Subject: salvation and Cath Church |
Bible Note: Itiswritten -- I would love it if you did follow me around! Thanks for the words. When I read those passages you noted, I always wish I had been there to hear Jesus say them. Can you imagine the temple leaders hearing that? And it seemed to go on and on and on....Had to be very painful to hear if you were in their shoes. I once asked our priest about the complexity of the Cath Church and wasn't Jesus' message about cutting thru the complexity of the religion of His day and going straight to the heart of believe in Him and His Father? Our priest said that a Pharisee living today would make the perfect Catholic, he would sit in the front pew, never miss a Holy Day of Obligation, wouldn't eat meat on every Friday throughout the year (not just during Lent), etc. But he said we all have to fight the Pharisee-ism and keep focused on God. Sometimes that's a hard fight though! /Stephanie |