Sophia Viviani Sophomore Religion Blog

(saintsandsceptics.org) Losing a child is definitely the worst thing that could ever happen to a mother. It's your obligation to protect your child and give them the best life possible. During the reign of King Herod, he slaughtered all the boys under two years old in order to keep his throne and get rid of any threat to take it of him. This picture depicts a desperate and worried mother hiding her son from the soldiers there to kill her child and all the rest in her town. It was a devastating event that took place and thousands of lives were lost.  When my group was assigned the story of The Reign of Herod and the Slaughter of Innocents I was excited because I already knew a lot about this story. Herod was king of the holy landed and intended to keep his crown until he died. But when news spread that the saviour God had sent down from heaven who was destined to be the king of Jews, Herod was not particularly happy to learn of this. In order to prevent the son of God fro...

Who is Jesus? Jesus is someone who we can look at and try and model our life to be like his. He is our savior and messiah sent down by God to save us from our original sin. He was born of the virgi Mary and died and resurrected back into heaven. I went to a catholic grammar school from kindergarten all the way to eighth grade and still continue to learn about my faith here at NDB. I would go to church with my class once a week and I got expand my catholic knowledge there as well. Through the Priests homilies is where I feel I really learned about my catholic faith.  What I Learned This Unit in Living the Gospel I came into class with a lot of knowledge already but I learned a better under standing about how the holy trinity is one in unity. You can't have one without the other and all three, Jesus, God, and The Holy Spirit work together to help people all over the world. They are there to help and guide us through any difficulties or good times. God came first ...