Sentences with phrase «understood as a celebration»

Baptism understood as the celebration of a new vision of society, of a new pattern of relationship with people, God and the cosmos is still desirable.

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Yet for all the celebration of Facebook's success and the adulation of Zuckerberg as a visionary, what's less well understood is how he goes about his day job as an executive.

Muslims understand that Halloween has Pagan roots and in several fashions is a celebration of things we believe is wrong or bad such as fear of this world, death, and mythical false things.

Mardi Gras, when understood in its accidental liturgical context, has the potential to bring us to God, and it does when we think of it as a celebration that foreshadows our joy at the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, that joy that can say «Death where is thy sting?»

But of course the creedal statement, hallowed as it is by centuries of use during the celebration of the Eucharist, can be understood only when it is seen as a combination of supposedly historical data, theological affirmation put in a quasi-philosophical idiom, and a good deal of symbolic language (with the use of such phrases as «came down from heaven», «ascended into heaven», and the like).

A group of atheists want to remove the core concept of the understanding of Christmas as it was created as a mass of the celebration of the birth of Christ way back in the 5th century AD — with reason.

Thus understood, humor becomes for speaker and hearer a form of celebration, an expression of fellowship, a confession of trust in the Creator who made things as they are and who does not need the protection our humorless piety would afford.

Many have been thinking of the Mass as a community celebration without an understanding of the depth of the link with the Paschal Mystery.

Baptism understood as the expression and celebration of one's conversion to Christ, of one's acceptance of Christ and his ways, of one's attitudinal changes to form a more inclusive community with the one goal of a fuller humanity is still meaningful.

The tendency to understand «worship» more narrowly as limited to the «proclamation of the Word» and «the celebration of the sacraments» is understandable.

I can understand a player moving on for more sucess and even more money but to be injured for years and as soon as he was useful he left us and even then let's say I'm ok with it but his celebration and jumping in the arms of SAF it's treason

what sickened me bout henry was the way he celebrated, i could understand if hed curled 1 in the top corner but he knew he had wronged and you cant call that celebration «instintive» as a neutral i understand you can not appreciate the injustice we feel considering fifa also blatantly changed their policy to suit the bigger nations in the play - offs, this in itself is a scandal but because it was only ireland to suffer the bad luck nobody in world football cares, lucky tho that it was 15000 irish fans in that stadium last night as i can only imagine the damage if it had been other less behaved nations..

With the victory parade cancelled due to safety concerns (something we totally understand), we had to rely on the end of season awards to bounce back as a club and continue the celebrations.

One of my aims with the children is that they understand the true meaning of Christmas as well as enjoy it for the celebration that it has become and I love discovering versions and variations of The Nativity Story to read and share with my children.

And as I seamlessly transitioned into 31 the other day without much fanfare and devoid of celebrations minus a lovely cake in the flavors I craved that finally and unexpectedly worked out, I think I've come to understand a little more: the intentions I set, the high intentions, stories in my head and visions of «glory,» the culmination of work and work and work, on whatever it is I'm working on, very rarely pan out the way I envisioned.

When we look back on this era in our history, I believe only then we will understand the power of the web as one of the greatest equalizers of opportunity in our society... So if this is the case, we should encourage and build a culture of participation in a conversation and celebration of our schools online.

Our team in ACE's English as a New Language Program have compiled what we hope will be helpful resources for teachers, leaders, and students to better understand the celebration of Las Posadas and incorporate it into your school's holiday celebrations.

As a startup founder, though, I can understand how these companies might feel that every new advancement in their business is cause for celebration and is newsworthy.

Without a gallery show like this one we wouldn't be seeing it at all, and we certainly wouldn't be able to understand it as an art about crucifixion as much as about celebration.

Indeed, as Jean Baudrillard noted in an essay accompanying the artist's Tate Modern solo exhibition «Celebration Park» in 2006, «Huyghe's strength lies in his understanding... [that] images have become masks for universal media ventriloquism.»

With an understanding of food labels and the allergy policies at your school or service, you can help to minimise the risk for affected children while helping all kids to safely participate in group food situations — such as birthdays and other celebrations.