St. Christopher's Research Paper

The image of St. Nicholas has been distorted throughout time and it is important to determine who St. Nicholas really was to best understand his current personification. Many of the realities of St. Nicholas’ story have been twisted by stories that make learning about St. Nicholas difficult. Though his real life is often overlooked and forgotten because of his personification as Santa Claus today he still led an important and honorable life. The historically accurate story of St. Nicholas is very important because it greatly affected the culture. St. Nicholas’ real story can be best seen by examining his young life, and memorable works during his time as a Bishop.

In Maria Byrd’s second letter to her son she specifies the churches recent worship schedule: “Mr. Thomas Davis preached at our church on Sunday last & is to give us a sermon again Thursday & has published giving the Sacrament this month.” (Tinling 1977, 689). Mrs. Byrd also notes the church’s attempt to book attract other pastors to preach to the congregation. It is important to note that in spite of the new responsibilities taken by parishes, worship of the assembly was maintained as the primary function of the

Local churches around Blythe came together under Palo Verde College Performing Arts Center’s roof, to lift up holy hands, sing to the Lord a new song and worship as a interdenominational congregation.

Her hand slapped time against her thigh as the final notes of the Bishop Brothers Gospel Quartet’s rendition of I’ll Fly Away rang through the air. Sarah was barley cognizant of the shouts of praise filling the auditorium. Lee Green, the song leader, had worked the overflowing assembly to fervor with his selection of hymns and the Bishop Brothers had the rapturous crowd on its feet, rhythmically clapping their hands to the music, ready to receive Sister Sarah’s message. As she waited for Brother Green to call her to the stage, she silently prayed for Divine inspiration; her long slender fingers tenderly caressed the tiny gold cross hanging

1. Discuss the use of music in Catholic and Protestant worship practice, from the development of polyphony, through the music of J.S. Bach. In so doing, discuss the shift in responsibility for musical development from the Catholic Church to the Lutheran Church.

A necklace of Saint Francis of Assisi, protector of animals. The necklace has a twelve-inch bronze chain-link chain, a small red plastic heart and a silver paw print pendant hanging above a quarter sized bronze pendant of Saint Francis surrounded by animals. Behind and to the right of Saint Francis there is three crosses on a hill, a river flowing behind him, and a church to his left. The animals surrounding Saint Francis appear to be; three birds, a small monkey, squirrel, turtle, rabbit, deer, a dog, and a cat. Saint Francis is holding his arms out for the birds to land on. On the necklace Saint Francis is bald, wears a robe and has a halo. Above his head reads “St. Francis of Assisi protector of animals”.

In his mercy God has cast out every lesser god; yet still requires his people to agonize over the pain and suffering of others first and foremost in Christian worship. Pastors are obliged, therefore, to doggedly resolve difficult issues that pertain to worship without acquiescing to the congregational sensitivity. God requires assemblies to serve the disenfranchised optimally in the worship space first, and for this reason, assemblies need to hear teaching homilies concerning how to perform the demands of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their ritual lives. Such teaching, in turn, clearly reveals how the Praxis of worship extends to private

However, it was a triumphant day. I had saved the day! The Nuns at my very Catholic elementary school had asked the question “were is God ?” others piped up, “In Church” , “No!”, she said, angrily. “In School”others replied, “No!” getting more annoyed. “In our house”, the Nun getting redder and redder. I still don't understand why Priests and Nuns were always so mean and angry all the time are they not suppose to be full of happiness spreading the good word? I remember Sundays at St Columbkilles, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Canon Gillian stood screaming at his congregation for more money, less talking and use the right hand to bless yourself. Who knew there was a right hand to bless yourself with holy water upon entering the Catholic Church. I was with Dad this one Sunday evening squeezing in our Church time by the skin of our teeth. I didn't know that it mattered which hand you used to bless yourself with holy water. Numerous years of Catholic School had not taught me this. I was too busy worrying about blessing myself at all because of all the people squeezing in their Church time the last mass before, well I'm not sure what would happen if you missed Church, it never happened. The dreaded Cannon Gillian had witnessed this and pulled my Dad aside and gave him a rollicking for my huge blunder of not blessing myself with the right hand. I, in turn, received a rollicking from

Designed by some famous artists such as Donato Bramante and Michelangelo, St. Peter's is the most famous building of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. It has been described as "the greatest of all churches . St Peter’s Basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's Apostles and also the first Pope of Catholic religion. Saint Peter's tomb is directly underneath the high altar of the Basilica. Numerous Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period, and there has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica.The idea of the construction of the Church came from Pope Nicholas V.the construction

Reflection: Anthony should be the patron of those who find their lives completely uprooted and set in a new and unexpected direction. Like all saints, he is a perfect example of turning one’s life completely over to Christ. God did with Anthony as God pleased—and what God pleased was a life of spiritual power and brilliance that still attracts admiration today. He whom popular devotion has nominated as finder of lost objects found himself by losing himself totally to the providence of God.

Yes, I believe St. Francis is saying to follow the good teachings of God, you do not have to give up everything, simple things like helping strangers on the street with small things like, donating money, helping one another and always smiling is enough to change someones day. For example, the little girl that finally got enough money to get an education made the mans day, he didn't receive any tangible goods in return, he received emotions and that was enough to make his

As the clock struck 8 o’clock we all hurried to our seats throughout the stadium, hoping that the general session wouldn’t start before we reached our seats. This great session starts out with popular speaker Mark Hart spreading his wide words, and preparing us for the main event of the evening, Adoration. However, even though he tried to prepare us for what we were going to go through, I don’t think we could completely comprehend the magnitude of what was to proceed. We were led in Adoration by Father Louis Merosne who exposed us to Christ

Armed with Father Mike’s initial, albeit tentative, blessing, I had already instituted a culturally unbiased music program that was both diverse and liturgically correct. Like Nehemiah, who quickly started rebuilding Jerusalem's wall, I had wasted no time at all in getting things done, but my quickness and decisiveness had caught the churchwardens off guard. The music ministry was now growing steadily and getting younger with more singers and musicians joining regularly. Consequently, the worship music was now accompanied mostly by acoustic guitars, various percussion instruments, and the electronic keyboard. What irked the churchwardens most was how I played the pipe organ sparingly, albeit whenever appropriate. The parish still occasionally

Sister Antonella Bayer’s origins of the sacramental began when she was in grade school. She took part in a “living rosary” during the May crowning at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. In this living rosary, the children wore beautiful spring dresses while they were the beads of the rosary. When their turn came, they would say out

Reflecting upon the readings of Torrance’s Worship, Community, and the Triune God of Grace and White’s Introduction to Christian Worship will deeply shape how I look at worship in the churches I now order worship for the congregations. I used one of the churches in which I serve to do the Order of Worship assignment. It is a blue collar, small membership church located in a rural, retirement/ vacation area of North Carolina, Lake Gaston. It is also predominately Caucasian. Torrance’s focus is on trinitarian worship, participating in Christ’s communion with God, the Father and Christ’s life, death, and resurrection through the power of the Holy Spirit. And White’s focus is to look at how the forms used in worship give worship its meaning. These forms include but are not exclusive of, time, space, music and art. There are implications for both focuses in the order of worship for the congregation used for my order of worship.