So....did the second reading this morning hit home a bit?

[Atlanta_Jen]

1 Corinthians 1: 10 - 13, 17 10 I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chlo’e’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apol’los,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

It seems to me I’ve been surrounded by Catholics and Protestants bickering and it just spoke to me. Why do we bicker? We all follow Christ.

Did anyone else notice?

 

[RHisComingHome]

It ABSOLUTELY hit home. I almost stood up in the pew and went “Ahhhh HAAAAAA!” It shouted out to me that Christ did not mean for His church to be splintered like it has been. It was a very good reading!

 

[puzzleannie]

I always think of parish hoppers and shoppers when I hear this reading, and Catholics who are more loyal to one priest or pastor than to the universal Church, who stay in their comfort zone and do not admit any Catholic worship outside that zone as valid.

 

[Cairisti]

Oh, yeah, it sure did!

We had a good discussion about it in our group session during RCIA after being dismissed. One of the candidates remarked that her many non-Catholic friends seem to not “get” this verse and how we should be one.

 

[Br_Mark]

Dear Cairisti,

Perhaps the RCIA group still does not get it. The reading calls us to be one, one in Christ; regardless of one’s church membership, i.e. Rome, Canterbury, Antioch…etc.

One is baptised in the name of the Trinity and sealed as Christ’s own as a christian, not as a Roman Catholic, or an Anglican, or Orthodox, or other; regardless of the church structure that the baptism took place.

The sin of division is a burden that we all must share.

Yours in Christ,

Br Mark, OSB

 

[distracted]

There is, as it were, another meaning to this verse…

Christ prayed that we be one (John 17). Martin Luther messed everything up when he broke from the one true Church - with his false belief in OSAS…

Yes, we are all one anyway, in a sense, as in we are all God’s children, no matter what religion… But He wants us to be one in what we believe, as this passage says ("of one mind").

35,000 different Christian denominations is not exactly unity.

especially when the Protestants are usually the ones who, as one poster said, dont seem to get it…

 

[Atlanta_Jen]

There is, as it were, another meaning to this verse…

Christ prayed that we be one (John 17). Martin Luther messed everything up when he broke from the one true Church - with his false belief in OSAS…

Yes, we are all one anyway, in a sense, as in we are all God’s children, no matter what religion… But He wants us to be one in what we believe, as this passage says ("of one mind").

35,000 different Christian denominations is not exactly unity.

especially when the Protestants are usually the ones who, as one poster said, dont seem to get it…

Well, yeah, I get that. But the bickering does get old.

 

[Jennifer_G]

:yup:

I was sitting in Mass thinking about how easily we can replace those names 2,000 years ago with names now.

What I mean is that each one of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apol’los,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

What I mean is that each one of you says, “I belong to Luther,” or “I belong to Calvin,” or “I belong to King Henry,” or “I belong to Christ.”

And now, it’s become somewhat of a cultural thing for some people. Some have so much pride that they Lutheran, or Calvinist, or Baptist (as if it were some ethnic group), that it seems they almost, if not miss the point. Why should someone be more proud about what Luther wrote than what Jesus said?

There is, as it were, another meaning to this verse…

Christ prayed that we be one (John 17). Martin Luther messed everything up when he broke from the one true Church - with his false belief in OSAS…

Sadly enough, I know of some Catholics who practically subscribe to OSAS. (Next time I see one of my family member’s in-laws, I’ll have to bring that up again. One of their relatives is a priest, too)

 

[Joysong]

35,000 different Christian denominations is not exactly unity.
especially when the Protestants are usually the ones who, as one poster said, dont seem to get it…

The OP’s reading came providentially right after we celebrated the week of Christian Unity …

And then we see a post like this that reveals a lurking prejudice toward another faith.

It might be good to review the Church’s teaching that all the baptized, INCLUDING Protestants, are part of the Body of Christ, although they do not have our fullness. If these were born into that faith, they cannot be held accountable for not knowing the truths of Catholicism.