Judaism
Paul McCartney: Maybe I’m amazed at the way you love me all the time. Maybe I’m amazed at the way I love you.
Jewish Mother: What, so maybe you’re not amazed?
Van Morrison: Have I told you lately that I love you?
Jewish Mother: No. And you haven’t mowed the lawns either.
Bette Midler: I could fly higher than an eagle, for you are the wind beneath my wings.
Jewish Mother: Don’t think I’m letting you go up there.
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It’s 9am on Christmas morning and I am standing in a queue in a rather ornate, grandiose building in Sydney.
I am among the many worshippers at the Church of Mary Immaculate in Waverley. And I am about to receive Communion.
Except I am a Jew, a traditional Jew who only weeks prior had a candelabra flickering in my window for eight nights in celebration of the miracle of Hannukah, when the Greeks tried – but failed – to annihilate the Jews and our holy temple more than 2000 years ago.
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Henrietta says:
Totally agree with Clara’s comments. The wafer is not a representation of Jesus, it IS Jesus. Catholics believe that we need to be ‘in communion’ with Him when we receive, hence why only practicing Catholics can receive. Other Christians and those of different religious faiths (or none) are welcome to… Read more »
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Hello! dbaedek interesting dbaedek site! Read more »
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