'First Time in Church\r'

'Theological foundation 100 February 13, 2013 face Paper #1 The content of the worship is actu bothy different from the port I am employ to in Islamic mosques. The non-Christian non-Christian priests started by reflection â€Å"We h whollyow ourselves for prayer in the name of the Father, the Son and the divine Spirit” and the crowd responded with an Amen, and then a mostone started to read from the bible. Every time the priest or the individual finished the reading, batch said â€Å"The parole of the Lord. ” large number kept repeating w wear the priest was verbalism until he started to read the Gospel.When he st atomic number 18d reading the Gospel, quite a little go across themselves on the forehead, the lips and the chest with their thumbs to show that deliverer is on their mind. past the priest started to bless the pelf and wine, and every person got to drink and eat from them. Then the priest asked people to show a star sign of peace by greeti ng people who are next to from each one opposite manifestation â€Å" tranquility be with you. ” At the end, the Priest blessed everyone and terminate the Mass by ordering people to go forth and spread the word, and the response was â€Å"Thanks be to God. Music was contend for most of the time during the mass. The songs played were in fact truly pleasant to construct word to and reassuring. The orchestra was behind the stage, so it was almost impossible for people to see them playing the music, and I think it is the expressive style it is just to prevent any distraction to people. I was non actually sure that the songs were in slope because I did not understand what the crowd was saying although I had the notes I was given when I entered the church. I actually had a wonderful experience in the Catholic Church.Although I was so nervous and did not expect to be amazed by Christianity at all, there were several things that I really want and wished that everyone e ven non-Christians considered to do as human beings. When the priest asked the people to show peace and great each other, everyone looked around him and started to hug the person next to him saying â€Å"peace with you”. These three words have a great impact on any person who hears them, and makes him feel that he is savord by others and a part of a community.Although no one plausibly knew the other, they were ready to prove that they are united despite the differences between them. There were many times where I was confused and did not understand what other people were doing. First of all, I did not understand what everyone was cantabile nor the words repeated after the priest. The songs for some cogitate did not sound English at all; I wish I could understand them because they were really amazing. Secondly, I did not get the part of seemliness the bread and wine. n other words, why would People wait in line just to get one piece of bread to eat? What is so special al most it? Also, when getting the piece of bread, the priest was holding people’s heads and repeating some words, and then they crossed on their heads and chests, why is that and what just now did the priest say? Lastly, when people were on their way out of the church, they immersed their fingers in the water in the dinky fountain in front of the exit and crossed again on their head and chest.I did not experience why people did that especially nothing seemed fantastic in the water. After everyone was gone, my friends and I interviewed the leader of the mass. Honestly, I do not know what his name was still he was such a nice person. The turn he was wearing helped me to distinguish which one was the priest among the people even before the mass started. I expected the priest to be wearing a black dress because this is what I had seen priests wearing, but this priest was wearing a white dress and some other green dress above it to distinct him from the other people.Amazingly , he was not wearing any hat like most priests in other churches do, which is a bit strange because I thought all priests wear hats. He was really nice and welcomed us to ask him any question him we had in mind. His unspecific definition of benevolence was â€Å"the undeserved love of God. ’’ It is the benignity from God we do not deserve; there is nothing we have done, nor can ever do to earn this favor. From interviewing two of my Christian friends, they both be dump as the favor that God gave to beneficence by sending Jesus Christ to endure on a cross, and delivering eternal salvation.Finally, I could not ask the priest many questions because he seemed busy, and I actually was so nervous to keep the public lecture going. Instead, I just ask one of my friends to tell me about his experience with how god’s grace has changed his live. He said that God’s grace has helped him feel so much better about himself and made him feel strong, confident, and happy. He said that he always trusted god whenever he had troubles, and his breeding was transformed significantly. He did not know how precisely he overcomes his troubles and depression, but believed that god’s love and power always helped him.\r\n'