Today it was the first time I have joined a Mass meeting and in fact, it was a good experience. The name of the event is The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi it was at 3:30pm on Tuesday October 4, 2011.
Before, I was used to go to Catholic Churches in Ecuador. I find it quite different since now I am kind of separated from my family. Here my friends at Briar Cliff University are my family.
As the third time I went to this Church (the first time was a Sunday Ashes and the second was at the Freshman Convocation Ceremony) again, I find it beautiful how the Choir sings and joins voices with the people in the church. Beautiful it is to close your eyes in peace and ask for your loved ones, to say thanks and grace for our world.
I really don’t know the names of the rituals in English but anyway I did feel part of the prayers and the faith of Catholic Franciscans. People I know, friends and faces I recognize were sitting around me... a lot of people that I know their names and some of their faces sang a great song called “Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace”.
As a common ritual we shared peace by shaking hands and repeating “Peace be with you” and this guy who I know by face said, “Peace be with you Omar”, (I did not know his name). The fact that I don’t know people names makes me quite uncomfortable, I know that names are not difficult to remember but when you know a lot of people, some faces, names and events you live are mixed with the environment (you don’t focus enough). As the time goes by, new experiences are shared between us and we continue learning between each other.
The fact that values like faith, humanism and respect are shared, is what allows us to keep going towards our goals throughout our lives. When it gets hard, when it gets kind of difficult to value beauty and goodness in our world, faith is a good place to rely on.
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