The Prayer Of A Catholic Mass - 1393 Words

Going to a catholic mass was a unique experience especially going with peers even though we got there about two or three minutes after the start of service. Worship was as a community more than just a group of people singing into a microphone. Holy water that gives after attending the service as someone I knew that grew up Catholic. After further researching found out it would be similar to the blood of Jesus that washed away our sins. The priest provides the blessing over the water which brings in freshness of being renew in the Spirit. To come in and fellowship with the Holy Spirit and provide peace through the time of worship. In Catholic there were two prayer giving that I have heard before and remember it been a part of the†¦show more content†¦And as a body of believers surely, the Lord’s Prayer means something vastly different to an individual however we was giving the Lord’s Prayer as a model of how we should pray. At Mass the priest invited the congreg ation to â€Å"Lift up their hearts† that is what prayer is—lifting our hearts to God. The basic worship in Mass service is surrounding the heart to God to letting him purify and cleanse our heart. The priest led the people as they recited the prayers of the as a body. We have had many discussion on praying with the church when visiting the Orthodox Church service. Before going I had done some research on Orthodox service. The worship was incredible but we need to understand tradition when we are fellowshipping with other. Tradition orthodox is get to experience the Spirit; the spirit of God move in the midst of two or three. To accept and understand the Tradition we must live within the Church, we must be conscious of the grace-giving presence of the Lord in it; we must feel the breath of the Holy Spirit in it. Tradition is not only a protective, conservative principle; it is, primarily, the principle of a body to grow together and reconcile in unity. The prayer befor e receive communion made me feel as though we was at the last supper. Reminding us of his love and how we don’t want to face any condemnation because of unworthiness, but for the cleansing and sanctification. We placing our hope in Jesus Christ through