Catholics believe in many things as part of their religion. They believe in love “You shall love the Lord you God with all you strength and with all you heart and with all your mind and with all your strength and you should love your neighbour as yourself” Mark’s gospel. Christians hold strong beliefs. They believe what Jesus says in John’s gospel “I have a new commandment to give you, love one another as I have loved you”. Christians follow this and love their enemies as well. They believe that they should show unity, care for one another, be sorry and forgive those who have sinned against them and to praise God as father of all. They should show this outside of their church.
The parable of the sheep and goats is an example of how Christians need to act and why. It explains that whatever you do to the least important person is done to Jesus. St Paul (1 Corinthians) tells the early Christians that they are hypocrites because they don’t live out what the Eucharist says to them. He explains that all Christians are part of one body because they all share in the baptism of Jesus.
All of this explains that Christians should live out what the Eucharist says because why go to mass if your not going to at least do some good to others.
In this part of the essay I’m going to look at the lives of some Christians to explain how they try to live out what they celebrate in church. Firstly I’m going to begin with looking at a Catholic.
My Grandmother Olga, believes strongly in the Eucharist. She has been brought up to have faith in God and to attend mass every Sunday. She now lives with my uncle (who moved in with her to take care of her) as my grandfather has recently died. She is very close with my mother, aunties and uncles, as we visit her often. When my grandfather passed away she was left alone to look after one of my cousins (my aunt is sick and can’t take care of him) and that’s why my uncle moved in, to help her.
She has now completed a course to be a councillor. She used to earn quite a lot of money cleaning, while my grandfather took care of my cousin, yet she gave it up to help others. She’s a very caring woman, whom I admire, as she regularly gives advice to teenagers in my local youth centre and helps at our local church whenever she can. She is now very happy with herself and feels good, she knows a large amount of people in our community and is well connected to the church. She may not be the most perfect Catholic but then again who is? She always tries to live out the word of God. I am thankful to have such a grandma like her because she’s always got a smile on her face and has even helped me out with my problems now and again, I know I can always turn to her. I hope that she continues her kind ways and that God rewards her for it, and takes care of her.
I am now going to explain the Baptist perspective. Ms Buss is a strong Christian believer. She does a lot for charity and does a lot of voluntary work. She puts her beliefs into practice and has raised her four children according to Christian Principles. She puts others before herself.
Ms Buss used to work in a bank and then gradually moved on to helping young children to achieve their best in their school education. She does a lot to help out the church and anyone who just needs a helping hand. She will do things out of the goodness of her heart and shows what kind of woman she has chosen to be. I think that she is like my Grandma Olga because she too listens to people and councils them on what they should do. Ms Buss also raises money for charity and believes very much in being there for people.
In conclusion, Baptists do pretty much the same things as a Catholic would do as they both learn mostly the same things in mass and so live out what God wants them to do. Both my examples show that they give their time to others besides themselves. These Christians believe in doing good in the world and continues to do so.
