“Tan tanan tanan tanan tan tanan tan tanan…. VIVA APUNG KULAS!” Isn’t it nice to hear that sound every time we make our procession for the feast of San Nicholas of Tolentino here in Macabebe? We start celebrating our fiesta every August 31 with a mass and procession. People here in Macabebe usually complete their tradition of 9 days novena mass wherein different priest from other towns are heading the mass. Devotees really make it as their tradition. Celebrating San Nicholas feast day is really
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Saint Teresa makes earth sound very atrocious. Her view of the world is definitely different from any other view of the world I have seen. She shapes her world to evolve around God and to always be with God‚ practically placing God as her lover. She portrays the earth as a very sinful place‚ which in some sense is true but not everything is immoral. She reflects back to when she would read books and care for her appearance as a bad habit. She expresses that the current world has too many imperfections
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addressing a cynic of love‚ who is arguing that the speaker’s love for his beloved is harmful or at least damaging to himself. Thus it is that the title of the poem refers to the way that the speaker and his beloved can become "canonised" or be made saints through the way that their love is expressed in poetry. Consider how the penultimate stanza of this excellent poem explores the paradox between the actual nature of their relationship and the way that it can be immortalised in poetry: We can die
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|These customs are understandable‚ but life lived in this way can become over-restrictive. Development is hampered. | |In the case of the Christian Faith‚ the Roman Catholics have always laid great store by the efficacy of relics of the saints‚ or| |some place previously hallowed by virtue‚ such as Lourdes‚ in respect of healing the sick. On occasion‚ these superstitions are | |efficacious‚
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In Sebastian Haffner’s memoir Defying Hitler‚ he explains how he experienced the beginning of the rise of Nazi Germany and Hitler through World War I and shortly after the war. According to Haffner‚ the rise of Nazism in Germany can be accredited to the mindset of the youth‚ extreme nationalism throughout the war‚ and the crippling inflation of the German currency. Haffner talks about the youth during the First World War and how they were influenced quite differently than the soldiers that fought
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Mrs. Cooper’s challenge was to write an essay on Holy The Firm by Annie Dillard. The challenge comes not from being able to sum up enough words in enough time to meet the requirements of this assignment‚ but from being able to contain such vast information‚ learned and decoded out of the book‚ into an essay format‚ a container so small and structural that‚ like Annie Dillard did in her own writing‚ one must carefully decide which thoughts‚ quotes and ideas are most important‚ based on your essay
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BIRDSONG: Critical Analysis: Language: Throughout the novel‚ Sebastian Faulks makes use of poetic language and tools to create atmosphere and give his descriptions more power and imagination. He also uses symbolic language to subliminally inform or remind the reader of certain points of interest. An example of this can be seen right at the beginning of the novel in the description of the house in which the Azaire family live. Faulks tells us that it is a ‘strong‚ formal’ building‚ behind which
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Joan of Arc The Inquisitor speech towards Saint Joan is one of persuasion that uses rhetorical appeals such as ethos‚ logos and pathos to create the image of a damned vile creature in place of Joan‚ while convincing the clerics themselves to “feel” it is acceptable to condemn her soul. Knowing that the jury might look upon Joan with sympathy‚ he finds a way to create a pre-emptive attack to manipulate the way in which jury members will first look upon Joan.
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he cannot seem to understand how any one person can surpass God’s power. While helping Ultima cure his sick Uncle‚ Tony is baffled by Ultima’s healing abilities. He ponders how “the magic of Ultima [cwould] be stronger than all the powers of the saints and the Holy Mother Church?" (97). Tony feels a deeper and even spiritual connection to his uncle while Ultima is curing him. Although this is not addressed in the novel‚ this could be Ultima’s or even the spirits attempting to guide Tony in the directions
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God; are unanswered prayers. Christians believe that God answers their prayers‚ and loves and cares for everyone. In church‚ they may be given examples of answered prayers. For example; many Catholic Christians believe that St Jude is the patron saint for those who have no other hope of help. However‚ when some people pray‚ their prayers are not answered and they may begin the wonder about a God who answers some people’s prayers‚ but not others. For example; a young missionary couple asked the
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