Sports connects everyone in a special way or form that no one can explain. During practice and/or games players and fans all feel like were all united. We celebrate together, mourn together, and even get mad together. Sports are one of the few things that unite all of us no matter what race, sex, or age; we don’t even need to know each other.
Moment of silence is a short period of a silent prayer, reflection, or meditation. It is a gesture of respect for a particular person or event who recently died. In sports we see this all the time, during recreation games, school games, and even professional sports. It is usually one minute of complete silence to remember the great things that person or those people had done.
When the World Trade Center fell, the New York Yankees started a moment of silence during the seventh inning stretch. During the moment of silence they play the national anthem. Everyone felt united, each person mourn, hugged, and cry together. No matter what team you like or play, this reminds us that we all are brothers and sisters, we should support each other when we are place in tough situations. During that year (2001-2002) many New Yorkers will go the baseball game so they would not feel like if they were alone, the game will help them cheer up and feel wanted and love. The moment of silence also helps the family and friends that are mourning because of there lost ones and feel the support of everyone that is surrounding them.
Last year, Paramus Catholic soccer team lost a player that was with them four years ago. Many of us were close friends of Joe Karcz. Sadly he past away in a car accident. So every home game we had a moment of silence and also we wore a black band around our right arm. The band represents Joe Karcz. We dedicated that year to him. Last year was the first time in school history that the Boys’ Soccer Program won league championship, in addition, we beat Don Bosco for the first time, and was rank 2 in Non-Public High School for the State Tournament. We believed that Joe Karcz helped us to go that far. Without faith and God’s help we would never had gone this far. - John Jaramillo
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This is a real good point and vital in sports for all ages. In my town two years ago, a 13 year old just never woke up one day. It was a tragedy and it was like two weeks before opening day in the baseball season. As a town, we dedicated the season to him and each athete had a patch on their arm in his remembrance. These little things keep people alive in your hearts, and ultmately thats where they'll always be. Things like these definately are a shame and no one deserves to die at such a young age but its part of life and God clearly has better intentions for those people with him as angels. Just last week a friend of mine passed away from cancer. There's nothing he could have done it's tough to swallow butour life goes on. He was a basketball player so my town had a two-on-two shoot out for him. Although it wasn't a moment of silence, it was dedictaed to him in his remembrance and we know he was smiling down at us, just like he always did. -Joe Nitti
ReplyDeleteI support and agree with your points of view 100%. Moments of silent do connect one another and also connect eachother to God and the loved one(s) that were lost in whatever tragic event that may have occurred. In the sports world, unity is an extremely vital component. When the players and fans engage in moments of silence during these sporting events, there is nothing less than unity happening at that moment, and that is what God desires from his children. He wants us to be unified and together with eachother. The only arguement that may be raised is that it should not take a tragedy for human kind to finally become one, or unified with eachother. The world of sports should serve as an example for all common people, even those who do not play sports, to be able to see that we all need to be in unity with eachother.
ReplyDelete- Eddie Johnson
What is really your topic here? Prayer within a Catholic setting? the Communion of Saints? Good info, but presentation could have gone much deeper.
ReplyDeletePROOF: we beat Don Bosco for the first time, and was [were] rank [ranked] 2 [second or number two] in Non-Public High School for the State Tournament.