With the Gift of Courage (Fortitude), a person is able "to overcome difficulties or to endure pain and suffering with the strength and power infused by God.” As with the other gifts, courage (fortitude) operates under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, and gives strength to the person to resist evil and persevere to everlasting life. For this week we listened to "So Small" by Carrie Underwood and "The Change" by Garth Brooks. You may review the songs if you need to at
1. What was the message of both of these songs?
2. Describe a situation in your life when you have had to use the gift of courage. Be careful not to mention anyone here at school in a bad way.
3. How will this gift of courage help you in the future?
4. What fear keeps you from participating in Mass, and how can you overcome the fear with courage? (3 steps of implementation)
1. The message of the song "So Small" is that even though things may be big to you, in the grand scheme of things they really aren't. You may think that things are terrible, but really they aren't. The message of the song "The Change" is that we can always get through things no matter how hard they may be. No matter how much you are struggling, you can get through it.
ReplyDelete2. I have had to use courage in my life before. I had to use courage when I am not going along with what my friends may be doing. They might be doing the wrong thing, and I have to be courageous and stick up for myself. I know that they are doing the wrong thing, and I want to fit in, but I have to stay strong.
3. The gift of courage will help me in the future. When I go to high school, I have to be able to make new friends and talk to my new teachers. I have to adapt to the new environment, and continue to be a good kid.
4. There are some fears that keep me from participating in mass. I might be embarrassed because my friends may not be participating. I have to not care if I am embarrassed because I know that they really don't care if I participate or not. I have to just participate even if I don't want to because I know that I am being graded for it. Finally, I need to realize that God wants me to participate and pray, so I should do what God wants me to do.
1. The message of both of the songs was that even if something bad happens to you, its small in the big seam of things. And that you need to have fortitude a not react badly to it. Even if it is a big problem having fortitude is necessary and we shouldn't react badly and irrationally.
ReplyDelete2. A situation were I had to have the gift of courage is when asking a embarrassing question or having the courage to do public speaking.
Like presenting a project or assessing a group of people.
3. The gift of courage will be useful in helping me get friends in high school. Getting jobs and being able to go into embarrassing situations. And helping me keep relationships by having the courage to talk to people.
4. I'm not really afraid of participating in mass, I personally don't like having people attention on me. It makes me anxious and nervous. And when I participate in mass passionately, it draws attention to me. Its not a fear of others making fun of me, but just a personal preference.
1. In the song "So Small" the message is, when you have fear of something that you think is really hard, it may cause you to be overwhelmed or stressed when really you have to look at the bigger picture. This song I think teaches us that no matter how hard you interpret a situation with making it a big deal, in the end you will realize that it wasn't that big of a deal and it was so small of a problem that you made bigger. In the song "The Change" the message is, when things may seem challenging in your life, we can still persevere through it and have courage. Also, this song shows a lot of world changing events that have affected people in some way and tried to help change the problem, even if someone was injured. We don't have change the world but we can help people if they are going through a rough time and help be the change for other peoples lives not just yours.
ReplyDelete2. I had to use courage when I was doing a school project. Projects can sometimes make me want to pull my hair out because it gets frustrating after I worked so hard on it and then mess up. It takes courage to stay on top of things and when things get rough or challenging, don't give up. I think after doing this school project helped me to realize that even though it took much time and effort, it is important to never give up when things get hard.
3. I think the gift of courage will help me in the future by, when I am faced with harder challenges as I mature and grow in high school and for the rest of my life. I feel like when I begin to experience more clubs and activities in school/life, I will find that having courage isn't just something I use when I give up but to use in making good decisions and going in new directions in life.
4. One fear that sometimes keeps me from participating in mass is if I say the response wrong or get the words mixed up with something else. There have been a few times in church where I'm singing along with a song and I say something that might not match exactly to the words so then I tend to stay quiet during that response if I get embarrassed. The singing part I don't have fear of participating in because first of all I am in choir and it is kind of a expectation that I sing along with the responses/songs during mass, and two I want to show a good example to the little kids that you should be singing and following along with the responses in church.
