2007-10-29 05:27:34 · 11 answers · asked by LISA T 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As a boy it was usually running away from the priest that had the milk and cookies.
2007-10-29 05:39:35 · answer #1 · answered by timbers 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Your question is very broad, for there are many kinds of Roman Catholics, who worship in many ways. There are priests, monks, nuns, laity, and a whole host of others. Some worship via prayer, some via song, some via meditation, and some via honest labor in the name of the Lord.
Here is what they all have in common...
Each one will worship God alone, and no other. Each worships God in the forms of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (the Holy Trinity, understood to be three Persons of one Divine Being).
I hope this helps.
2007-10-29 12:33:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catholics worship God in accordance with the Biblical traditions of both the OT and the NT. Many of the liturgies that are used today were based upon the example and teachings of the apostles. The Catholic Mass is the central liturgy and teaching tool of the Church.
2007-10-29 12:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
How do we worship? We worship with our hearts, our minds, our bodies and souls. We celebrate the sacrifice of Christ at every Mass, we consume him in the Eucharist, body, blood, soul and divinity. We are on our knees in worship because of the true presence of Christ.
We do not worship any one other than the Triune God...Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He alone is worthy of worship.
We do pray to Mary and the Saints for intercession but this is not the same as worship and God and Catholics know this.
2007-10-29 12:51:14 · answer #4 · answered by Misty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't be fair to brush the canvass with a single color. There are Catholics who pray to God, and some who don't - they pray to saints and Mary instead.
Some Catholics say that prayer isn't worship, I would disagree. Prayer is an Act of Faith, and faith is trust, we are supposed to put our trust in God, not any other heavenly being like King Manasseh did.
The trouble I see is that Roman Catholics have gone the way of King Manasseh, and have worshiped all the hosts of heaven. There are simply too many paths to follow with them; all the while thinking that they are the true church. It's really sad, but it's been prophesied:
1 Timothy 4
1The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
What are they thinking?
2007-10-29 12:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Well, I could recite the entire mass to you, if you have an hour (I've been Catholic my whole life). But it's a lot of stand/sit/kneel, mixed with readings from the Bible and a homily from the priest reflecting on the readings. Then we celebrate the Last Supper through Holy Communion, give our tithings, sing a song and get out.
2007-10-29 12:33:05 · answer #6 · answered by Bella 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
By prayer, by action, on our knees, standing up, by singing, by playing musical instuments, by sculpting, by drawing, by painting,....
Worship is any human expression of love for God.
2007-10-29 12:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
I take it that you are asking what we do at Mass? Here's a pretty good explanation of what we do, and why we do it:
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/features/theexplanatorymass/
2007-10-29 12:39:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Normally, we start out with about 10 Hail Mary's, then we go out dancing and get really drunk. How about you?
2007-10-29 12:36:42 · answer #9 · answered by 2 5 · 1⤊ 7⤋
on there knees
2007-10-29 12:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