Good Friday

Gerardo Mejia Professor Feres Religious Studies 325 17 April 2015 Retreat On Friday March 6th I embarked on a retreat until Sunday March 8th. Holy Spirit Catholic Church hosted this retreat, which is located at, 2725 55th St, San Diego, CA 92105. I was invited by one of my close friends to join her on this retreat, I knew very little about what I was getting myself into and about what I would even be doing there. All I was told was this retreat was going to take place in a different location, and I was to be at the pick up site at 4pm sharp. I knew the basics, and I also knew that there were no electronics allowed. I would be phoneless for practically the weekend. As we arrived to the retreat location, we found our luggage and those who already…

cultural standards of whichever country she is dealing with at the moment. The Ascendant Group is the parent company of multiple businesses, and Mrs. Smith must oversee and approve the communications and marketing of all businesses under the Ascendant family tree. Since she works from the BELCO headquarters, Mrs. Smith said she oversees the majority of the communications for BELCO. Since the company has to maintain communication with international companies, Mrs. Smith let me know that she must…

Ernest Hemingway, born into a strict Congregationalist home in Oak Park, Illinois, regularly attended services at the First Congregationalist Church. Later in his life, he converted to Catholicism for his second wife, Pauline. Many sources say that although he labeled himself under a religion for the entirety of his life, his writing reveals that he was an atheist in actuality (Kershaw, "Ernest Hemingway’s Religion and Political Views"). Hemingway’s experiences with religion are illustrated in…

societies. The modernist artist Willard Nash (1898 – 1943), was drawn to the American Southwest by its unique blend of Native American, Spanish Colonial and Euro-American cultures. His painting, Los Penitentes, undated, on display in the Autry represents The Penitentes of New Mexico who call themselves Los Hermanos de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, a lay Catholic brotherhood whose origins date to the mid-eighteenth century. The group are men of a deep faith whose rituals are focused on the…

The Dream of the Rood The Dream of the Rood is an Old English, allegorical retelling of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from a different point of view. Many seem to think this poem is only told from the point of view of the cross that Jesus was crucified on, but an additional interpretation is that this story is told seemingly through the point of view of a normal man, but in all actuality it is the retelling of the vision that Jesus had before he was arrested and his acceptance of his duty to…

Christianity and Christians are honest about their lives when posting. There are definitely teens arguing that social media is an effective way to share Jesus. This is true in part: Social media can be used to notify people of Jesus-related events, but if Jesus is not being portrayed correctly on social media, non-Christians are not going to show up at the events. It takes people willing to be authentic online to have social media be an effective way to lead people to Jesus. Others claim that…

stories you notice a few things they have in common. For example, their cultural differences. Like in the short story Interpreters of Maladies the cultural difference was the clothing and the way they approached each other. In the short story Jesus Shave was based on students from different backgrounds answer to the question, “what does one do on Easter?” But to me communication in both stories is horrible. For example, Mrs. Das cheating on her husband and having a kid with a different guy…

Christ to Die...in a Musical He may have been "Kissed by a Rose" and even had the love of supermodel Heidi Klum, but the Grammy award-winning artist, Seal, is now going one step beyond. He is portraying the Roman leader who sentenced Jesus Christ to die. During a two-hour live musical performance of "The Passion", Seal will take on the role of Pontius Pilate. Much like Pilate, Seal admits that he finds himself skeptical of religion and "constantly striving to connect with his spirit." He…

The Enlightenment cultural matrix picture that I decide to analyze and write about is David. David was well known for defeating Goliath in battle; he only used a rock and slingshot to bring the giant down. Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpted the statue of David somewhere around 1623 and 1624. The sculpture was marvelously done in exceptional detail, so life like, you actually would think the statue is going to reach out and touch you. I have personally seen some of Bernini’s work and believe it is…

The physical abuse, mental abuse and maltreatment distributed out by the Jews and the Romans, as well as the lack of food, water, and sleep, also contributed to His generally weakened state. Therefore, even before the actual crucifixion, Jesus' physical condition was at least serious and possibly critical. With the knowledge of both anatomy and ancient crucifixion practices, one may form the option, that this was indeed a slow agonizing execution. Our Lord and Savior’s contributing cause of…