The Revelations of St. Gertrude

Throughout generations in literature, “to live deliberately” has been the goal and purpose of life. As Alexander Supertramp (aka Chris McCandless) said, “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun” (57).

How one should live his or her life is a concept that has been discussed for centuries. It is debated, written about, argued over, killed for, and envied. Advice is offered at every turn. Parents, family members, elders, friends, teachers, athletes, authors, politicians, all have their say. But only one’s self can decide how they want to live life. After a year of reading, discussing and arguing this point in English 9 Honors, it can be determined for person to live their best possible life then they should make the world around them a better place by treating others as they wish to be treated, doing everything to the best of their ability, and loving.

‘How to live?’ I’m sure many of us are trying to figure it out. We learn about the meaning of life every second. Many people get lost and most of them think that they know what their hearts beat for and they are successful. Yet, they are just chasing fortune and fame, so as the author, when he was graduated from college. He buried himself

The best way in which one can live is by obtaining self-worth and pursuing individual happiness through hard work and a healthy balance of extremes.

In life, there are many ways you can live, however, the manner in which you live is your choice. In most peoples’ lives, they want to leave this world and say that they were happy and enjoyed every single moment of it. People feel like if they lived a happy life, then that is all that matters. But what if life has more to do than just being happy, what if it was meant for you to change the world or the lives of others? If you changed the life of another person and made them happy, you made a difference. A happy life is a good one, but a meaningful life is fruitful.

careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity,

Throughout her time at the convent, Mariette is criticized, and eventually expelled for not being able to adapt to the Sisters of Crucifixion’s particular way of life. Though they live a simple life in regard to their regulated schedules and lack of personal belongings, they are expected to abide by a set of very strict rules and to show their devotion and love for Jesus in a particular way. Though this structured life may not sound particularly appealing to the average person, for the Sisters of Crucifixion, it is deemed their heaven on Earth, because although the life seems monotonous, God is ever present.

Gertrude was 25 years old when she had her first vision of Christ. He told her if she said a special prayer, 1000 souls would be released from purgatory. It was life changing for her and it motivated her to practice the faith “nuptial mysticism” which is believing she was a “bride of Christ”. Another miracle that occurred to her is one night on the feast day of the last supper, Gertrude laid

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles is the patron saint of cats. Saint Gertrude was a seventh-century abbess who with her mother Itta founded the Benedictine of Nivelles in present day Belgium. Saint Gertrude was never formally canonized but Pope Clement Xll declared her feast day March 17. Furthermore Gertrude’s was born in Landen,Belgium in 626 and died in Nivelles in 659. She was born a nun and after her mothers death she was appointed abbess at only 20 years old. She was known for her hospitality to pilgrims and her aid to missionary monks from Ireland.By the same token She also gave land to a monk so that he could build a monastery at Fosse. By Gertrudes early thirties she became very ill like not eating food and abstaining sleep she had to resign

What is life? This is the one question that to this day still cannot be answered. Over the years millions of people have had there own interpretation of what is means to live. However the quest to answer this rhetorical question goes back to the golden days of Greek civilization when the worlds greatest philosophers first attempted to find the answers to this question. "As his position takes form in the Republic, Plato claims that only a very few individuals are capable of understanding how human life is to be lived. If it could be done, the rest of us would be best off it we were to let out lives be controlled by such individuals". This position held by Plato has been one of much discussion and disagreement over the years. In this paper I

Consequently, each person at some point in life asks some question about life. Some ask if they actually want to live the kind of life they are experiencing, while some will ask other questions like “who am I” or “The importance of their

My few years on this planet have been a bit confusing. I have learned of many aspects of life from which one can draw meaning, if indeed such meaning can be drawn. I have also learned that there can be no singular meaning of life to stand for us all, or even any one of us. What I have learned above all is that trying to put words to the meaning of life is a task of absolute absurdity. This is not to be confused with the idea that life has no meaning, for life certainly has meaning. However, there is no single meaning of life to be defined - life is different for us all. Therefore, rather than define life for an entire planet, I shall try to explain what life means as I perceive it, and why it means so.

Since one of the characteristics of God is that He is unchanging, there are theological truths He provides us in Scripture that transcend time and different cultures. We need to understand these theological principles when considering how to live them out today. We also need to evaluate a principle in a passage of Scripture to the rest of the

To lead a happy and fulfilling life, I believe we should all discover our own philosophy of life. Exercising the ability to rationally use our thinking and reasoning abilities is essential. We should all strive to be honest, good people and live our lives as well and happy as possible. Through experience we learn about ourselves and the world around us. I still have

Life as we know it could vanish within seconds. The next day is not promised to anyone that walks on this earth. As we live our everyday lives peacefully, we tend not to think what our mission or purpose in life is. Instead, we think what we must do for that to be a “successful” person. Despite this way of thinking, just think for a second. What makes life meaningful? What is life anyway? These questions dive right into the heart of the philosophical, psychological, and the biological aspects of life and what the true meaning of life is. This is a very arguable topic due to every person’s different perspective on life and what it means to them. In summary, I personally think that life is simply what you make of it and each person’s accomplishments has its own merit