young 2009, Collier-Thomas 1997, Stephenson 2011). Thus, in Pentecostalism women claimed their own personal legitimate means to religious authority via the individualized aspect of…

(Writer, original, audience, setting) Psalms was written by King David. Originally, there are five major sections of the book in the Hebrew Manuscripts. Book 1 contains Psalm 1 to 41, Book 2 has songs 42 to 72, Book 3 has songs 73 to 89, Book 4 contains songs 90 to 106 and Book 5 has 107 to 150 .It is for the people who seek comforts and for the ones who…

First Corinthians, chapter seven offers the Christian the truths and guidelines from God regarding the sacred bond of marriage. Paul calls for Christians to be Christ like in their marriages, and uplifting to each other, but what does that entail necessarily? How should the Christian approach marriage? What does God say about adultery and relationships with others while one is married? All of these questions are answered throughout the seventh chapter of First Corinthians by Paul. Marriage is…

Culture is defined as an established, coherent set of beliefs, attitudes, values and practices shared by a large group of people. Many influences define who I am culturally, such as my religion. Christianity was installed into me as a little girl. Being a Christian creates a set of beliefs that differs from others, and vice versa. Other influences include my nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, and age. Sexual Orientation plays a huge part of my culture, due to…

According to Women in Scripture, “Although these versus are not missing in any New Testament manuscripts, v. 34 and 35 are found after v. 40 in several bilingual Greek/Latin manuscripts.” Consequently, there is ongoing debate about whether Paul wrote these versus or not and these judgements will continue to be discussed in Christian communities to this day. There are numerous issues as evident that Paul’s argument about women’s coiffure in Church, which is ambiguous and two-sided. As a result,…

Everyone dreams of being an MLB player or an NFL player but many people don’t think of what their goals are when they are younger and in school. What do you want to happen while you’re in school? Get good grades, be great at a sport, or become more spiritual? My goals are to get straight A’s, get under 13 minutes in cross country and become closer to God. My questions are, how am I going to do that? Will I become a better person in the process of these goals? These are ways I think that I…

Matthew 5:3 (AMP) reminds me that I am most “spiritually prosperous” when I am broken and “poor in spirit”. Dr. John Coe’s lecture series opened my eyes to my fallenness and God used his words to reveal my belief in moralism; my own moral failure. Embracing my brokenness became a joy for me once I understood that nothing I could ever do would accomplish what needed done in my heart and life. Surrendering my soul, my will and my fleshly desires, I was broken and my flesh crucified; now I am…

In the narrative “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, the author discusses religion and childhood. The story takes place when Hughes was a twelve year old boy. His aunt pressures him to join christianity; however, rather than being saved and seeing god, he ends up losing faith instead. Langston Hughes uses stylistic techniques, primarily anaphora, imagery, and repetition to convey a message regarding religion. Hughes is writing about how the focus of religion isn’t mainly on faith, but rather…