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Catholicism and Christianity


This is because when I entered the Sanctuary, there is the Holy Water well, the faithful dip, their fingers into, and make a cross motion on their forehead. The Holy Water is for the faithful in remembrance of their baptism, and rejects Satan. The faithful answer to several Hail Mary prayers before the start of the service; they prep their hearts and minds for mass. Throughout the service, there was constant standing, sitting, and kneeling while the Priest prepared the sacrament, or the Eucharist, commonly called communion of the last supper. During this ritual, there were members of the congregation that assisted with the body of Christ, and the Blood of Christ, in dispensing them to other members of this parish. At the beginning of the mass, the altar boys and girls accompany the Priest into the sanctuary, where the altar boy is carrying a crucifix, the Priest is behind him, and there is the person carrying the bible, holding it in the air. For every ritual the Catholics have, there seems to be a prayer for that ritual. In the constant standing and sitting and kneeling, especially with the songs. Now all of this was in Spanish, even the Priest spoke Spanish, but wasn't fluent with it. I was a part of the same church for about a year when I was about 6-7 years old and didn't remember much, but I loved singing the songs in Spanish. I know that there are different service times and one is held in English. There is also church on Monday nights where married couples come in and talk about their marriage and how they can improve on their marriage. I wasn't able to talk to any Priest at the Church, but with the questions that I asked my friend, she summed up what I wanted to know about Catholicism. The answers that I got from her were: .
             "The Priest isn't allowed to get married because he is a representative of God, he is a spokesperson, so it is not right. The bread and wine is a blessing from the priest because in Mass, it says that this is the bread and wine of Jesus.


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