The Prayer Of A Good Shepherd

-The name of the film “The Good Shepherd” is taken from the Bible. According to the Bible Jesus says the good shepherd is the one that leaves ninety nine sheep’s, goes to find one lost sheep and brings her home. Therefore, he means that there “will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent”. It can be argued that it is metaphor for what Edward does in his life, because what he does is full of sin such as detention, killing, secrets, mistrust, but he sacrifices his life for his country and does more to his country than millions of people who don’t go through half of things that Edward had to go. In this case Edward can be symbolizing Good Shepherd.

When we think of childhood we think of blissful, exhilarating moments, like being pushed on a swing higher and higher feeling as if you could stretch your hand and grasp the clouds, as you experience the cooling air of a hot summer day on your blushed face, as you yelped to be pushed further into the clouds. We do not think of the anguish and questions that the sight of death brings. But that’s exactly what happens to six year old Antonio Marez in the novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. When young Antonio witnesses the death of a local War Veteran, a family friend, and a classmate, it leaves him with transforming effects, prompting him to question death, sin, morality, and in the end leading him to be ambivalent towards his Catholic beliefs. Through every mortifying act that he witnesses, he has the guidance of Ultima, an elderly “curandera,” healer, who uses her wisdom to lead Antonio to answer his own questions.

The A.A Meeting took place in the Church Notre Dame of Mt at Cedar Knolls. When the meeting started, I ask myself “where are the guys seeking for help”? When I realized that they all were seeking for help. They did not look like they need it help, they look like you and me. When the meeting started first they when in to “The twelve traditions” and then to the events that they have each week, at the first I could understand what was going on they were laughing one another. When an old man when to the front to introduced his self. At the end of his introduction he asks everyone (except us) to give money to him, because he has things to pay, when he pasted the pot all around the room, everyone started to give something. I thought it was a joke but

A woman name Angela Hundley and her family were away on a family vacation in the Dominican Republic. While there Angela ate fish that caused her to become very ill. Two weeks after they returned home from their vacation she was diagnosed with ciguatera poisoning. She could not open her eyes or lift her head. The doctor informed the family that the poisoning was untreatable, and an incurable. Angela felt like she was in a comma, she couldn’t move but she could hear everything. She could hear her children playing but she couldn’t play with them. She remembers her husband taking her to her church for prayer and at the alter she recalls her pastor asking her “Angela have you thanked God through any of this, even if you don’t see another day,

“Canessa began a continuous dialogue with God … ‘You can make it tough, God,’ he prayed, ‘but don’t make it impossible.’” Faith and prayer guided the survivors in their decision making on the mountain, and they were essential to the survival of the men. The Catholic faith, along with prayer, can lead a person to do marvelous things. The survivors of the crash in the Andes Mountains were extraordinary examples of this. All of the young men had grown up in Catholic families, and they had received a Catholic education. Because of their strong faith, their relationship with God became a crucial part of their decision making and survival on the mountain. Prayer would reassure them that God was with them and guiding them every day. When the group decided to eat the dead, their

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.  And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Saint Rose of Lima had been a very divine person ever since she was born. Throughout her life, she had always dedicated herself to religion, prayer, suffering, and saving souls from purgatory. Rose always believed that although her life was very poor, there are always others out there who have it far worse. Thus with her loving compassion, Rose never hesitated to help the poor, the sick, or the weak whenever she came across them on the streets of Lima. This was what the moral of Rose’s life was based upon and dedicated to.

Because of her relationship with Duarte, dona Jauna was always respected in the town. One day in 1920, Duarte decided to leave. He went home to his other family in Chivilcoy. Dona Juana had to fend for the family herself. They were forced to move from their nice home on Main Street, to a more run-down portion of the village. One January day in 1926, the Duartes heard news that Juan had been killed in an automobile accident. Dona Juana packed up her children, and they all went to attend the wake. Unfortunately, Duarte’s legal wife refused to let the children or dona Juana see the body. It was not until the widow’s brother, the mayor of Chivilcoy, interceded that the children were allowed to say good-bye to their

Then the day of the funeral came, it was April 21st, 2016. So many people came, it was as if the entire continent of people were at the church. The name of the church was called the Living Faith Church and it was held in the auditorium. Luz was sitting in the front next to her family while the other guests sat anywhere else. A lot of Luz’s friends showed up, even though one from a long time ago. The ceremony lasted 1-2 hours and everyone mourned over the loss. Luz was heartbroken and depressed for a period of time, but she had friends and family to care for her and help her.

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing” (Galatians 2.20-21)!

En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo, y el Espíritu Santo: In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We witnessed the destruction left by the earthquake in the Enrique Rebsamen School, which killed at least 22 students and 4 adults (according to the Telegraph News). Also, in the middle of a busy road, there was an altar in honor of those who passed away during the earthquake, followed by a list of people missing and hospitalized. I encountered people sheltering in the parks with tents made out of clothing and blankets. As we arrived to the piazza, people prayed in circles asking for their loved ones eternal peace and other’s quick recovery as rained poured over their heads. My immediate reaction to these encounters was to cry. I cried because although I was expecting all this, I wasn’t prepared for it. Encountering these situations made me value what I have at home and every opportunity that is offered to

God, the Holy Divine is the superior of hierarchy and individuals must rise to “praise relics of the Saints, giving veneration to them and praying to the Saints; and to praise Stations, pilgrimages, Indulgences, pardons, Cruzadas, and candles lighted in the churches” (Fifth Rule). In other words, to be a divine Christian, one must hold great respect and must preach, praise and live a life of truth, purity, praise, prayer and full dedication. It is important to preach to God through supererogation, the performance of more work than duty requires. It is in this sense that people must venerate values of religion not only interior, but also exterior. In order to successfully commemorate God and his teachings, one must not only praise “ornaments and the buildings of churches” (Eighth Rule) but also must “praise the hearing of Mass often, likewise hymns, psalms and long prayers” (Third

There are those who have a difficult time expressing themselves with words. It is as though there is a communication barrier between people even if they are speaking the same language. The struggle for successful communication can be even harder if different languages are spoken. Even if there are no words spoken, communication between two people still occurs. Yiyun Li’s short story “A Thousand Years of Good Prayer” offers an excellent study in communication. This study includes examples of communication barriers and the successful aspects of communication revealing the ultimate theme: communication does not need to be verbalized to have a relationship

Throughout the ages, many have tried to comprehend the human experience of love and its ineffable and mysterious force that leads us to complete euphoria or utter despair, with songs, paintings, and stories. In Plato’s Symposium, six guest including Socrates, tackle and attempt to define love amongst each other. With each attempt, and our study of Johns gospel, the intertextuality between the symposium and John 15:8-17 helps one better understand the portrait that John portrays of Jesus as the ultimate lover and only way to being fully complete.