For my confirmation, I chose to follow and take the name Cecilia. She was born in the 2nd century to a very rich family living in Rome with a deep connection with God and the angels. As her story goes, she took a vow of virginity when she was young. When Cecilia later was forced to be married, she told her husband that it was protected by an angel. Naturally, he asks to see the angel, so he went to be baptized. When he returned, he saw an angel at her side putting on her head a flower crown. He told his brother about what he had seen, so after they both were baptized, they spent the rest of their lives burying recent martyrs. They both were executed later for refusing to sacrifice to multiple gods of a different religion. Cecilia went on
Sonia Sanchez is an African-American writer regularly connected with the Black Arts Movement. She has composed over twelve books of poems, and in addition short stories, essays, plays, and kids' books. She was a beneficiary of 1993 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. In 2001, Sanchez was the recipient of the Robert Frost Medal for her poem and has been compelling to other African-American female artists, including Krista Franklin. Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 9, 1934. Her mom died when Sanchez was just two years old, so she stayed with different family members for a while. One of those was her grandma, who passed when Sanchez was six. In 1943, she moved to Harlem to live with her dad, her sister, and her stepmother, who was
she became Father Damien. This calls into question how important an identity Sister Cecilia is
Kim Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” portrays a speaker who contemplates the state of their romantic relationship though reflections of their partner’s tattoos. Addressing their partner, the speaker ambivalence towards the merits of the relationship, the speaker unhappily remains with their partner. Through the usage of contrasting visual and kinesthetic imagery, the speaker revels the reasons of their inability to embrace the relationship and showcases the extent of their paralysis. Exploring this theme, the poem discusses how inner conflicts can be powerful paralyzers.
My full name is Jason Accardi Junior. I was confirmed in the Catholic Church at the age of 14 and received the name John Bosco for my confirmation Saint. The reason I was named Jason because of my father Jason. I do not have a middle name because my father does not have a middle name; therefore for me to be a junior, I could not have a middle name either. The reason my father wanted to name me after him was because it was the only name he could picture me as being. My mother wanted other names for me but my dad was determined and had his mindset to name me after him. He wanted to start a tradition or a legacy of the name Jason through the Accardi bloodline.
In the world of teenagers everything seems to come and pass by so quickly. For instance the beginning of senior year. In Spite of being happy and excited were also generally nervous and anxious to see what our future holds. As senior year comes to an end, It then becomes as temporary as the summer sun but also the boundary of our life before we enter adulthood. Even then our future is still undefined.
Connie Fife is a Saskatchewan, Cree poet who writes using her unique perspective, telling of her personal experiences and upbringing. This perspective is revealed to her audience through the poems “This is not a Metaphor”, “I Have Become so Many Mountains”, and “She Who Remembers” all of which present a direct relationship to her traditional background and culture (Rosen-Garten, Goldrick-Jones 1010). To show the relationship of her experiences through her poetry, Fife uses the form of dramatic monologue, as well as modern language and literal writing to display themes about racism presenting her traditional viewpoint to her audience.
...t speak to her lover only through the window of her room. At night, she would go to her window while she thought her husband was sleeping, claiming that the song of the nightingale kept her awake. After the nightingale is killed by the husband, the lord keeps the body with him always as a sign of devotion to the lady.
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste the experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience” – Eleanor Roosevelt. Living life to the fullest and experiencing life can be seen or taken in different ways. Sometimes fear can prevent us from living with an open-mindedness of what we already have. Can we imply expressively to understand that soundness of Barbara Ras’s poem on life, love and Carpe Diem?
The speaker is posing herself as a Cree student in school who is being silently ostracized. The student hates the education system, as she thinks it is dull and tedious, and the teachers have no faith in her intellect. However, she does not stop at her frustration, as, in the poem we see a certain turn-around: she is sick of playing dead, and as a result, she makes a firm decision to push for change. In the poem “Communications Class,” Connie Fife shows through form and school imagery, the frustrating experience of ostracization in school, but also the resilience a student can exhibit against it.
She was a Quaker. The wife of a merchant. The infertility patient of Dr. William Pancoast. She was a woman whose name was never recorded.
I am still an undergraduate student, so pursuing a PhD seems very far in the future, but you are correct that I may continue with this author in the future. "Clarinda" is only known for writing this one poem. Since the poets name was not included with the text, there is no way to tell what poems were also penned by her, but she makes references to several poets and texts in her poem that I would love to study. My thesis director is Dr. Germán Campos-Muñoz. The history professor that I will be meeting with is Dr. René Harder Horst.
Imagine being asked to give up your life for God. This was a question asked of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. She chose to give her life and that is part of the reason she is such a great saint. I chose her to be my confirmation saint because I really admire her life and devotion to God.
After her baptism she had twins. Even with her health decreasing she had the children without problem. She was very happy with her family and later had more children. Her husband soon joined the church and they became a strong family.
A total of 8 people joined the church during this Sunday service ; Rafael, Roberto, Nicholas, Alexis, Dionne, Edmond, Michael and minister Eileen. They praised the God of love and mercy together wholeheartedly. After the service, they shared their reflections. Alexis shared 'I was impressed that when Zacchaeus accepted Jesus his life was
It’s kind of hard to believe that I would change my name to Lucrecia because I didn’t really like my mother’s name until recently. I always thought her name was weird and unusual. I never met anyone else with that name. Now, I would be more than happy to change my name to Lucrecia, after my mother, because she means a great deal to me.