Religious experience

This composition is to identify the changes that have taken place pertaining to morality within the Catholic Church since the Council of Trent. As a summary, hopefully it will enlighten how we can look at and approach morality and intertwine spirituality with the unique style Father Richard Gula uses to corroborate his thesis. Father Richard Gula points out that since the Council of Trent (1545-1563), morality was more in assisting the priest in the confessionals as to determining the moral…

Personal Pilgrimage “O God of wholeness, when I consider the lack of balance and wholeness in my life, the one-sided spiritualties with which I attempt to appease you, to appear good in the eyes of others, and to please myself, I come face to face with my need for a holistic spiritual life. Help me, I pray, to hunger and thirst for the wholeness you have for me in Christ. Help me to be willing to surrender to you whatever stands in the way of such wholeness” (64). Wholeness was a state that I…

When I first heard other people sharing from a top table or the body of the hall about their spiritual awakening, I didn’t believe them. I wanted to quiz them on it so that I could catch them out. I thought they were just repeating parrot fashion what they had heard other people sharing so that they would appear clever. Then I heard a woman sharing about hers who previously I had met, chatted to a wee bit and heard sharing from the body of the hall about how she was struggling to stay sober and…

God revealing His Word and laws and decrees, and when there are no godly laws to guide us, people cast of restraint and do whatever they choose to do. Yes, Revival brings problems. Any birthing brings problems. Some people look for one spiritual experience after another, or one spiritual high after another, and that is something we have to carry, and even put up with, and bear, and it can be a real…

A religious experience is an encounter with the divine also known as something supernatural beyond ourselves. It cannot be observed, therefore making it non-empirical. This religious experience is most commonly through interaction with other humans and nature. According to Paul Tillich, a religious experience is a feeling of “ultimate concern” demanding a decisive decision decision about what? from the person experiencing it. Whereas, Martin Buber says God reveals himself on a personal level…

For my other religious experience I had the privilege of attending a friend’s Catholic wedding. The church was everything I expected it to be with tall beautiful stained glass windows and sturdy wooden pews. Even though the church was in the middle of downtown Nashville, I felt as though I was in some peaceful little town in the middle of nowhere. The whole experience was more of a shock than I was expecting; I knew that mass would be different than attending my normal church, but I honestly had…

countries. It is filled with different races, languages, political ideas and religions. Oftentimes these many differences come with a great deal of contention and misunderstandings, especially in the case of religion. As there are so many different religious views throughout the world, it can seem extremely difficult find the common ground between religions. But as we work to find common ground and strive to understand the beliefs of other faith, our eyes can be opened to the light that God has…

her about how she felt and that ended up leading to her opening-up with me about her family and what she enjoys in life with her husband. The God or sacred moment was when I found out that she was Native American and so was her husband. He was a religious leader up in New York state where they lived. The reason this turned out to be a God moment was that I have a passion for Native American heritage. I went on my Cross-Cultural trip to get to know the Native American communities within the…

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…

about her husband; her thoughts and feeling are not acceptable. Chopin uses Mrs. Mallard 's physical, mental, and spiritual experience to show that death comes in many forms; some forms of death maybe worse than others. Obviously, one will not over look the fact that Chopin gives us the true reason…