____ are public practices that connect us to the sacred.

A) Routines
B) Public patterns
C) Rituals
D) Secularization
E) None of the above.

Public Practices

Practices, behaviors, or activities that are conducted in public or have a public aspect, often referring to customs, rituals, or duties carried out by individuals or groups in society.

Sacred

Regarded with reverence and deemed to have spiritual significance or divinity, often associated with religious belief or rituals.