If Religion is only about the Past

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If religion and what we celebrate at Mass is simply about the past then its all a waste of time. Might our faith be telling us that its suppose to have a connection to real life?
 
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If religion and what we celebrate at Mass is simply about the past then its all a waste of time. Might our faith be telling us that its suppose to have a connection to real life?
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The Mass is the re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary, an event that took place in the past. That is probably the most basic definition of the Mass. At the Mass, we are there at Calvary as Christ died for our sins. The Mass cannot be divorced from the past any more than it can be from the present.
 
Buddy, this is like, the fourth or fifth topic like this that you’ve started so far today.

What are you actually asking?

The Catholic faith is not all about the past. We believe that every aspect of the faith speaks to the past, present, and future, and has some application in our life.
 
If a person responsible said " So what if ______. If it doesn’t change how we live (action) then its utterly worthless. In fact its hypocrisy!"
 
All of my posts are what the pastor at my parish is telling us from the ambo.
 
If that’s the case, then you should group these statements under a single header and give context for them.

If the priest of your parish is actually saying all these things you are attributing to him, then he is woefully mistaken, and teaching error… It may be necessary to bring it up to your bishop, though you should try to talk to him directly first.
 
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I’ll try copying and pasting all of my post into one category.
 
I hesitate to say anything about since that blank could be quite important.
 
I strongly disagree with this statement, but here is an exact quote:
So what if Jesus rose from the dead if it doesn’t change how we live then the resurrection is utterly useless.
 
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Sounds like he’s speaking hypothetically.

Really, rather than posting a billion threads here trying to figure out what your priest is getting at, why don’t you just approach him and ask him? That’s going to be way more effective than us trying to interpret it third hand. It’s like you’re on this weird mission to prove your parish priest is a heretic.
 
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I’m not sure what you mean about the past. But if our religion is about coming to know that love and goodness reside at the foundations of the universe in spite of an often ugly world, and that life therefore has meaning and purpose, with no ending point to it, then I tend to think it’s quite relevant-now more than ever perhaps. Either way, in the end it’s up to the individual whether or not they take the ball and run with it.
 
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No that’s not right. I meant that I myself am hypocritical in my crusade.
 
Religion includes prophecy and, specifically, prophecy regarding something called
“The Great Day of the Lord,” often referred to as “That day” in holy scripture. This prophecy is not about the past. The Great Day of YHWH has not reached its final conclusion yet, and we know this for certain because the world-wide catastrophe predicted for “That Day” in Jeremiah 25:32-33 has not yet occurred.

However, another “That Day” prediction has come true less that 100 years ago, and that prediction is found in Isaiah 3:17-24:
That day YHWH will give the daughters of Zion itching heads and will uncover their nakedness.…
Instead of a belt, a rope,
instead of a dress, a sack,
instead of a scent, a stink,
instead of hair nicely done, a shaven scalp,
and brand marks instead of beauty.

This passage is a perfect description of conditions for Jewish women in the slave labor camps of the 1940’s. Therefore, we ought to consider the possibility that we are now experiencing the “Great Day of the Lord,” and whether our judgement by the fire of Isaiah 66:15-16 is just around the corner.
 
I meant mission. But I don’t think I do. Ive been trying to get other people’s insights because I’m only limited to so many people where I live and it’s good to get the thoughts of others from a broad audience.
 
I’m not so sure that the Catholic Church has any kind of interpretation on that. So I’m going to presume that that’s just a personal interpretation. Also how is that relevant?
 
One of the theological virtues is Hope. That is very much about the future. We hope for eternal life.
 
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