How do the teachings of Jesus from Marks Gospel affect the lives of Christians today on Sundays?

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How do the teachings of Jesus from Marks Gospel affect the lives of Christians today on Sundays?

Today Christians should try and behave like Jesus use to on the Sabbath. We know that Jesus went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, he would pray, worship, heal and then spend time with his friends and family. Today Catholics worship on Sunday by going to church for mass and then spending time doing what they want after.

In the mass prayers are said, we pray for the sick in our community and for those sickly in the world. We ask Jesus to heal them, just like he healed people in the gospel. Hymns are sung, readings from the bible are read and communion is taken. Some Christians don’t have Holy Communion services, an example of this are the Salvation Army, they believe that it is possible to live a holy life and receive the grace of God without the use of physical sacraments. To them the inward experience is the most important thing. Methodists and Baptists have a Holy Communion service only once or twice a month because they prefer to concentrate on good deeds and helping the homeless and poor just like Jesus. Quakers do not have Holy Communion services as they believe that everyone can have a direct relationship with God, they believe that this can best be met if they meet in silence, with nothing pre planned, to wait on the Holy Spirit. We can see that all these Christians try to be like Jesus in different ways, they all have the attitude that Sunday should be special.

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Some Christians use ordinary bread for communion, symbolizing the idea that Jesus takes our offerings of ordinary things and changes them into something wonderful, where as other denominations use unleavened bread like Jesus would of at the last supper.  

Some Christians go to church like they should every Sunday, because they feel obliged to, others don’t go church every week as they have there own reasons like not having time due to work or football. The number of people going to church on a Sunday has dropped dramatically in the last 50 years; shops being open on Sunday’s have ...

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