1) The songs are saying that even though something might seem big at the time in the long run those things will seem so small and almost not important. Sometimes we get caught up in the moment and thing something is a horrible thing when in the long run it is a relevant as a broken nail. Sometimes we need to step back and look at the situation and think is this even worth this much heat or energy.
ReplyDelete2) I've used courage many times. One time is when I was really done with the way someone was treating me and I stood up to them scared that I might lose a friendship but I knew I couldn't stand being treated that way anymore. In the end this confrontation worked and helped but at that moment it was scary because I didn't know what the outcome of tis situation was going to be.
3) The gift of courage will help me in many ways in the future. It will help me when . am interviewing for high school but then It will also help me with girl drama, and meetings with Mrs. ZIpoli. This is how the gift of courage will help me.
4) the fear that i keeping me from participating completely in mass is embarrassment. I am not the best singer and I am scared to sing because someone might make fun of me. Courage will help me because I can have courage to sing and not worry about what people thing. This is the only thing that is keeping my from fully participating in mass
1. The message in both of these songs is that if something may really affect you or it seems bad to you, it really isn't that bad. It is small compared to other things. You have to know that it isn't that bad compared to way worse things. You can always get through the situation. You can use fortitude to get through life.
ReplyDelete2. A time when I have used courage in school is when I have to present a project. I don't like going in front of people and presenting. I have to have the courage to say everything I need to say and know that I will do good.
3. The gift of courage will help me in the future because you need courage to persevere in life. If you don't have the courage then you will never learn how life really is. You won't be able to enjoy life to its fullest. I will use the courage to stand up for myself when I know something is wrong. If I do that I can get myself out of later problems.
4. I try to participate as much as I can in mass. Sometimes I am too scared. I'm afraid that I would be judged. I will sometimes put more pressure on myself than need be. If I am participating in a part of mass I will put more pressure on myself because I don't want to mess up in front of everyone.
1. The message of the songs is that things may seem big and scary, but really they are small. You should always try your best no matter how hard some thing seems, and should never give up.
ReplyDelete2. Sometimes I get scared to present a project. My friends encourage me to present. After I present I realize that it wasn't that bad.
3. Courage will help me in the future when there are rough or scary times. It will help me persevere through these hard times. without courage nobody would be able to go and persevere through life.
4. I don't like to read in front of big crowds. Sometimes when I am nervous while reading I mumble or stutter. This can be very embarrassing. I don't mind serving or doing gifts.
1. The message of both of these songs was to never give up and some things are not worth the fight. When you are in a fight, it might seem like a big fight at first, but it might just really be over something so small. Another thing is to never give up. No matter how hard something is, have the confidence to accomplish it and don’t give up on it just because it seems hard.
ReplyDelete2. A situation in my life when I had to use the gift of courage was when I got into a disagreement with a friend. I knew I was right, but I had to have courage to apologize. I also had to have courage to stick to what I was going because I knew what I was doing was right, and what my friend was doing was wrong.
3. The gift of courage will help me in the future by leading me down the right path in life and always making the best decision. I will also need the courage to always stick up for what is right.
4. The fear that keeps me from participating in mass is the fact that I look at a lot of people that don’t participate and when I participate, sometimes I feel embarrassed because I am participating while others are not. I want to participate in mass, but when others aren’t, they might stare at me when I do and it makes me feel uncomfortable. I have to realize to always do my own thing because God would want me to. I should try to have courage to participate more in mass.
1. The message in the "So Small" song is that things may seem awful and bigger than what they are in the moment, but really they aren't that big of a deal. The situation could be a lot worse, and we don't always realize that. In "The Change" the message is that you should never just give up and throw your life away, because if you stay at it, then you can get past it.
ReplyDelete2.I had to use the gift of courage many times in my life. I used it when my friends were doing bad things on other people's property late at night. I decide to tell them that I would not be a part in this, so I went home. I used a lot of courage that night.
