Eating with Sinners?

[switalabe]

Hi CAF Friends,

Does anyone want to share insights on what Jesus meant when he ate with sinners?

Sometimes I have the chance to hang around with or even eat a meal with friends who don’t share my moral values, and I sort of usually decline, because I feel that doing so would be a sign of support to their beliefs or lifestyles, support which I feel I cannot give.

Of course I have my own sins and vices, some of which I cling to most stubbornly.

Also, I think this question applies to this forum posting (forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=952428) because some of my family members I think hold bad moral views.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[DaveBj]

It means that people whom the Jewish religious elite considered to be notorious sinners (some of whom actually were sinners; others were just in the “wrong” professions) invited Jesus to banquets at their houses, and He went and ate and drank with them.

 

[Xantippe]

Hi CAF Friends,

Does anyone want to share insights on what Jesus meant when he ate with sinners?

Sometimes I have the chance to hang around with or even eat a meal with friends who don’t share my moral values, and I sort of usually decline, because I feel that doing so would be a sign of support to their beliefs or lifestyles, support which I feel I cannot give.

Of course I have my own sins and vices, some of which I cling to most stubbornly.

Also, I think this question applies to this forum posting (forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=952428) because some of my family members I think hold bad moral views.

Thanks,
Ben

Are you actually friends with people when you don’t hang out with them and you never eat with them?

I think that’s stretching the definition of “friend” a little too far.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Hi CAF Friends,

Does anyone want to share insights on what Jesus meant when he ate with sinners?

Sometimes I have the chance to hang around with or even eat a meal with friends who don’t share my moral values, and I sort of usually decline, because I feel that doing so would be a sign of support to their beliefs or lifestyles, support which I feel I cannot give.

Of course I have my own sins and vices, some of which I cling to most stubbornly.

Also, I think this question applies to this forum posting (forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=952428) because some of my family members I think hold bad moral views.

Thanks,
Ben

Jesus did not sin with sinners. He did not affirm their sin or look the other way. He reached repentance.

 

[Brianmcg321]

I heard a quote once, “Your not allowed to judge others simply because they sin differently than you do”.

We are all sinners. If I wasn’t allowed to eat with sinners then I would starve to death.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I heard a quote once, “Your not allowed to judge others simply because they sin differently than you do”.

We are all sinners. If I wasn’t allowed to eat with sinners then I would starve to death.

Some of us are not sinners and some are. We are called to be in a state of grace and without sin. When we fail, the Church provides a vehicle of justice and mercy for us to avoid damnation and be reconciled to the sacrifice of Jesus. I WAS a sinner, and perhaps will be again, but currently, I am in a state of grace with no sin. (after my confession this last week.) Not only that but there is a very important feast day coming up of Mercy. And there is an indulgence tied to it. There is no excuse to be a “sinner” other than your own will.
My four week old daughter is not a sinner, as she has had original sin cleansed from her and in incapable of sinning currently due to infancy.

And we certainly can judge others because they sin differently than we do. how do you live in a world where one does not/cannot do that?

 

[heidi_storage]

Some of us are not sinners and some are. We are called to be in a state of grace and without sin. When we fail, the Church provides a vehicle of justice and mercy for us to avoid damnation and be reconciled to the sacrifice of Jesus. I WAS a sinner, and perhaps will be again, but currently, I am in a state of grace with no sin. (after my confession this last week.) Not only that but there is a very important feast day coming up of Mercy. And there is an indulgence tied to it. There is no excuse to be a “sinner” other than your own will.
My four week old daughter is not a sinner, as she has had original sin cleansed from her and in incapable of sinning currently due to infancy.

And we certainly can judge others because they sin differently than we do. how do you live in a world where one does not/cannot do that?

Congratulations on your baby!

 

[Xantippe]

Some of us are not sinners and some are. We are called to be in a state of grace and without sin. When we fail, the Church provides a vehicle of justice and mercy for us to avoid damnation and be reconciled to the sacrifice of Jesus. I WAS a sinner, and perhaps will be again, but currently, I am in a state of grace with no sin. (after my confession this last week.) Not only that but there is a very important feast day coming up of Mercy. And there is an indulgence tied to it. There is no excuse to be a “sinner” other than your own will.
My four week old daughter is not a sinner, as she has had original sin cleansed from her and in incapable of sinning currently due to infancy.

And we certainly can judge others because they sin differently than we do. how do you live in a world where one does not/cannot do that?

Congratulations on the new baby and the baptism!!!

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Congratulations on the new baby and the baptism!!!

Thanks! I have a couple things that are going on right now and I haven’t decided if I am going to post about them or not. But we could use some prayers.