Eucharist

Sitting at the end of the pew, with the communion being passed around, I had little time to debate whether or not I should ingest this metaphor. Receiving communion used to be a normal ritual that I would go through almost every Sunday. It took my free time on Sundays to earn the ability of taking communion, through Sunday schooling and being baptised. But as the tray of grape juice and crackers advanced closer in my direction, the ritual became more foreign to me than ever. It wasn’t until…

Chris, I always find your writing so evocative and thought provolking. Similar to your experiences with religion, I was brought up Christian (Roman Catholic to be exact). From Kindergarten to sixth grade, I was educated in a Moravian church related school. Every Wednesday, all students at Moravian Academy were required to wear navy blazers and khaki pants to the church service which was so foreign to what I was used to in a Roman Catholic mass. Once I transfered to a Catholic day school…

Wow, can you believe we have started a new year, I pray all had a most blessed Christmas and I wish you and your family a most joyous New Year. It is always an honor to welcome into our community of Secular Franciscans new members. A “Right of Admission” ceremony for four of our inquirers; Joan Babin, Denise Donaldson, James Kim-Young and Mick Michieli-Beasley will take place at our January gathering. The St. Joseph of Cupertino Fraternity welcomes our four new brothers and sisters in Francis…

At the beginning of the assignment I felt anxious and scared since the first day I heard that I had to visit a religious site outside my own. I had no idea where to go and how to begin I know in Miami there are about 274 church according to the Miami Dade County. In addition, I went over the list of churches but every moment I was supposed to make a choice I postpone it because I was a little intimidated going alone. Since I can remember going to church I found it boring with the old music since…

Some of my best faith experiences include CYO retreats, CHWC, and NCYC. Firstly, I have been on multiple St. Dominic CYO retreats, and I think that everytime I go my faith continues to grow. I am always experiencing different parts of faith everytime I go. During these retreats, we listen to witness talks, talk in small groups together. Secondly, CHWC stands Catholic Heart Work Camp, which is focused on service and loving others. Throughout this camp, you are given the opportunity to make a…

Catholicism has always interested me, since many of my friends growing up were Catholic. I was pleased to see this observation in the syllabus, because it gave me reason to explore this religion. I had a roommate in college that was Catholic and we had always talked about me going with her, but that unfortunately never happened. I attended June 5, Saturday Mass at the Christ is King Church in Idaho Falls. I was a little nervous to go in, because I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I had my own…

strong to face the world’s difficulties”(Sunday Homily, June 17, 1979). This is showing that we should use the Eucharist to get through life’s difficulties. We should try to be as close to God as possible even in very tough moments. This is what Oscar Romero did for his entire life. He used the Eucharist and its characteristics as a guide to do what God would have wanted him to do. The Eucharist symbolizes the sacrifice, communion and presence that all Christians should have in their lives just…

In this essay the rituals that will be discussed are Music, verbal elements and place. The ritual of Eucharist and Buddhism are similar in that they both have Music and verbal elements and they both have places for prayer, however these rituals also differ in their ritual activities and use of symbols. Firstly Music will be to first comparison of this essay. In mass they sing hymns and sometimes they use an organ. These two religions are similar because they both use music in their ceremonies.…

Catholic Funeral Customs Human beings are scared of the unknown. We also don’t like to get out of our comfort zone or learn a religion that we do not practice. Those are normal traits for a human being. Here at Shipman Funeral Home we serve families no matter what the level of discomfort or disbelief we may have towards a person’s religion or beliefs. Today at the funeral home we had a family walk in and ask for our services, we later learned this family was Catholic. Jason Shipman the funeral…

Whilst there may be some truth in the distinction: Protestants destroy property and Catholics kill, it is a gross over-simplification of the religious violence associated with the Early Modern era to characterise it in such a binary manner. At best, it is a sweeping generalisation based upon the assumption that Protestant property destruction is driven by their anti-iconic beliefs, who felt that they had a legitimate objection to the wrongful use of material objects during worship: something…