First Time in Church

Theological foundation 100 February 13, 2013 Reflection physical composition 1 The content of the worship is very different from the way I am used to in Islamic mosques. The non-Christian priests started by saying We bless ourselves for prayer in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy spirit and the crowd responded with an Amen, and wherefore a mortal started to read from the bible. Every time the priest or the person finished the reading, stack said The word of the Lord. People kept repeating what the priest was saying until he started to read the Gospel.When he stared reading the Gospel, people crossed themselves on the forehead, the lips and the chest with their thumbs to show that Christ is on their mind. Then the priest started to bless the bread and wine, and every person got to drink and eat from them. Then the priest asked people to show a sign of peace by greeting people who are bordering to each other saying Peace be with you. At the end, the Priest blessed ev eryone and ended the battalion by telling people to go forth and spread the word, and the response was Thanks be to God. unison was played for most of the time during the mass. The songs played were in fact really pleasant to listen to and reassuring. The orchestra was canful the stage, so it was almost impossible for people to see them playing the music, and I think it is the way it is sound to pr regulart any distraction to people. I was non real sure that the songs were in English because I did not understand what the crowd was saying although I had the notes I was given when I entered the church. I in truth had a wonderful experience in the Catholic Church.Although I was so nervous and did not dwell to be amazed by Christianity at all, there were several things that I really wantd and wished that everyone even non-Christians considered to do as human beings. When the priest asked the people to show peace and with child(p) each other, everyone looked virtually him and s tarted to hug the person next to him saying peace with you. These three words have a great impact on any person who hears them, and makes him smell out that he is loved by others and a ruin of a community.Although no one probably 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. start of all, I did not understand what everyone was singing nor the words repeated after the priest. The songs for some reason 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 blessing the bread and wine. n other words, why would People bide in line just to get one piece of bread to eat? What is so picky ab aside it? Also, when getting the piece of bread, the priest was holding peoples heads and repeating some words, and then they crossed on their heads and chests, why is that an d what exactly did the priest say? Lastly, when people were on their way out of the church, they immersed their fingers in the water in the small fountain in front of the exit and crossed over again on their head and chest.I did not know why people did that especially zippo seemed unique 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 but he was such a nice person. The clothes he was adopting 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 sour dress because this is what I had seen priests wearing, but this priest was wearing a white dress and another cat valium 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 quest ion him we had in mind. His broad commentary of floor was the undeserved love of God. It is the kindness 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 defined grace as the favor that God gave to humanity by sending Jesus Christ to die 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 talking going. Instead, I just ask one of my friends to tell me approximately his experience with how gods grace has changed his live. He said that Gods grace has helped him feel so much better about himself and made him feel strong, confident, and happy. He said that he forever trusted god whenever he had troubles, and his life was transformed significantly. He did not know how exactly he overcomes his troubles and depression, but believed that gods love and power always helped him.