Eucharist

God My understanding of God that I can see in the verbatims and in the ministerial situation is a God who prepares the heart of the people to receive him, who forgives his children and who wants the best for each one of them. All of these characteristics can be seen in my conversation with Henry, the man who had left his house for several years and who, after listening to a homily, decided to find his children. During our conversation, I told Henry that God was preparing his heart for that…

need to turn our lives towards God and be faithful to his Commandments”. ”Throught Confirmation the grace received at Baptism is perfected,strengthening our bond with the Church and enriching our lives with outpouring of the Holy Spirit(247).” The Eucharist is a source that helps us to live a moral life. “Through the Sacrament of penance and Reconciliation we receive the grace of God's forgiveness. Through the grace received in the sacraments of Anointing of the sick , our suffering is united…

William T. Cavanaugh, who is a senior research professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology and also a professor at DePaul University, presents both general readers aswell as specialists with some truly interesting views on subjects like free market, consumerism, economics, globalization and scarcity, and he accomplishes this by looking at it from a Biblical perspective. William T. Cavanaugh doesn’t just point out all that is wrong in our world today regarding these…

Albert Schweitzer once said, “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”(GoodReads). While some are aware of small portions of Christianity’s history, many are unaware of the cultures and religions that influenced the spread of the religion as well as the religion’s practices, beliefs, and churches. From Rome’s influences on the church as a state, the architecture of Christian churches, and the spread of the religion, to Jewish influences on the Christian Bible,…

within his works. Disputation of the Holy Sacrament depicts theologists such as the original four Doctors of the Church, with Pope Gregory I, Augustine, Ambrose, Pope Julius II, Pope Sixtus IV, Savonarola and Dante Alighieri disputing the idea of the eucharist. Dr. Joseph Hartman in his book Nature and Naturalism: A Philosophy Primer states that “Humanism intellectually challenges dogmatic religion and places an emphasis on human values and perspectives” (Hartman, 2013). The fact that those…

Amanda Rose’s introduction of, The Showdown in the Sonoran Desert sets the stage for a multitude of information that ultimately explains the migration experience of Mexicans. More importantly, she explains how the militarization of the US-Mexican border has resulted in more deaths in the Sonoran Desert in that past decade than any other time. Due to the highly defended boarder, migrants could no longer take the easier routes like “swimming the Rio Grande or dashing the Tijuana/San Diego divide”…

Pre-Reading: 1. My definition of world history is all events that have happened in the past that have affected today’s culture in one way or another. 2. I am interested in learning about the different cultures from history, but I am not looking forward to learning dates and time periods. 3. -8000 BCE to 600 CE: The Phoenician community came about, Jesus was born and lead, Sumerians lived, Egypt was thriving, China was secluded -600 to 1450 CE: more trading by water, new religions became popular…

Buddhism Origin It is believed that Buddhism originates in India around 5th century and traces back to a man by the name of Siddhartha Gautama. Who formed a group of people who were against the idea of the old Vedic religion (the predecessor of Hinduism) and were after a new view on spirituality. The legend says Siddhartha was a prince born to a King and queen who saw the suffering outside the walls of his glorious life a sought a way to free himself and others from sickness, death and old age…

I was the only non-Catholic student in my entire class. I went to a private Catholic school in fourth through eighth grade. When I attended Catholic School I made great memories and even better friends, but I always felt a little different. Not only was I not allowed to participate in certain events, but I was also treated differently than my friends were for being a non-Catholic. At the end of my five years at St. Raphael, I learned to stand up for my beliefs and to respect other religions.…

I have given much thought to my journey and exposure to preaching. I have to admit that most of the preaching exposure I had growing up is quite different from my current theological and personal understanding of what preaching is or ought to be, if it is going to be effective. Growing up in a legalistic environment, most of the preaching I heard depicted God as some type of warden ready to punish people at the first sign of misbehavior. Most of the preaching revolved around the do’s and…