3.The gift of courage will help me in my future. It will help me stay out of trouble when my friends aren't. If I don't use the gift of courage with my friends when I am older, then I might do bad things like drugs.
4.There is no fear that I have that keeps me from not participating in Mass, besides messing up a reading. It is not the fact that I am embarrassed of messing up. It is the fact that I feel like when I mess up, then I let God down.
There is one main message in the song. The message is even if times get bad or you feel like you can’t do anything right think of the bigger picture. It might feel terrible at the moment but it always gets better.
ReplyDeleteI have to use courage in school a lot. I use it when people are making bad choices. I want to go along with the group but sometimes i need to make decisions and do what's right.
The gift of courage can help me in many ways in the future. It can help me stand up to others when I need to. I need to use courage to stand up for what is right.
I'm honestly not afraid to participate in mass. I sometimes mess up in mass which in kind of embarassing but otherwise im not really afraid to participate in mass.
The message in the song "So small" is saying that when you are in a situation and you think it's really big even though it is the littlest thing. It could actually be a lot worse then you think it is. The song "The change" the message is that you should never give up and quit.
ReplyDeleteI have used the gift of courage many different times in my life. I just used courage a couple weeks ago. I was in a time of temptation and I didn't except it. I decided to do the right and resist the temptation.
Courage will help me a lot in the future. In High School when my friends are making the wrong choice I could make the right. Courage will help me all throughout my life, most of the time when people don't make the right choice they become not so good people.
I personally don't like reading in Mass. I will serve and do the gifts but I won't read. I'm scared that i'll mess up or stutter when I read. That's not the best feeling in front of over 250 kids.
1.In both of these songs the over all messages are don't let the little things get to you and put you down. Its telling us to take a step back and just look at how little arguments and things like that don't really matter in the end. Your going to get through it and it won't even matter as time goes on.
ReplyDelete2.I had to use courage when I moved schools. I didn't know anybody at all and never talked to anybody that went here before. Nobody knew me and I didn't want to have anybody making fun of me or not hanging out with me. I had to stand up and start talking to people, and I think that it all worked out pretty well.
3. In the future courage will help me when I am around my friends. It will help me if they are making a bad to decision to tell them to stop or not do it with them and walk away. It will help me stay in line and make my own decisions in life by standing up for myself.
4. There is nothing really keeping me from participating in mass. I try to do it the entire mass but sometimes I will zone out and not say a response or two. I really don't get embarrassed when I am singing or if I say the wrong words to something because I know I am not good at singing and everybody messes up with responses and readings.
1) The message in both of these songs are that if something happens in your life, you should persevere and get through it. There's gonna be a lot of little things that happen in your life, but you just have to get through them. It might be tough, but you really need to persevere for yourself and others.
ReplyDelete2) I had to use courage when I was confronting someone for talking about me behind my back. I used courage and had a great conversation with them. I got everything off my chest and in the end we we're friends, and still are.
3) This gift of courage will help me in the future by helping me actually talk to people to get stuff done. It will help me confront people about certain things. It will really help me in high school with others.
4) I do participate in mass a lot. Sometime I just feel like I may be getting judged by others for my singing. Some other people might be not participating and I might follow just because they are doing it.
1. The message of both of these songs were that even though things may be rough, most people still make them out to be mountains when they are really grains of sand. In the big run, those fights are microscopic and really don't matter. As long as you apologize and ask for forgiveness, it's not going to be a big deal, it’s not that dramatic and it really doesn’t need to be made out as big as it is made out to be.
ReplyDelete2. I was in a tough situation with my mom, it made me feel more distant and broken off then I cared to be, I wanted to mend our relationship and I was too scared to really bring it up. I told her that even though things may happen in the future, I still want her to know that I will be there and I wanted her to know that I just want her to be honest with me even if it may be uncomfortable for her. I ended up just hinting at the fact and that hint was enough, we are stronger then ever now and even though we did slightly ignore the situation. Even if it was a very little act of courage, it was a big deal for me in the circumstances.
