Do you have a home altar?
What's on it?
whats the signifigance of it to you???
2007-05-22 12:23:17 · 10 answers · asked by Lyra Silvertongue 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do have a home altar.
I have a bell on it. To call prayer time. Helps quiet the background noise in my brain. I have two short sanctuary candles, which I refill with soy wax myself as a sustainable alternative. An incense burner and some lovely Greek icons. The Holy Spirit and the Pantocrator which are favorites of mine.
On very special feast days I buy flowers.
It's where I go to pray. I use the Liturgy of the Hours. I park myself. Calm my mind. Turn to God. Some of the best time of my day is spent there.
2007-05-22 12:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sort of. It's not really an altar, more of a dresser with things to remind me of Jesus, Mary, and the saints.
A statue of Our Blessed Mother and various other statues of saints, and some other things. I have a crucifix hanging over it.
It helps me concentrate when I pray and ask for intercessions from Our Lady and the saints. It reminds me of all the things God has done for us when I look at the crucifix.
In Pace Christi,
A.F.
2007-05-22 12:29:32 · answer #2 · answered by Atticus Finch 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if i would call it an altar. But yes I have a special place.
there is a candle, and a picture of mary. And a picture of Jesus.
And it is is my extra bedroom so it is quiet, and I can go in there and pray and meditate and think.
2007-05-24 08:22:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have an icon corner with different icons of the 12 feasts( from Annunciation to Ascension), a crucifix and Madonnas and Christs of different countries(Nigerian,Chinese,Mexican, Navaho,Brazilian) and a Bible on a stand. I also have an album of pictures of deceased and living family and friends. The shrine reminds me that we are in a universal family in the Body of Christ and the Communion of Saints and that the Lord is with me in all situations
2007-05-22 12:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by James O 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a prayer alter in my room. I have just a small round table that I use with a white table cloth on it. It has a Crucifix standing on it, and it has a small dish of holy water. I also keep my Bible on it. It's where I pray the Liturgy of the Hours every day.
2007-05-22 13:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Kellye B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I've never known anyone to have a home altar, not even sisters in a prayer room. Do you have one?
2007-05-22 12:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nope
2007-05-22 12:26:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Nope, no one in my family knows I am catholic though
2007-05-22 12:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That would be Roman Catholic, not Catholic.
2007-05-22 12:31:55 · answer #9 · answered by Robert S 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'm not Catholic, but i think it would be cool to have one
2007-05-22 12:28:12 · answer #10 · answered by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