Am I allowed to go?

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I have been invited by a friend to attend a Messianic Synagog in Dallas next weekend. I know very little about Messianic Judaism, is it ok to go to a service and participate?
What is the service actually like?
 
it is okay to attend
it is not okay to participate as in join in the worship, whatever that may be

you must also of course fulfill your Sunday Mass obligation
 
These are evangelical protestants masquerading as “Messianic Jews.” They aggressively prosthelytize. Their group is in error. They do not have the fullness of Truth found in the Catholic Church.

Catholics are not to attend and worship in protestant services, in general. There are exceptions, of course, such as weddings, funerals, etc.

No, I do not suggest you attend or participate.
 
Ok, thanks for the heads up!
I actually just read some stuff about them and they seem to be a little ant-Catholic. No infant baptism, and stating that Constatntine changed the Holy Day from Saturday to Sunday?
 
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Ok, thanks for the heads up!
I actually just read some stuff about them and they seem to be a little ant-Catholic. No infant baptism, and stating that Constatntine changed the Holy Day from Saturday to Sunday?
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Take Judaism and make it new Covenant (now you get Catholicism, hopefully)… but now remove any magisterial authority or prophets, take away infant baptism, add back in many of the levitical laws, pop in a little bit of seventh day adventist and baptist theology just for good measure.

Beyond that, it’s hard to say much about the Messianic Jews… some of them are VERY rabidly anti-catholic. Others are just partially anti-catholic. None of them are exactly alike, and there are split sects of them as well.

You can go, and it’s interesting to see the “synagogue” elements of their worship. Of course, one should go to a messianic jewish service which reflects a very similar worship to that of traditional judaism… as some of them just seem to be baptists who call themselves jews. Synagogue, of course, looks very similar to our liturgy of the word, so it CAN be an enlightening experience to see “jewish” worship.

Two things, though: you must go to mass on Sunday, and you may not participate in ANYTHING of worship.
 
Just because someone invites doesn’t mean one is obliged to go…and why would they invite if not to evangelize you. If you invited a non-Catholic to Mass wouldn’t that be your hope? That they would be drawn into what we believe is the truth? It they see you are interested enough to come, they can talk more about it, and give you more literatures…little steps to a goal. Your curiosity could lead you astray and into confusion, and to a gradual erosion of faith.

The Bible warns us:

“Have nothing to do with the pointless philosophical discussions and antagonistic beliefs of the ‘knowledge’ which is not knowledge at all; by adopting this, some have gone right away from the faith. Grace be with you.” [1 Timothy 6 20-21]

“The time is sure to come when, far from being content with sound teaching, people will be avid for the latest novelty and collect themselves a whole series of teachers according to their own tastes; and instead of listening to the truth, they will turn to myths.” [2 Timothy 3:3-5]
 
Trishie said:
Just because someone invites doesn’t mean one is obliged to go…and why would they invite if not to evangelize you. If you invited a non-Catholic to Mass wouldn’t that be your hope? That they would be drawn into what we believe is the truth? It they see you are interested enough to come, they can talk more about it, and give you more literatures…little steps to a goal. Your curiosity could lead you astray and into confusion, and to a gradual erosion of faith.

The Bible warns us:

“Have nothing to do with the pointless philosophical discussions and antagonistic beliefs of the ‘knowledge’ which is not knowledge at all; by adopting this, some have gone right away from the faith. Grace be with you.” [1 Timothy 6 20-21]

“The time is sure to come when, far from being content with sound teaching, people will be avid for the latest novelty and collect themselves a whole series of teachers according to their own tastes; and instead of listening to the truth, they will turn to myths.” [2 Timothy 3:3-5]
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Conversely, do what I do:

Tell them you will go, provided they will come to mass. I find the mass speaks for itself in these situations 😃

(however, I’ve found that most messianic jews I’ve talked to are seemingly scared to death of attending the mass)
 
NorthTexan88 said:
I have been invited by a friend to attend a Messianic Synagog in Dallas next weekend. I know very little about Messianic Judaism, is it ok to go to a service and participate?
What is the service actually like?
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:eek:Do not go unless you can exercise extreme patience and charity. On another thread in the Non-C section, a messianic joined in on a thread…and my gosh…they are more indoctrinated than the JWs…IMHO.
 
NorthTexan88 said:
I have been invited by a friend to attend a Messianic Synagog in Dallas next weekend. I know very little about Messianic Judaism, is it ok to go to a service and participate?
What is the service actually like?
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promethius said:
Beyond that, it’s hard to say much about the Messianic Jews… some of them are VERY rabidly anti-catholic. Others are just partially anti-catholic. None of them are exactly alike, and there are split sects of them as well.
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Let me clearly state and admit that I am, by no means, an expert on the teachings and practices of Messianic Judaism. But I wanted to point out that what promethius described has been my experience as well, usually in terms of internet discussions and reading their blogs.
 
I would not go, but if I did, I wouldn’t participate. When we participate, we show that we agree with the religion, even if we actually don’t.
 
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