Today, May 10th 2012, we read an article about “A statement on religious liberty from the U.S. Bishops.” It starts out saying we are Catholics, we are Americans…. we should not have to choose between the two. Freedom is not only for Americans… it is for all those that wish to be free. In several states unjust laws have been made. For example, in Alabama there is a law that prohibits a catholic priest to baptize, hear the confession of, celebrate that anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to undocumented immigrants. We call them unjust because of the word of St. Augustine that “an unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law”. “This is not a catholic issue. This is not a Jewish issue. This is not an Orthodox,Mormon,Muslim issue. It is an American issue.”-Colombia magazine. Our religious liberty is not to go to mass on Sunday or pray the rosary at home it is about whether we can make our contribution to the common good of all Americans At the end of the article the bishops suggest that the fourteen days from June 21-the vigil of the feasts of st john fisher and st Thomas more- o July 4, independence day be dedicated to this fort night for freedom- a great hymn of prayer for our country
M,J,S.
resources gathered from Columbia Magazine
May 10 2012 | HFHS Religion | No Comments »
Today, Tuesday May 8th, we watched a show call “ America The Story of Us.” The first episode was about when the settlers first came over to the North American continent. At first they spoke of the settlers in Jamestown Virginia, the people traveled there by boat and arrived after a long 2 to 3 months journey on a ship. These settlers got started building and planting… they planted tobacco. In the first year alone the grew enough tobacco for over 1 million dollars in today’s money. Up in Plymouth they had sandy soil so many of them died from lack of food and at times there were only 6 people able to carry on with the task of building shelters. After the first winter they discovered they were not alone… they had settled in Indian territory. The Indians were friendly and taught the pilgrims how to plant and grow in the sandy soil, using fish as fertilizer. The pilgrims made peace with the Indians. 70 years later the 13 colonies were growing and the tension between the Americans and the British was growing. In Boston there was a Red Coat for every 4 civilians.
After the bloody massacre the conflicts grow. They formed militias and the Red Coats were trying to enforce the kings laws.
May 08 2012 | HFHS History | No Comments »
Today we watched a television show called “Build it Bigger” this show was about a man who was looking for large and amazing buildings. This episode was about the new cardinal stadium with the moving roof and the moving field. This huge building was built to resemble a snake curled upon itself and the barrel cactus which are both natives of Arizona. The field is on a track like a train so that it can have sun light while the stadium lid is closed. One of my favorite things they did was they used molten metal to bind two rails together. The roof is made of a material that is like a trampoline but it can carry lots of weight so grown men can walk on it for maintenance and construction. If want to learn more it is on the science channel again the name is “Build it Bigger”. I enjoyed this show and would like to warn you that there is some bad language but otherwise it was great.
May 03 2012 | HFHS Science | No Comments »
In the Bible Jesus says:
Immediately after the tribulation of those days… they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heavenwith power and great glory… Amen I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.(Matthew 24:30, 34)
Many believed Jesus to be wrong in saying that and because of that they thought that Jesus in the words of Albert Schweitzer “A false Apocalyptic prophet”. Also C.S. Lewis believed it to be “the most embarrassing verse in the Bible”. They believed this because of the way David describe a false prophet (see Deut 18:19-22)
Earlier Jesus says to the disciples after they point out the temple,
“You see all these, do you not? Amen, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone uponanother, that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying,“Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?” (Matthew 24:1-3) The account of Jesus being wrong about his prophecies was actually miss interpreted to mean what it literally meant but he actually meant the Destruction of the temple in 70 A.D. By the Romans.
This is only the beginning of this class so please stay with us to learn more.
S,J&M
April 25 2012 | HFHS Religion | No Comments »
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