Catholics celebrating Sabbath Meal

[Bonjovie]

Apparently Bonjovie does

" If it’s just to attend and sit all through, then maybe it might be okay. But exposing oneself to teachings that go contrary to one’s faith are at best of no spiritual consequence and at worst possibly sinful"., as Bonjovie states.

So should we let Pope Francis and Pope Benedict in on the new “rule” of not attending and or participating in the ceremonies of those who are not Catholic? Please!

I could understand if we were talking about some Satanic cult or something amongst those lines.

Bonjovie, I’m glad you feel so secure being so judgmental. You make it sound like belonging to the Catholic religion is equivalent to belonging to an exclusive country club, one which does not allow merging with “undesirables”. I’m sure this is exactly what Jesus and his Disciples had in mindNOT.

I’m sad that you feel this way, and even sadder that you think what I have been writing is a matter of my attitude only. You see, the things you quoted are the things the Church you say you belong to teaches. I am not evaluating the Jews or judging them. If you are not happy with what I have written say so, rather than do the same thing you are accusing me of by judging me yourself. I didn’t write to offend anyone. My opinion still stands…

I feel sorry for you. I don’t feel like you understand what Jesus’ teachings are all about or understand the basic principles of unconditional love. May Christ have mercy on you Bonjovie.

@OP The quotation lends credence to what I have been saying: celebrate the NEW Passover (the Mass) as a family feast and leave the Jews to hope for their Messiah. We have found him whom we seek. The old passover was an expectation, the New is a confirmation. It seems to me that that is what C. Ratzinger was saying.

 

[Bonjovie]

Yes, I don’t think he was advocating participating in the Jewish Passover. You’re interpretation appears to be ignoring the critical part of the quote:

To me, the passover “under the banner of the Lamb” is referring to the Eucharist, as Christ has became the paschal Lamb for us all in the new covenant. Therefore, just as the Jews celebrated passover under the old covenant by eating the flesh of the paschal lamb, we celebrate the “passover” of the new covenant by eating the flesh of the paschal Lamb, Jesus, in the Eucharist. Now, I could be wrong in my interpretation, but that is what I think (then) Cardinal Ratzinger was saying here.

That is certainly the most likely explanation for that quote. Thank you.

 

[Bonjovie]

Libarising, however much I love a person, I cannot say that what is wrong is right. However much I respect my teacher’s opinion I cannot say that 2+2 is 5. A rite of worship that affirms things I don’t believe cannot be the way by which I show my love to my friends. What I mean by not participating is that one shouldn’t join in affirming something that one does not believe in. Even if it is of no matter to the person in question, it could be a cause of scandal. Remember that good old man in the old testament what was his name? He refused to even act like he was eating pig flesh when his life was at stake! He said that he had to be responsible, and act according to his age and his beliefs otherwise the young ones would be scandalised. It is not the exact same situation here, but the point is that it is PROPER to act according to one’s beliefs, not JUDGEMENTAL. By being a Christian, like it or not, you are rejecting the teachings of all other Faiths. The Jews are the closest to us of all the faiths, but there is still an important reason Christians are not Jews and Jews are not Christians. They are not evil, or wicked. In fact they have suffered greatly from all. But listen to what Jesus told the Saducees when they argued about the Ressurection: “You are quite mistaken”. He didn’t act like it was fine for them to think the way they did, or try to 'love" them by agreeing with them. He didn’t give a watered down or sit on the fence answer. He told the Truth as it was. Plainly. The plain truth here is that the Jews do not accept that Jesus is the Messiah, but He is! Now, I have people from different religions as friends and we do a lot of stuff together, but if they asked me, I would tell them what I believe. And if they invite me over for their celebration, I won’t participate in their prayers-not because I want to make the difference clear, but because I refuse to affirm something I do not believe. (For a social purpose like a wedding I could attend) Simple. Any thing else is a contradiction and sooner or later something will give (hopefully it won’t be Faith in Jesus). The effects can be something like this- one begins to feel that God is everywhere, that Truth is a matter of a point of view, there’s no absolute Truth, the Bible is a historical book just like the Koran or any other, Catholics should be more embracing of other ‘opinions’, etc. Basically, Relativism, which for me, is even worse than atheism. That’s the risk a Catholic takes when participating in worship with members of other faiths. As St. Paul says in his letter to the thessalonians: hold fast to what you believed. This is my final post. Let each one follow their conscien0e.