Jesus

In the world of religion we often look up to many significant figures and moments for guidance. One of these occurrences is life of and the man himself, Jesus. For myself Jesus is the main staple in my faith upbringing, being the relative symbol of what to strive for and do in our lives. As I enrolled into the class of Catholic Vision I knew I was going to gain some more perspective on him, but to what extent I had know clue. Now leaping forward to almost the end of the term I recognize that my knowledge of Jesus has gone to places I was not prepared for. This has happened through the teachings and readings from the book, Jesus the Christ, the catalyst for my new awareness of Jesus and Catholicism as a whole.
As a child I knew that Jesus was supposed to be an important figure in my life through school and my parents. But to what extent, I did not know. I slowly began to learn the answer to that question as the Catholic schooling kept teaching me year after year the importanc...