3. Like I said in the second question, we do have a stronger bond and we are in a good spot right now. I have always been super close to my mom and when we started drifting apart I knew I had to do something about it. I needed to say something before anything else happened so I brought up the courage to do that. Even though it may seem slight, it was a big stepping stone for us.
4. My fear would probably be that I’m not entirely certain what my religion is, as in how I believe in Him. My dad is Baptist and my mom Catholic, I don’t know which one I believe in and that’s keeping me from fully participating in mass. I can overcome by exploring both sides, finding the similarities and differences. I can look at the results and find which one I’m more comfortable with. Lastly, I can go to whichever church I chose and worship there, that doesn’t mean I will stop going to the other church, I really can’t I’m required to so, but it still means I will know where my faith lies.
1. I believe that in this song something that seems huge to you is actually small if you ask God for help. If you try to figure it out with no help it can feel so hard and overwhelming but with the help of God it won’t feel so huge and a weight will be lifted off of you.
ReplyDeleteI have to use courage just to confront someone. It can be hard because you will imagine the worst case possible which could scare you away from doing the right thing and that you might be made fun of. Using courage to do the right thing is scary but in the end it makes you feel good about yourself.
Having the gift of courage will help me be someone who doesn’t just go along with the crowd. It will help me be someone who isn’t afraid to stand up for what I believe in. This will bring me closer to God because I won’t be afraid to believe and pray to God even if my friends don’t believe in the same thing as I do.
I am afraid that people will think I am lame or that my singing is horrible which it is. I am not afraid for people to know my faith but it feels like if u actually pray and participate I will look stupid. I am hoping to use courage to get over this fear and participte more in the right ways.
1. These songs are telling you that the things you stress over and think about are minute, they don't matter in the long run and you'll get over them. The things you're worrying don't matter as much as other things in life, a fight with a friend or your mom ins't suicide worthy, it's an easier fix than it might know.
ReplyDelete2. I have to use courage to turn down requests from friends. not anything in that, just simple things I don't want to do because it's more outside of my comfort zone. sure, I'll feel a tad bit left out if it's something everyone is doing, but I have my own reasoning for what I do or why I don't want to do something.
3. Courage will help me in the future when I'm making choices that actually matter, mainly being able to step back and say no. Not everything you do or your friends do is a good or smart idea, you need courage to stand up to someone or just say no to a stupid idea that could possibly effect your future.
4. Honestly I don't participate because I'm tired, spacing out and I feel like I'm hearing the same thing every week, it's so routine with certain movements and words that I stop trying all together and just don't participate. I could do better by being more awake and pay attention, it doesn't take courage it's more of a matter of just do it
The message of so small is that when you are in the moment it feels like a huge problem, but it isn’t. It is also saying that sometimes we over exaggerate small things. The message of the change was that no matter how hard things can be you can get through them.
ReplyDeleteI use courage in bad situations. One time I was playing with my friend and kicked a ball at their window, it broke. He didn’t want to fess up to it so I had to use courage and tell him what we did. He was mad, because they hated us, but I had the courage to tell.
I will use the gift of courage later in my life. I will need it soon in the future for high school interviews, I will also use it for college applications. I will use it to get myself a job.
There are a few fears that keep me away from participating. I fear failure, like if I go up to read a partition, I fear that I might say every word wrong. If I sing that people will judge me for it. Also I have a fear of reading in front of crowds. I can overcome these things by becoming more brave and getting more courage.
1. These songs both mean that one little fight won’t last forever and won’t be a big deal later. We will probably look back on an argument that we think is a big deal now but it will not be later. It is also saying to never give up.
ReplyDelete2. I’ve had to use courage when presenting. I do not like talking in front of the class because I feel like im going to say the wrong thing or mess up on something. I realize after I do it that I feel a lot better about it.
3. The gift of courage will help me a few ways in the future. It will help me in high school by helping me be more confident when meeting new teachers and making new friends.
4. I try to participate but sometimes I don’t. I feel that if people hear me sing then they will judge my singing. So I mostly sing but sometimes it’s not very loud.
