social justice event

For my social justice event I attended a Lutheran mass with my uncle on Easter. During this mass i noticed so much stuff that related to Delpit, Johnson, and Rodriguez. Being a Catholic and observing another mass was very interesting to see what they believe in to apposed to what I believe in. Also, even though I had a little knowledge about the history of the Lutheran church I thought it would work out my advantage because if I needed help I cold ask my uncle something during the mass to understand what is going on.

I could relate to Rodriguez in a couple of ways. In the Catholic church there are only male priests but in a Lutheran faith they are called ministers and are the leader. It relates here because all of the parishioners look up to the minister as a role model. I find this really interesting because I just thought from going to church services they are just the people that run the mass and thats there job. But as i was looking around the church all of the parishioners looked at the minister as she was God itself, and i found that to be cool in a way. Also, the minister served as a role because through their scripture she tells them how to serve correctly, and to be holy each and everyday. I even asked her after the mass if follow all of this stuff that was presented in this mass would God still accept me even though I am here observing from a different religion. She was really happy i asked that because she said no matter what religion you come from you will be fine as long as your good to all people and learn to be holy and try and teach what i said to in my sermon.

This leads me into Delpit because they have many different codes of power that happen during a mass. During each mass they don't begin with music as they do in the Catholic church but instead they open with prayer and then they play a processional song to follow. The next thing they do they do both readings at once. using in the catholic church they read each reading with a song in between each reading. After that is completed the minister reads the gospel and before it is read they play a song. This is the only comparison i can make to the catholic church because this is the same that we do in our masses. The only thing that I found odd about this mass was they have the children come up to the alter and they recieve their own sermon aside from the rest of the congregation. The next thing that was different from my mass was when they passed out communion they told us to dip it in the wine and eat. I never had to do that in my life before but as I watched the other parishioners do it i saw it was easy and just went with the flow. I couldn't believe how different it was from a catholic mass, sure there was some stuff i didn't agree with some of their beliefs, but i sat there and listened what they had to say and i found it really great to listen to.




Now Johnson I thought was one of the toughest ones I connected this event to but as I kept thinking about it i found it was pretty easy to think of. Everywhere throughout the world, each country and ethnicity has its own culture, religion, languages, and so much more wonderful things. I realized that when i was sitting there listening to this mass, this is what these people believe and live by in society. It is their religion, put of there culture, and also can be their own language. What i mean by language is how the minister presented their beliefs during the mass, and through each song they sang. As culture this is what they live by each day, and pass down to their children in hopes of believing what they do as they grow up. Religion is religion and can be found anywhere across the globe. I found these people to be warm, accepting people, that when i entered the mass I thought i was one of them and no one gave me problem with anything. Also, if people would just leave religion out of everything across the world there would so much less hate in the world, and would probably end alot of wars. What Martin Luther went through was awful because all he wanted to was present people with new ideas and a new religion, not a cult.

In conclusion I thought this was a wonderful experience for me because it certainly opened up my eyes to what goes in another religions mass other than mine. Even though there culture and rules are different from what I follow each day wouldn't turn me away from going there again to learn something new. I really am glad i got this opportunity because i got to see these 3 theorists in action and I got to take in a whole new thing about society. If i never got to do this or see anything else i wasnt used to in my life i would never know how everything operates in their mass. I liked doing this and wouldnt mind doing it again.