Why Do Jews and Christians Have Different Sabbath Days?
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
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🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered why we celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday?
Have you asked yourself, what does Jesus mean when he says, “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them." (Mt 5:17) And why does this new covenant change the Sabbath? "...This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood." (Lk. 22:20)
Today, Fr. Mike delves into the scriptural roots of the Sabbath and why we as Catholics celebrate it on Sunday and not Saturday as the Jewish people still do today.
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| 0:14.2 | Anyways, eye-digress. |
| 0:16.0 | What are we here to talk about? |
| 0:17.2 | What we're here to talk about is Sunday. |
| 0:20.0 | How many of us follow the mic, Smiths? |
| 0:29.4 | And this is essential presents. |
| 0:30.4 | You know, one of the things that happens is people ask the question, |
| 0:32.7 | once they realize that Christianity is actually not divorced from Judaism, |
| 0:37.6 | but Christianity, we Christians, we consider ourselves to be the fulfillment |
| 0:40.7 | we'll now ourselves. |
| 0:42.0 | We consider Jesus to be the fulfillment of everything and the Old Testament, |
| 0:45.4 | everything that the Jews were waiting for, belonging for. |
| 0:48.0 | That is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, as fulfilled in the New Covenant. |
| 0:51.2 | So again, not fulfilled in us, but fulfilled in Him. |
| 0:54.3 | So, but we, people realize this, realize, the Christians realize that, |
| 0:57.3 | wait a second, there are a lot of incredible things that we need to pay attention to |
| 1:01.3 | in the covenant with the Jewish people, because, again, originally, |
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