Beautiful as always Fr Jim! ✝🙏🏼 Jesus is clear in John 14 that he is the way to the Father. As Christians and especially as Catholics, it's our mission to include 'everyone' and invite everyone to explore and seek the Truth, which can only be found in Christ Jesus and offered fully via the one, apostolic catholic Church. Blessings+
yes but you used the jewish faith to sprade it all over the world without it nor the church or islam would become the largest religion but in the end of times and inthis current time the salvation is comes from the jews
Yes, we as Catholics say that God's promises to Israel were never rescinded, so our salvation does come from the fulfilment in Jesus of those promises.
not from your tradition so can't really say about yours, but "believing the right things and behaving the right way" is not now nor never has been how one becomes a Jew. One becomes a Jew by having a Jewish mother or having been adopted into the Jewish people (like Ruth and so many other converts throughtout time). If you are looking for a biblical basis fro this, both Yishmael and Yitchak were taught by Avraham, both circumcised, both made sacrifices, only difference was the mother. It may surprise you to know that the majority of Jews in the world do not believe in G-d or follow all the halachos of Shabbat, kashrut, etc. In fact we can't even agree what all those laws are. The conservative movement says that driving to Synagogue is ok on Shabbat. The orthodox say it is not. etc. If someone is a Jew and decides to practice another religion, they do not cease to be a Jew. They are still part of the people. A more modern example you may be familiar with is Cardinal Lustigar. While he voted in several conclaves and was a devout catholic, he was also still a Jew. Also St Edith Stein. Judaism is not now, and for most of it's history, has not saught converts. In fact today it is ritually discouraged. Judaism is not an exclusive religion (if we even are a religion, the concept of peoplehood is paramount with us). We believe the righteous of all nations have a place in the world to come. Righteousness is also described in much broader terms (seeking justice, not cutting the flesh off living animals, etc. basically the seven laws given to Noah). So the answer to your question fundamentally is not that you don't believe what Judaism teaches or practice the Mitzvot, but that you were not born to a Jewish mother (presumably, if you were born to a Jewish mother than you are Jewish whether you identify as such or not) . In talking to my christian friends I've realized this is a completely foreign concept to them as most major religions are belief based. There are countless examples of fully and quasi endogomous relgions around the world such as the Yazidis or Lakota, but for most it's a completely foreign concept. We are fundamentally a people first and then in a distant second place a relgion (or rather the spiritual practices of a distinct ethnic group). We don't have creeds, and like I said the majority of Jews in the world are outright athiests. That doesn't make them any less a part of our people (as numerous antisemites throughout history have been quick to point out).
Dear @OhavYisrail, thank you so much for rich and detailed response. I learned a lot and I apologise for speaking out of ignorance. Your distinction between religion and peoplehood is lovely.
Beautiful as always Fr Jim! ✝🙏🏼 Jesus is clear in John 14 that he is the way to the Father. As Christians and especially as Catholics, it's our mission to include 'everyone' and invite everyone to explore and seek the Truth, which can only be found in Christ Jesus and offered fully via the one, apostolic catholic Church. Blessings+
nicely said, thank you!
The jewish people are part of our family
Jesus Mary & Joseph wer jewish
Yes they are - thank you!
yes but you used the jewish faith to sprade it all over the world without it nor the church or islam would become the largest religion but in the end of times and inthis current time the salvation is comes from the jews
Yes, we as Catholics say that God's promises to Israel were never rescinded, so our salvation does come from the fulfilment in Jesus of those promises.
not from your tradition so can't really say about yours, but "believing the right things and behaving the right way" is not now nor never has been how one becomes a Jew. One becomes a Jew by having a Jewish mother or having been adopted into the Jewish people (like Ruth and so many other converts throughtout time). If you are looking for a biblical basis fro this, both Yishmael and Yitchak were taught by Avraham, both circumcised, both made sacrifices, only difference was the mother. It may surprise you to know that the majority of Jews in the world do not believe in G-d or follow all the halachos of Shabbat, kashrut, etc. In fact we can't even agree what all those laws are. The conservative movement says that driving to Synagogue is ok on Shabbat. The orthodox say it is not. etc. If someone is a Jew and decides to practice another religion, they do not cease to be a Jew. They are still part of the people. A more modern example you may be familiar with is Cardinal Lustigar. While he voted in several conclaves and was a devout catholic, he was also still a Jew. Also St Edith Stein.
Judaism is not now, and for most of it's history, has not saught converts. In fact today it is ritually discouraged. Judaism is not an exclusive religion (if we even are a religion, the concept of peoplehood is paramount with us). We believe the righteous of all nations have a place in the world to come. Righteousness is also described in much broader terms (seeking justice, not cutting the flesh off living animals, etc. basically the seven laws given to Noah).
So the answer to your question fundamentally is not that you don't believe what Judaism teaches or practice the Mitzvot, but that you were not born to a Jewish mother (presumably, if you were born to a Jewish mother than you are Jewish whether you identify as such or not) . In talking to my christian friends I've realized this is a completely foreign concept to them as most major religions are belief based. There are countless examples of fully and quasi endogomous relgions around the world such as the Yazidis or Lakota, but for most it's a completely foreign concept. We are fundamentally a people first and then in a distant second place a relgion (or rather the spiritual practices of a distinct ethnic group). We don't have creeds, and like I said the majority of Jews in the world are outright athiests. That doesn't make them any less a part of our people (as numerous antisemites throughout history have been quick to point out).
Dear @OhavYisrail, thank you so much for rich and detailed response. I learned a lot and I apologise for speaking out of ignorance. Your distinction between religion and peoplehood is lovely.