Jesus Christ taught Christians a unique and controversial way of perceiving God, the Creator. He called God “Father”, instructing His disciples to teach likewise, and likened the love of God for people to the love of a father for his children.

In today’s modern Christian society, many people are oblivious to the fact that His claims, in the eyes of most people, were about as close as you could get to blasphemy or lunacy. People were not taught that God was a “fatherly figure”, they were taught to worship Him in fear and the popular perception was that obedience to the Sanhedrin and Jewish elders meant obedience to God.

Christianity is the only religion on Earth that refers to God in a fatherly manner but the implications of this are rarely discussed in-depth, leaving many people wondering how a perfect and loving Father could allow a myriad of circumstances to occur.

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The Eucharist

Scriptural study is a fascinating past-time because, after a while, certain things become evident that were once hidden in the stories of the Bible and, recently, I have found my focus on the Eucharist, the Holy Communion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

There is, undoubtedly, a certain mystery in the Eucharist that is beyond the understanding of science or else it is a silly ritual, in the scope of Christianity, that has no significant relevance to redemption, salvation, or eternal life because these things are already achieved through Christ’s death. It got me wondering how important the Eucharist is, what it is, and where it came from so I began to investigate, and this is what I found:

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What Would Jesus Do

What would Jesus do?

To the Christian, this question holds the ultimate answer to life’s daily challenges. Yet, to others, this question gives the ultimate excuse to justify life’s daily sins. Since we cannot, honestly, claim to know the mind of another; let alone the mind of God. We must rely upon the graces of Sacred Scripture and Traditions to learn of Him.

Upon commissioning His disciples, Jesus spoke the following words to the twelve of them:

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man ‘against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s enemies will be those of his household.”  – Matthew 10:34-36

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The parable of the landowner:

[33] Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine-press in it, and built a tower. The he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. [34] When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. [35] But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. [36] Again, he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. [37] Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ [38] But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ [39] They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. [40] What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” [41] They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to the other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” [42] Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that was rejected has become the cornerstone; by the LORD has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes. [43] Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.” – Matthew 21:33-43

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I suppose I should warn you that if you are looking for a story of great miracles, ghostly apparitions, or personal tragedies leading to an irrational decision to believe in God, you will not find it here. What you will find, however, is a person who spent a lot of years looking for answers to decide what to believe in and why. Is God nothing more than Biblical mythology that people use to explain things they do not understand or is God real? Was Jesus Christ a religious zealot who gained fame for martyring Himself of a cross or was He the Son of God?

The reasons why I chose Christianity as a belief system go far deeper than most people even consider when pondering religion or science.

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And the crowds proclaimed, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the LORD. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.“

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!“

Luke 19:38-40
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“Distributive justice” is a concept that has been handed down for over 7,000 years. It’s  roots come from the Jewish Torah and extend to the Christian theologies of today. It is the reasoning behind the taxation and redistribution of wealth in this, and many other countries. This type of justice demands that the fortunate share with their less fortunate brothers and sisters.

Unfortunately, this ideology has been warped and twisted by those who are confused by it’s meaning. Instead of having a meaningful approach to distributive justice, men and women are  being fed their daily fish with no means of learning to fish for themselves. This is NOT distributive justice, it is economic slavery.

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