Some people continue to believe that the Church and our
faith is nothing more than a bunch of rules. To such a person I would point them to the book of
Leviticus, which is the Old Testament rules in detail. There you can learn what bugs you may
eat or how to tell when your house is unclean.
The
fact is, Jesus came to fulfill all the Laws and Commandments in the Old
Testament. Really, we now have two
laws—faith and love. “And his commandment is this: we
should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and
love one another just as he commanded us.”
To
this critic I would also add that our Church continues the ministry of
Jesus. We hear about His public
ministry in a nutshell in the Gospel of Matthew: “He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and
illness among the people.” The Church continues to teach, proclaim the Gospel and cure
people, not just of physical ailments, but spiritual diseases and
illnesses.
As
she does, she continues to point to only the two laws—faith in Jesus Christ and
love of God and neighbor.
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