There is more Bible in the Catholic Church at any one Mass (daily or Sunday) than at most Protestant churches at their Sunday service. And it’s all about Jesus.
I am a former Protestant. I often wonder how many of the anti-Catholics here have actually ever been to a Mass or read the Catechism.
The Roman Jesus is not the Jesus Christ of the Bible. Jesus Christ of the Bible saves and He saves completely. He made one substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of His people and finished His work on the cross. We can’t add our filthy sinful works to His perfect work and expect salvation, for then grace would not be grace, it would be a wage. And we know the wages of sin is death!
To be accepted before the thrice holy God we must be perfect. Our only hope is to stand in the court of heaven clad in Christ’s spotless robes of righteousness. I know my sin debt was imputed to Him while His perfect righteousness was imputed to my account. Even though I have no righteousness of my own to offer, I know I am counted as righteous as He is. What an amazing truth! What grace!
I suggest the following links to my Protestant brethren. It’s vital to remember why the Reformation was biblical and necessary. We are still reaping the benefits of what those godly men did. Don’t fall for Rome’s Vatican II repackaging. Her doctrine is more aberrant than it was in the days of Luther, Knox, Calvin, and Zwingli.
I suggest the following links to Catholics as well. At a minimum it would be worthwhile to understand why we see the mass as unbiblical blasphemy.
Repudiating the Blasphemous Idolatry of the Roman Mass
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=10707173911
Why Christians should not attend the Roman Catholic mass
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=4181142281
“And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” (Romans 11:6)
I am former Catholic and my observation is quite different. Scripture is not just read as a reading, but preached and taught out of in non- Catholic churches, as opposed to Catholicism. Far more so than any Catholic mass.
Simply reading a few verses does not feed the soul. where is the meditation and reflection on it? Where does the practical application of that brief reading come into play?
Additionally, I would ask, how many Catholic anti- protestants read their Bible on a daily basis.
We have wondered the same thing....