School prayer

1) In this Ignatian Guided Meditation I was able to use my imagination in the form of a prayer. During this prayer I was able to listen and reflect on a bible passage, as well as have a one-on-one conversation with Jesus. While listening to the bible passage from the story of Luke 5:17-20, I was able to imagine myself as one of the people in the story. The story was about how Jesus was able to heal people. Jesus is teaching a group of pharisees and teachers of the law when a group of men carry…

My cohort and I left for New Orleans a couple of days early due to a booking error, however we had planned on going on an excursion anyway so it worked out just fine. It was amazing to hear the history behind some of the plantations and to walk the same halls that these people walked in 170 plus years ago. The view from Oak Alley was breath taking a symbol that still stands as a testament to the South’s golden age. The trees were planted a 100 years before the land was purchased and a home was…

On Saturday, September 16, my learning community Common Grounds and I went on a trip to Philly; Once we got there, we visited two different types of churches. After we visited the churches we went to Reading Terminal Market for Lunch. We then talked about our day and what we thought about all the stuff that we learned about that day. The first church that the we visited was Old Saint Joe’s Catholic Church. When we first go to the church, our tour guide told us about the history of all the…

Johnsy dwelled on the self sacrifice of Behrman, she allowed many tears to trickle out of her teal colored eyes. The question why? kept gyrated inside Johnsy’s head, why would anyone ever sacrifice themselves for her? What has she ever sacrificed for someone else? She felt so worthless the more she pondered that question, she had never examined herself; her life, and for the first time, she did. Nothing Johnsy had accomplished throughout her life had any real significance to herself or others,…

in whales at a time when a man named Booth had distanced himself from organized religion and started the Salvation Army, and the people of Whales were praying for a mighty move of God. Little did the people of Whales know that the answer to their prayer was already born but serving God was the furthest thing from the mind of Mr. & Mrs. Wigglesworth being very poor John Wigglesworth worked long hours just to provide for his wife and four children.…

Affirmative Prayer On pages 82 and 83 of The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, Holmes provides an example of a prayer for physical healing. It may serve as a standard by which we measure our own prayer and realization. Whenever Holmes writes something that you do not understand or cannot agree with, examine its meaning and definition; and then examine your own thought that disagrees with these statements, which are true no matter what the condition and circumstance of your life. The following…

fear, life was still growing. And in that moment I knew God was inviting me to make time for love and mercy in all moments of my life, but especially in times where hope seems so far. This invitation from God was made even more clear the day of the prayer Vigil when we walked almost 2 hours to get to the venue. As I was struggling to walk in the heat, I was soon filled with so much hope and love from people I had never meet. People on corners welcoming us with smiles, waves, offering us water…

O pastor animarum is a sacred song composed by Hildegard von Bingen. The piece lacks an accompaniment, featuring a single female vocalist. The vocalist’s range is rather broad, jumping from one end of the scale to the other easily. The notes are legato, flowing into one another, typical in Gregorian chants. The texture of the song is light and airy, fitting with the message of salvation in the piece. Many phrases being with a crescendo and end in a diminuendo. Being nonmetric the style of the…

By no means would I call myself a religious person, though when I was younger I did attend church. The teachings at mass never truly stuck with me and my attention span was exactly what you’d expect out of a bored kid. Regardless of my lackadaisical spiritual agenda at that age, I can recall the structures of St. Thomas More quite well (with some additional help from my mom of course). St. Thomas More is a Catholic church located off of East Avenue and has the stereotypical exterior of a…

Last year, my family had a shaman ceremony to protect our family. A shaman ceremony is when a shaman goes into the spiritual world to talk to the bad spirits to stop making us sick. We called a shaman to come in to do a ceremony for us. We killed two pigs for the ceremony and it was mainly to protect my family from the spiritual world. Before the ceremony, we would call our relatives, families, and friends to come and help. The main idea of the ceremony was to offer money to all the bad spirits…