Liturgy of the Hours

Women have beliefs that requires them to engage in acts like: “baking their heads in small ovens for about an hour.” These such activities are a publicized course of work, that like the medicine men requires various knowledge, that can be studied at different temples just for the learning of baking people of the Nacirema tribes head. Miner states that these rites

I entered into the worship service, unaware of what to expect. I was not familiar with this church, it was a non-denominational church, but the pastor had his roots in the A.M.E. Zion Church and branched out to establish his own church. I walked into the sanctuary prepared to participate in the Sunday School. I found a seat and readied myself to engage in some meaningful discussion. After sitting for several minutes, I asked one of the gentlemen who was standing at the front of the church if

questions in the summary. 1. What was happening just before the worship leader led worship and just after? Did it flow? Why or why not? The priest, deacon, two people who gave the readings, and four alter servers gathered in the narthex. The choir sang an entrance hymn and they processed into the church and up to the alter. At the end of the service, they assembled at the foot of the alter and processed out of the church with the congregation following. It seemed to flow naturally with

Lenten Reflections from A Father Who Keeps His Promises Scott Hahn’s purpose for the Lenten Reflections from A Father Who Keeps His Promises is to share the biblical story of God’s covenant love in salvation history each day beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with Divine Mercy Sunday. Hahn provides reflections for each day retelling the stories that make up the Story. Scripture testifies to how God has cared for his family throughout the ages, making a way for his children to live with him

Jesus granted him the gift of healing and when Jesus died Saint John the Apostle was the one to take over. Saint John is a Saint because he is well credited for writing the book of Revelations and being very close to Jesus and God in his final hours. Saint John had the wonderful powers of healing passed down from Jesus after his death. To become a Saint you have to have had performed two miracles. Saint John’s other miracle besides healing people was his prayers under the cross while Jesus

Secular Overlords Secular overlords were those who supervised peasants that took care of the land. These lords would establish bishops and abbots in their government offices. Ecclesiastical Overlords Ecclesiastical overlords were fiefs who were in charge of the peasants and serfs. Charlemagne Charlemagne was the most important ruler of the Carolingian lineage ruling from 768 until 814. He was name the successor to Constantine by the Pope in 800 which established the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne

The 2nd Vatican Council Starting with the First Council of Nicaea in 325 the Catholic Church established a tradition of ecumenical Council meetings to help decide on and shape the future of the Church. The most recent Council, called Vatican II, is considered to be both the largest ever in scope and also the most ground breaking in the amount of change it yielded. The changes in doctrine, dogma and procedure they enacted had major effects both inside and outside the Catholic Church and continue

for a congregation with beliefs which differed from my Catholic beliefs, I did not have many options in the immediate area. The nearest Buddhist, Hindu, or Sikh congregations are located in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore; both areas are at least an hour and half drive from my house. Within the Southern Maryland area, there are a few synagogues and Islamic temples. Location limited my choices to the Jewish and Islamic faiths as choices. Though I would have loved to visit the Islamic temple as well

Fr. Russ have found a suitable spiritual director that I have been seeing around every four weeks. I have found an even greater love for the mass and community prayer time. I believe this is due to my participation throughout the mass and liturgy of the hours. I also continue to find the presence of God in other forms of prayer, such as, different types of contemplative prayer, different types of devotions, and forms of meditation. Understanding of pastoral/ministerial skills: After finding a

During my years as a professional musician, my income depended largely on knowing what was hot and what was not. Whether I was performing in a posh upscale nightclub or in a local hangout with a name like the King Eddie Hotel, religion was always a hot topic. Opinions in bars about God, Jesus, and the Church were easy to come by. For instance, nightclub patrons regularly referred to church music as “that shit” and regarded most churchgoers as rigid and self-serving hypocrites. The basic attitude