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Lord send me hope. There are times when I feel helpless and weak. I want a better future and life but I can’t see it. I need love and kindness. The sky is at its darkest just before the light. I pray that this is true, for all seems dark. I need your light, Lord, in every way. I pray to be filled with your light from head to toe. To bask in your glory. To know that all is right in the world, as you have planned, and as you want it to be. Amen.

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-          Psalm 34:17 = 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

-          Psalm 32:10 = 10 Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.

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Ritual –

a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. "ancient fertility rituals"

The meaning of a ritual is a sort of religious practice. I don’t remember any rituals I’ve been involved in, but I know I’ve been to birthday parties and things like that. For example, a birthday party is a ritual where you celebrate the person becoming a year older. It’s better to celebrate growing up in a good way instead of being fearful that you’re getting older over time.

Catholics have Mass to worship and to receive God’s grace, to unify with him and with other worshipers through the sacrament of the Eucharist. They believe that its Jesus himself who’s acting through the Eucharist, and supplies all the grace they derive from it.

During the Liturgy of the Word Christians receive God in his word. 3 readings and a Psalm are spoken or sung. The first reading is from the Old Testament, then the Psalm, the second reading is from the New Testament and the third is a Gospel reading. All 3 readings are usually from a certain theme. This is providing a connection to God for Christians.

http://www.aboutcatholics.com/beliefs/the-purpose-of-mass/

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This artwork helps me connect to my own version of spirituality. Through listening to music and feeling like I’m the only one in the world. It comforts me and relaxes me. Listening to music can calm me down from anything and make me forget about all the bad stuff and just think about the now. The wings remind me of freedom, freedom from the stress and hurt in life.

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Spiritual –

relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. "I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare"

Personally, I’m not spiritual but I do find enjoyment in listening to music. The type of music I listen to is all over the place, but they all help me to relate to things and situations in real life. Songs like ‘This Is Home’ by CAVETOWN make me think of the stress of life, the fear of losing more friends and wanting to change myself. Being able to relate to the music calms me down and makes me feel like I’m not alone. I like to know that I’m not alone when it comes to being sad and going through tough times. The song might be sad and depressing but it doesn’t have a sad effect on me. Instead of having a sad effect, it makes me think.

Ritual –

a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. "ancient fertility rituals"

The meaning of a ritual is a sort of religious practice. I don’t remember any rituals I’ve been involved in, but I know I’ve been to birthday parties and things like that. For example, a birthday party is a ritual where you celebrate the person becoming a year older. It’s better to celebrate growing up in a good way instead of being fearful that you’re getting older over time.

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Buddhist clergy often remind their followers about closeness of death, getting to know the importance of death and take time to prepare for their own demise.

How do Buddhists prepare for death?

Behaving in a manner that is believed to be responsible and good towards yourself and others leads to calmness, happiness and an outlook which contributes to a calm and controlled mind at the time of death.

By living a responsible and compassionate life will lead to having no regrets when death approaches. A dying Buddhist person is likely to request the service of a monk or nun in their particular tradition to assist in this process further, making the transitional experience of death as peaceful and free of fear as can be possibly achieved.

Before and at the moment of death and for a period after death, the monk, nun or spiritual friends will read prayers and chants from the Buddhist Scriptures.  In Buddhist traditions, this death bed chanting is regarded as very important and is ideally the last thing the Buddhist hears.

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Personally, I can’t really think of a certain ritual that I went to that I liked. When I was 8 I went to my mother’s wedding. I don’t remember it fully but I remember small parts. I remember sitting on these little steps in my white frilly dress, watching these 2 boys chasing each other while I ate smarties. I was never really a playful person and I never really have been.

When I was 7 I had a, my little pony birthday, I remember thinking that the ponies were horses. I had lots of fun with all my friends. My mother made little my little pony party hats, I loved them so much. I also remember hiding under the table with all the presents on it cause I was desperate to sneak a present and open it early. I obviously got a bunch of pony toys.

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Personally, I don’t think much about my holiday was spiritual. The only thing close to that would be when I went to Cambodia for 2 weeks. In Cambodia I helped out at a small school in the computer rooms. I helped the children and showed them out to type words in Cambodian but using an English keyboard. I enjoyed helping the children but I think everyone was over it by the end of the 2 weeks and ready to go home for a proper shower, haha. Cambodia is so different, we couldn’t even drink the water. You could buy a full meal for $2. It was crazy! It was fun tho.