Sophia Viviani Sophomore Religion Blog

Chamblee, Jess, director.  The Beatitudes Song  .  Youtube  , 24 June 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yxs5wFpnGg. This is the beatitude song. It is a beatiful song that makes you feel happy and want to do good. Maybe listening to this song once and while you can remember to apply the beatitudes to your life.  I’ve been learning about the beatitudes since I was in kindergarten but during this unit with Mrs. Manalo I learned that although the beatitudes and 10 commandements seem the same since they kind of act as rules for catholics to live by, the are different. The 10 commandments are 10 things you should basically never do like don't kill people or living things and don't steal. Except for the two honor your father and mother and go to church on sundays. Those are the only things you should do. The beatitudes on the other hand are 8 guidelines to apply to your daily life. Before this unit I just thought they were rules but when Mrs. Manalo taugh...

The multimedia that I chose for this blog post is a video of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. This was the parable that I researched and presented and I wanted to find a video that showed a little bit about what the parable was about. Visual representation helps people better understand messages that are being taught. 1.While researching The Prodigal Son I learned new information that I hadn’t learned before. I went to a catholic school and was read this parable at least once a year and was taught about why this parable is so important. Its meaning is teach people that when you make a mistake it’s ok to ask for forgiveness and when or if you do receive it don’t take advantage of it. While researching background information I learned that the parable was written by Luke around 85 c.e. I love this parable because it always reminds me that even if I don’t want to forgive someone for something they’ve done, for my sake and there sake it's better if I don’t hold a grudge and acce...