As I was walking to my pew there was a band playing on the side playing holy music before mass starts. Once the priest comes in the band stops playing and everyone takes a seat and mass then will begin. The mass is the formal way of worshiping service of Catholicism, is the most important and sacred act of worship in the Catholic Church. The first part of mass was mostly readings from the bible but also catholic songs were played where everyone sang along …show more content…
The room was calm and silent. There was the Ark placed in the front of the room. The Ark is wooden peace that is in the middle of the room that also has curtains on it. This curtain is in imitation of the curtain in the Sanctuary in The Temple. In the center of the room or in the front you will find a pedestal called the bimah. The Torah scrolls are placed on the bimah when they are read. The bimah is also sometimes used as a podium for leading services. Someone read from the bimah during the time I was there. The time I was there was for an hour long. The temple was open for three hours that Saturday morning but anyone can come in and pray with those hours and pray together. Most people stay for only an hour. There was a reading that was read as well during the hour I was