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More Catholicism, because it’s Good Friday…


Inside of the church there are many symbols and decorations that all carry deep and historic value. Many churches have the Stations of the Cross that line the surrounding wall of the church. The Stations, or Via Crucis depict the final hours, or what Catholics call the Passion of Jesus Christ. During the 15th and 16th centuries the Franciscans began to build a series of outdoor shrines in Europe to duplicate their counterparts in the Holy Land. The number of stations varied between eleven and thirty. In 1686, in answer to their petition, Pope Innocent XI granted to the Franciscans the right to erect stations within their churches. The celebration of the Stations of the Cross is especially common on the Fridays of Lent, especially Good Friday. The devotion may be conducted personally by the faithful, making their way from one station to another and saying the prayers, or by having an officiating celebrant move from cross to cross while the faithful make the responses. The stations themselves must consist of, at the very least, fourteen wooden crosses, pictures alone do not suffice, and someone with the authority to erect stations must bless them.

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This texture video of my suite room toilet flushing. I do not claim anything nasty that you hopefully won't see anyway. Just thought I'd give you guys that notice ahead of time.

Economics of Bottled Water Part 1

Bottled water is seen as a necessity to many Americans and it is common to see bottled water everywhere. People find bottled water more convenient, refreshing, and healthier than tap water. People tend to prefer bottled water over tap water and they drink it continuously throughout the day. However, many reports prove that none of this is true. Many bottled water taste similar to filtered tap water. As a matter of fact, most of the time bottled water is filtered tap water. Economically it is a better option to buy a filter to filter out the tap. Bottled water is an expensive alternative to tap water that should be avoided because it is a waste of resources, an addition to not recycled waste, and a luxury that Americans have when many third world countries need portable water supply.

In 2007, Americans spent $16.8 billion dollars on bottled water, a twelve percent increase from 2006. Tap water cost less than a penny per ounce so why do so many Americans prefer to buy bottled water at prices more than a dollar per bottle? Not only is it expensive to buy bottled water but it is also expensive to produce them. It takes approximately 72 billion gallons of water to produce a year’s worth of empty plastic bottles. This is a waste of resources when one can simply open up the faucet and drink straight from the tap.

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