What form of reverence, if any, do you do when passing a church?

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Brings back memories. We were the only Protestant family in my mostly Catholic neighborhood. Whenever the school bus passed a church, any church, the kids would all make the sign of the cross. . . This was in the mid-sixties … seems like they knew what they were supposed to do but were not really taught why.

Now that I’ve converted, I’ve gone back to the habit of making the sign of the cross out of respect for Jesus, who inhabits the tabernacle in the church I’m passing, whether Catholic or Orthodox, but no others. . .
 
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aeddyblouin:
This isn’t as reverent–but my van load of children and I shout out “Hi, Jesus in the Eucharist, We love you.” With lots of waving. I would love to learn the prayer traditionally sain as one passes a graveyard.
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The prayer we traditionally say when we pass a graveyard is called the “Requiescant”:

V. Enternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.
V. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

A sign of the cross is made as you begin the prayer.

Of course the purpose is to release the Holy Souls in purgatory from their suffering.

When we actually visit the cemetary we would usually pray the “De Profundis” Psalm 129 (one of the penitential psalms).

" Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord - Lord hear my voice be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If thou, O Lord, should mark our iniquities , O Lord, who would abide it? For with Thee there is mercy , and by reason of thy law I have waited for thee , O Lord, My soul hath waited for his word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even unto the night, Let Israel hope in the Lord. For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plentiful redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

V. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Let us Pray

O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of thy departed the full remission of all their sins, that through our pious supplications they may obtain that pardon they have always desired , Thou who livest and reignest world without end.

R. Amen.

The wording of this version may be a bit archaic for someone who shouts out “Hi, Jesus in the Eucharist, We love you” True and touching as that may be. 🙂 You should be able to find a more modern version quite easily.

Chris from South Africa.
 
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clement1:
I am interested to know what form of reverence you or your families might observe when walkin or driving past a Catholic church? In my family we make a small cross on our foreheads out of respect for Jesus in the tabernacle. Just wondering what others might do.
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I cross myself and tell Jesus I love Him and thank Him for being there fore me. It is a short, but quick connection. 🙂
 
I make the sign of the cross. I thought my children didn’t notice, but they reminded me when I forgot to do it the other day.
Then they asked why I didn’t do it when I passed Protestant churches, so it was a good moment for teaching.
 
I make the sign of the cross… and sometimes mumble a spontaneous prayer…
 
Dr. Colossus:
Whenever I remember to (which is not nearly often enough!), I pray the prayer St. Francis used when he passed a Catholic Church:

“We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you. For by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world”

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This is also my practice
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