Rosary

through their acrobatic paces. Senor gets into the act on the bus as we go He pulls a mask out of his sack, Santo is his alter-ego. 36 Sabado: The Basilica is sinking at Our Lady of Guadalupe Let’s say a prayer, we’re all thinking, and purchase a rosary. More than an hour’s ride to climb Teotihuacan Proves to be the divide, separating boys from…

I remember my mother giving me this rosary necklace, and it was hand made by her I had it kept inside my jewelry box for a special day, I felt like my wedding day was the best day to wear it. Then it was time to head to church, I felt like god had blessed me by letting me get married in such…

This story takes place at a church service that her awful grandmother went to. She watches her grandmother light candles, blessing herself by making the sign of the cross and kissing her thumb repeatedly. Her grandmother was also running a crystal rosary between her fingers, saying many prayers and making many promises.…

Impact on schooling & education. As Filipino American’s are more likely to speak English, their successful access to and achievement within the U.S. education system is greater than that of Mexican American’s. Important Traditions Filipino American traditions. Many Filipino American traditions center on family and Catholicism such as Misa de Gallo (series of nine Christmas mass) and Noche Buena (grand family Christmas Eve dinner after midnight mass). Other traditions and cultural themes…

In every standardized test I have taken since third grade there is a series of questions; two of them being “What race/ethnicity are you?” and “Are you Hispanic/Latino?”. I never knew why the questions were separated or why Hispanic and Latino were lumped together. To my understanding, Hispanic and Latino were two separate ethnicities that could sometimes overlap. Because of this, I never answered the first question. Now that I am asked my race and ethnicity without the restriction of having to…

α-hydroxy ketones and β-amino acids [3]. The HNLs have been reported, purified and characterized from several plants e.g. almond (Prunus amygdalus), flax (Linum usitatissimum), cherry (Prunus serotina), peach (Prunus persica), capulin (Prunus capuli), rosary pea (Abrus…

Known as the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the greater English poet of the Middle Ages. His best-known work, The Canterbury Tales, is a collection of short stories that tell the tale of a variety of characters satirizing Medieval culture, including the Pardoner and the Wife of Bath. The tale of the Wife of Bath superficially values feminism and anti-feminism, depending on your point of view. Social criticism comes from both the Wife and the world she lives in.…

pierce each other like knives, but by placing more emphasis on God in our day to day lives, we became less curt with our words towards one another. A day is never complete until each of us is kneeling at the foot of our candle-lit altar, with a beaded-rosary in our hands and our mouths moving as we pray to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Prayer has always been at the center of our lives. It is through our constant prayer that we have remained a close-knit family, even through the times of…

prayers and the family experiences that I had as a child and as adolescent. I still remember when I talked with my grandparents from my mother side about faith, and how they emphasized to me the importance of the sacraments and the devotion to the rosary, I also remember several times in which together as a family we were involved in efforts and activities to help others who need more than us. Furthermore, when we were able to go to pilgrims to the different Sanctuaries that exist in the…

A Way to Christ “The rainy forenoon darkened “the dungeon” of the old prison, the last refuge of the Soubirous, who had been turned away from everywhere else” (Laurentin, 17). Fourteen year old Bernadette Soubirous was living in a disused jail with her parents and her five siblings. The family was destitute, living off of the wood that they gathered and using it to buy their daily bread. Bernadette’s father, Francois Soubirous, was out of work, out of time, and out of profit. The Soubirous…