[vigilo]

I agree. The dialogue the Pope should have with Jews should be this, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved." Outside of that, what fellowship does light have with the darkness? Judaism, rightly understood, and Christianity, rightly understood are PROFOUNDLY at odds, not just a little bit.

[Bella_Bru]

what fellowship does light have with the darkness?

That's right. We're darkness. We're Christ-killers, you know.

Hey, I don't care if your Pope comes to visit or not. If you don't want him to, fine. And keep out of our business as well. You don't need our friendship, we don't need yours then either.

Last time I checked, Jews didn't do so well over centuries of Catholic "love".

[SJackson]

I agree. The dialogue the Pope should have with Jews should be this, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved." Outside of that, what fellowship does light have with the darkness? Judaism, rightly understood, and Christianity, rightly understood are PROFOUNDLY at odds, not just a little bit.

He'll take a flashlight with him.

[familyop]

"Outside of that, what fellowship does light have with the darkness?"

Some of us have even chosen to leave "inner light" religion and other mysticism behind.

[maryz]

Gee, and I didn't even know there were still Marcionists around.

[NYer]

Judaism, rightly understood, and Christianity, rightly understood are PROFOUNDLY at odds, not just a little bit.

Please explain "rightly understood". Otherwise, this is truly an ignorant response. Were it not for the Jews, there would be no Jesus and hence, no christianity. Jesus was a Jew.

[malakhi]

The dialogue the Pope should have with Jews should be this, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved."

Gosh, I wonder why no one has ever suggested that before?

Thanks, but no thanks.

Outside of that, what fellowship does light have with the darkness?

A good suggestion. So when will you be leaving?

[onedoug]

The one prayer Jesus taught seems fairly universal to me.

[RobbyS]

Whatever. The fact remains that Our Lord is Jesus Christ, meaning Jesus the Messiah. Whatever the differences, this is, at bottom a family matter, unlike our quarrel with the Muslims.

[BlackElk]

Vigilo: Just because she was Jewish, do you suppose that Mary was in darkness????? She even had as her Child a Rabbi! How about Him? Was He in darkness? Oh, the scandal!!!!

By the way, lest there be misunderstanding, do you CLAIM to be Roman Catholic? If so, do you nonetheless adhere to the SSPX which was declared a schism by John Paul II? If not, some other form of Christian? Credit for your post needs to be allocated where it belongs.

A story told of St. Ignatius Loyola, Jesuit founder, has it that one of his early priests approached him and warned him that another Jesuit, Fr. Lainez, was a Morano or secret Jew. Ignatius immediately responded to the warning by saying: "How very fortunate Fr. Lainez must be to be related not only to Mary but also to His Blessed Mother!" Lainez later became Superior general of the Jesuits.

Rumor also has it that each and every one of the Twelve Apostles and Jude Thaddeus as well and St. John the Baptist and St. Paul were, well, Jewish and that each of them acquired the new first name: Saint!