1. The message of the song "So Small" is that no matter how hard or bad things get, you should always persevere. You never really realize how small our problems are until you look at the big picture.That "sometimes that mountain you have been climbing is just a grain of sand". this quote means a lot to me because this is how I felt this summer. That I should just give up, because I came this far and now it feel like I have one hundred more miles to go. But, through everything I still had my faith. The message from the song "The Change" is that no matter what people think don't change yourself. Being yourself is the best thing you can do when something isn't going good at home or at school. Don't force yourself to change because other people want you to. If they don't want to be friends with you then they aren't your true friends.
ReplyDelete2. I have to use courage when comforting another person because they will make it out to be like you are the bad person when really you are just sticking up for someone or yourself. I use courage at school a lot. It seems like drama is drawn to our class. People are always being rude to other people and talking behind their backs and you have to use courage when sticking up for a friend who is being talked about, and sometimes people don't stick up for one another because they don't have courage.
3. The gift of courage will help me in the future for high school and jobs. High school is going to be scary and there will be a lot of temptations and I will have to use courage to fight those temptations and being true to myself. I will make mistakes but hopefully not as many as I am making now.
4. The reason I don't participate in mass is because i am scared that when people look at me in mass they will make fun of me for doing what I am supposed to be doing. I could honestly care less about what people think about me, it is just that kids nowadays make fun of every little thing, like we have no breathing room because everywhere we go we are being judged.
1. The song means that just because you feel like you have huge problems, there is an entire world around you that has worse things going on. If you ever feel like you are struggling and are all stuck up in your self, remember that there are people that have worse conditions than you. Always remember that God is there when you feel upset or sad and you feel like your small problems are 3x bigger.
ReplyDelete2. I have to use courage whenever I am dealing with things that I feel I can’t accomplish alone. Whenever there is drama, although i try to act strong and tough about it, I am really not on the inside. These are situations where I have to use courage.
3. Courage will help me in the future whenever I have job situations or when I have problems in college or high school. It will help me go through everything whenever I feel alone when in a bad situation. It will also help me discover new friends, because it takes courage to meet and get to know someone for the first time.
4. I don’t really have any fears that stop me from participating. Something that prevents me is the time of day we have Mass which is short after getting up in the morning and it can be hard when you don’t get much sleep or just feel stressed out. I fear I do have is when I sing in front of people. I know that they feel the same way and wouldn’t judge because if someone has the courage to do it, that’s good. You can talk to your friends and see their input and see if thy agree and you guys can work it out. You can also think about how you guys are in the same boat and both feel a little awkward/uncomfortable. The last thing would be to just remember you aren’t trying to impress anyone, you are just praying and devoting time to God.
Both songs have the message that even if something seems like a big deal, if you look at the bigger picture, the incident or fight is really small. Never giving up is another message in the song. Both songs have great messages.
ReplyDeleteI had to use courage when a bad rumor was going around my friend group. I confronted the people who were responsible for spreading it. You have to have courage when confronting someone.
The gift of courage is going to help me a lot in high school and collage. High school and collage has a lot more presentations that you have to give. If you don't have courage, then you probably won't do to good at giving speeches and presenting projects. You also need courage to confront people since there will be more new faces in high school and collage.
I participate in mass by singing and responding. You need courage to sing aloud because if you aren't a good singer than people are going to judge you but you need to overcome that. I don't read petitions or readings at mass because I don't like public speaking. It makes me nervous but I know I will have to get over that fear.
1) The message of the song So Small is that many things may seem big when really they are not. You might think it is a big deal when really there are worse things going on. The message in the song The Change, is that things can be hard, but you can get through them, you just have to never give up and have faith.
ReplyDelete2) Me and my friend showed courage at my old school when a get was getting bullied and beat up. We stood up for him when he was being kicked in the shins and being called mean names. Me and my friend went over there and told the kid to stop bullying him. He didn't and we ended up getting a bit physical. He ended up apologizing to the kid and he felt sorry, and we told him we were sorry too, because we should have handled differently. After, we were done talking to the kid that was being a bully, we went and helped the other kid up and brought him to the office.
