Some children are near an altar. Here, in addition to real candles, they are also sculpted candles on the carved mural. Find out something about the use of candles in a cultural traditions you might be familiar with. Religion and Comfort Religion helps people feel protected and safe. Some people feel that good health is also related to faith, as practiced in religion.
Religion offers a sense of protection to people in their daily lives.
In Mexican Catholicism, symbols are a means for always remembering the religion and for maintaining a holy and a safe home. Look at the images for this exercise. Above her bed, hangs a woven tapestry with Jesus' protective image. Choose one or both to answer the following set of questions. A teenage couple listen to the heart beat of their unborn child as they sit in front of the Sacred Heart Statue in Laredo.