Catholic Rituals
The main Catholic ritual is the Mass, where Christians go to a Church to listen to Scripture, pray, and consume the Holy Eucharist.
Abbreviated Order of Catholic Mass
The main Catholic ritual is the Mass, where Christians go to a Church to listen to Scripture, pray, and consume the Holy Eucharist.
Abbreviated Order of Catholic Mass
- Enter the Mass and dip your hand in the holy water.
- Listen to Scripture readings and the Gospel.
- The priest performs the Eucharistic Prayer which Catholics believe transforms the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus which they then eat and drink.
- Protestants believe the bread and wine is only a symbol of Jesus' Body and Blood whereas Catholics believe the bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ.
- Most Protestants allow any baptized Christian to participate in the Eucharist; Catholics only allow those who have gone through First Communion to participate in the Eucharist.
- Protestants don't dip their hands in holy water.
- Cross: Christians believe that Jesus died on a cross to save us from our sins.
- Bread and Wine: Christians believe that at The Last Supper Jesus transformed the bread and wine into his Body and Blood.
- Lamb: Christians believe that Jesus was the Sacrificial Lamb who died to redeem the world and that a lamb's white coat symbolizes that Jesus was pure and without sin.
- Christians believe that prayer is a form of communication with God
- Some common Christian prayers are the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Angel of God.
- Christmas: Celebrates the birth of Jesus
- Palm Sunday: Celebrates Jesus' journey into Jerusalem
- Holy Thursday: Celebrates Jesus' Last Supper and the beginning of the Eucharist
- Good Friday: Celebrates Jesus' death on a cross
- Easter Sunday: Celebrates Jesus' resurrection