Personal Narrative: The University Parish Of Saint John The Evangelist Church

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It is a common notion that Tootsie pops are not truly satisfying until one discovers what is on the inside. You have to get through the hard-crunchy layers in order to find something good in the end. My experience from emerging myself into the Catholic faith was something quite hard to do in the beginning. The stereotypes of the Catholic faith and even my own faith all played factors into making this immersion plan very difficult. However, with stepping out of my comfort zone, and attending The University Parish of Saint John the Evangelist Church, I discovered The Order of Mass and many similarities with my faith and Catholicism. I have always been interested in the Catholic faith, but always petrified to step inside a Catholic church. …show more content…

It was what I had be waiting patiently on all day; The times for The University Parish of Saint John the Evangelist Church. After receiving the times for the church, I immediately started questioning myself as if I had made the wrong decision.
“Is this something I really want to do?”
“What will I really get out of this?” It was a bright Sunday morning and it was the day I would attend a Catholic church. I woke up at 10:00 prepared to prove to myself that I could attend this church and not have any worries. Upon arrival at The University Parish of Saint John the Evangelist I was quite nervous. I did not know what to expect.
“Was the church going to be …show more content…

The song is a very simple song that goes, “The Lord be with you, and your spirit.” The Liturgy of the Word, ‘includes another prayer as well as the same song. ‘The Liturgy of the Eucharist,’ includes the Eucharistic prayer with notes to sing a song.
As if this was all, the priest surprised with all of similarities between the Catholic Faith and my faith. We both read the same bible. We both believed that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. It was even to my surprise that the priest spoke in and English. All my stereotypes about ‘Catholics being mean’ were broken just like that. I never knew that by simply emerging myself into a different faith that I would discover so many beautiful aspects. If someone were to speak negatively on Catholics, I would tell them that they are the nicest people ever and are really welcoming, just based on my experience with

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