AO2:Explain how Jesus teaching on the Sabbath would affect the life of a Christian today

Worship is a very important part of Christian life, Jesus' teaching on the Sabbath effects worshipping of many different Christian sects in different ways. Roman Catholics believe in transubstantiation (they believe in the bread and wine at mass become the actually body and blood of Christ) so they go to church every week to receive the Eucharist. However Marks Gospel tells us that Jesus himself went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day so Roman Catholics believe along with other Christians that it is necessary to go to mass every week. Other Christians such as the Salvation Army believe in living like Jesus, helping people and believe there is no need for the Eucharist.

I think mass attendance has risen and fallen over the last 70 years. I think this because attendance has probably fallen more than it has risen over the years because families are getting richer. They have also gotten smaller. The smaller the family the more bond they might have with each other. Decades ago families were big and so mass was the one time they were all together (and awake). So mass was a time for families to bond. But today with closer families, church is not a method of bonding. Families are richer so parents may work on a Sunday or may go out for a meal with the children (it may be a Sunday routine) ect.

Healing has a lot to do with Christianity for God heals people mentally and psychically . So doctors and other types of medical staff have to choose whether to rest on a Sunday and go to church or to go into work and help cure peoples illness' and save lives. Healing also ties in with work because healers are doing Gods work as well as earning a living. Work can cause conflict between maintaining a stable life and doing what god wants. Some people need to work to live instead of working to afford luxuries and so for people needing to work on a Sunday can be excused from going got mass and resting. Jesus said to the Pharisees that the Sabbath was made for the good of man and not man for the Sabbath. So if a man/woman needs to work on a Sunday they should not have to rest or attend church because the Sabbath was made for their well being and not working on a Sunday is only doing them harm.