3) The gift of courage will help me in the future in multiple ways. It will help me stand up for others when they need it. It will also help me stand up for myself, and not let anyone take advantage of me or bully me.
4) One fear of participating in mass is singing. It's not that people might make fun of me for a not so good voice, it is just that I have never really liked to sing. I also am just sometimes not paying attention and I will miss a response, but that's really it.
1. The message from the songs are, that when you get into small fights with people and think they are big, they aren’t. The songs are trying to tell us that small things shouldn’t cause us to take things to the next level. That is what the message from the songs are.
ReplyDelete2. I use the gift of courage when I need to confront someone for saying things about me. Sometimes it is hard for me to say things cause I am scared it is going to make things worse. When I get the gift of courage to say something, it gives me more courage in the future.
3. The gift of courage will help me in the future for anything hard that is thrown at me. The more I can fight through things with courage, the more it will become easier for me. That is how the gift of courage will help me in the future.
4. A fear of participating in mass that I have is singing. I know I am not good at it and it makes me feel embarrassed when I do it. I know that this shouldn’t matter cause I am in the presence of God. I am going to start participating and singing more in church cause the only thing I should care about is being with God.
1. the song " So Small" is saying that things may seem very big when they really aren't. when you realize that all you really need is love to get you through anything no matter the size. the song " the Change" is about getting through very hard obstacles in life. In the video it looked like there was a terrorist attack or a bombing, or something that caused many people to be injured which is an obstacle that we really haven't faced yet, but we do have smaller obstacles that we have to get through every day.
ReplyDelete2. A situation where I used courage was when I moved here from Michigan. It was very scary because I had my best friends there, and I had to start over. I used courage in trying to make new friends, which I successfully did. I still use courage when I am exposed to new situations in which I have to meet others.
3. In my future, courage will help me when I have to stand up for myself or others. fear of the unknown cannot be the only thing stopping me from something very small like talking to people. I have to use courage to get over my fear and man up. once I learn how to use the skill of courage then my future will be better.
4. I have a fear of putting myself out there and failing. I don't want to sing the response up at the podium because I am afraid of judgement and failure. to over come that fear I will slowly start trying to cantor more, I love singing but just not in front of others, once I can get used to singing well then I can start in front of a crowd. The smaller crowd can help me perfect the notes so I can feel confident when I am singing. The final thing is to get up there and sing.
The message of the song "So Small" was that don't something small affect you. The message of the song "Change" was you have to get through the obstacles in life. That was the messages of both these songs.
ReplyDeleteA time that I used courage was presenting a school project. I knew that mine wasn't as good as the others so I had to use courage to present.That is a time when I used courage to present my project.
The gift of courage will help me when I am trying to make new friends at high school. It will probably be hard for me to make new friends in high school because we are all new to the school and don't know each other. That is when the gift of courage will help me in high school
The reasons I don't participate in mass all the time because I don't see my friends doing it. I might also fear people will judge me because I am singing. The reason I don't do readings is because I am scared I will fail. I hope the gift the gift of courage will help me participate in mass more.
Even though something may seem like it is such a big deal it really isn't. Making a mountain of of a mole hill is the the saying this song makes me think of. I really is all about there are so many more things that are so much more critical then something that is as small as a grain of rice.
ReplyDeleteI learned to use courage when I had to stand up in front of my whole school and perform at the talent show I was so nervous because I didn't think anyone was going to like the song. I got up on stage and I was still super nervous but when i looked out into thee crowd i saw all of my friends cheering me on and i knew i had the courage to perform. Sometimes you just have to believe in your self and everything will be ok.
I think it will help me in the future to be my self and to be true
to who I am. To do bigger and bolder things when I am older. Break out of my shell and try new things.
For me fears is that i am not really making a connection with God. I feel sometimes I am the only person participating in mass. Really most of the time no matter how much I participate it is never really enough.