The men and women I saw at St. Brendan Catholic church were from a diverse race. I saw a mixture of White, Black, Asian and Hispanic. The majority of the members seemed Asian. This made me realized that it was likely for an English church to have a diverse population than a non-English church because the English Language was common. In my Church, the services are in Spanish only which attracts mostly Hispanic people from central America, and Mexico. In St. Brendan church I saw how well the diverse population interacted. Members exchanged handshakes and greeted each other. It seemed that everyone knew each other or maybe they were just being friendly. I sat on the left middle side along with a White married couple and their three children.
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I remember them including the virgin Mary to their prayers something my religion and I do not do. I do not praise the virgin Mary because I was not raised to do so. My parent never talked about her as someone holy. I spoke to Linda, a member of the church regarding the virgin Mary. I told her that I was not Catholic and if she could explain to me why they worship the virgin Mary. Linda said that they do not worship her, but honor her because she is the model of perfect love and obedience to Christ. They see the virgin Mary as a messenger that carries the prayers to God. They do not view the virgin Mary as equal to Christ but rather respect virgin Mary because of her relationship to Christ. When Linda was explaining this to me, I felt sad and upset of myself because there was a point in the past that I disliked the Catholicism because I had a bad interpretation about them and I believed that they worship the virgin Mary as a Goddess in which I was totally against. I was against it because I thought they viewed her as equal to God and in my religion there is no one equivalent to God. Until today, this was clarified and I am so glad I spoke to Linda because she changed my perspective on how I saw the virgin Mary. I can say I now understand how they see her and why they honor
I remember them including the virgin Mary to their prayers something my religion and I do not do. I do not praise the virgin Mary because I was not raised to do so. My parent never talked about her as someone holy. I spoke to Linda, a member of the church regarding the virgin Mary. I told her that I was not Catholic and if she could explain to me why they worship the virgin Mary. Linda said that they do not worship her, but honor her because she is the model of perfect love and obedience to Christ. They see the virgin Mary as a messenger that carries the prayers to God. They do not view the virgin Mary as equal to Christ but rather respect virgin Mary because of her relationship to Christ. When Linda was explaining this to me, I felt sad and upset of myself because there was a point in the past that I disliked the Catholicism because I had a bad interpretation about them and I believed that they worship the virgin Mary as a Goddess in which I was totally against. I was against it because I thought they viewed her as equal to God and in my religion there is no one equivalent to God. Until today, this was clarified and I am so glad I spoke to Linda because she changed my perspective on how I saw the virgin Mary. I can say I now understand how they see her and why they honor