We have the priesthood of the baptized. Not an ordained priest, but a baptized Christian.
These are all excellent points - I, too, have never seen a Protestant worship the Bible, although they do sometimes come dangerously close to mistaking it for Jesus - quite rarely, though.
Just turn the radio on:
What do we use as a sacrifice? Our very lives, offered to God.
And we recognize and give adoration for Christ’s sacrifice:
Yes, you can worship even in the car, maybe especially in the car.
I totally agree that it pleases God for us to worship Him in our cars as well as everywhere else that we can. Maybe even better to worship Him at work where you can share your Faith with others… It’s a total risk to do this in many environments so this is a HUGE sacrifice because you may lose your job…Dear Grace Seeker,
I agree that praising and singing to God in the car is an act of worship. I believe it moves His heart in a powerful and beautiful way. I regularly sing while I’m driving. I do this as much as a Catholic as I did as an Evangelical.
**I think the distinction here is that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is a far superior form of worship. **
Keep praising Him dear sibling in Christ!
(forgive me if I missed something in your previous threads. I’m just sharing some thoughts concerning this most recent thread.)
You may be right, but the question wasn’t what is the most superior form of worship. The question was how one could worship in a car without something to use as a sacrifice.
Thank-you. I intend to.Keep praising Him dear sibling in Christ!
Hi Fred,
Now I understand the concept of “Drive-in Church” that the Methodists are doing these days - makes perfect sense, in the light of this.
Ive never heard of Drive in Church. What does that mean?Now I understand the concept of “Drive-in Church” that the Methodists are doing these days - makes perfect sense, in the light of this.
I do praise God in the car, and on long trips we pray the Rosary, do the Divine Mercy Chaplet, listen to homilies and sermons on St. Joseph Communications CDs, and sing along with music CDs, but I can’t say I ever worshipped in the car.
I’m sorry, but if you do these things, these are acts of worship, which is the same as adoration. However, it’s certainly not on par with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Perhaps this is the type of worship you’re referring to.
It means they drive their cars into a field and listen to a sermon and some music on the radio for an hour on Sunday mornings, in place of going into a :bigyikes: church building :bigyikes: .
In my edition of the Catechism, I don’t find where it says “(Same as Worship)” in the brackets. All it says is “Adoration,” full stop.
Interesting:shrug:It means they drive their cars into a field and listen to a sermon and some music on the radio for an hour on Sunday mornings, in place of going into a :bigyikes: church building :bigyikes: .
The American Heritage Dictionary’s first definition for “adore” says “To worship as divine.”
With all due respect to my jmcrae, I believe the definition of worship was narrowed too much. The SUMMIT of our worship is in the Eucharist, but the Catholic Church defines this much in the same manner as you, even citing the same scriptureAs ALLFORHIM so eloquently put it… See Romans 12:1
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship.
You don’t have to have a priest there in that verse do you?
Well, then what is it going to be? I have had many catholics use the dictionary to explain prayer as just a way of ASKING someone to do something why can’t I use the dictionary to explain WORSHIP. You can’t have it both ways. There aren’t protestant and catholic dictionaries… If you can use the dictionary so can I…
See Romans 12:1 - There is no priest in this verse and this describes the most Holy ways of worship. Our SPIRITUAL act of worship. The sacrifice of ourselves for Him is our greatest form of worship. This does not only happen in a church confined in those 4 walls. To confine God there is putting Him in a box… God is bigger than any box you put Him in.
. From the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchThat’s good to know… I didn’t think that ALL catholics felt this way or that this is what the catholic church teaches… But then again I have been surprised before so that is why I asked!With all due respect to my jmcrae, I believe the definition of worship was narrowed too much. The SUMMIT of our worship is in the Eucharist, but the Catholic Church defines this much in the same manner as you, even citing the same scripture
2031 The moral life is spiritual worship. We "present [our] bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,"73 within the Body of Christ that we form and in communion with the offering of his Eucharist. In the liturgy and the celebration of the sacraments, prayer and teaching are conjoined with the grace of Christ to enlighten and nourish Christian activity. As does the whole of the Christian life, the moral life finds its source and summit in the Eucharistic sacrifice.
73 Rom 12:1
Which is wrong, because we know that neither Christ not any of the apostles ever worshipped in their car. No doubt they always worshipped in a building.It means they drive their cars into a field and listen to a sermon and some music on the radio for an hour on Sunday mornings, in place of going into a :bigyikes: church building :bigyikes: .
Well, not in separate cars without being able to see or hear each other, anyway. We do read, however that they were all in one Accord. (jk)
We can worship God anywhere; I have been to outdoor Masses. But the people were gathered together, and the priest was with us; not hanging out at a radio station somewhere.
They never worshipped in the synagogue; they worshipped in the Temple. They went to the synagogue to hear and proclaim the Scriptures.
