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Student Essay on What is More Important in Catholicism: Worship or Helping Others?

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What is More Important in Catholicism: Worship or Helping Others?

Summary:   Debates whether worship or helping others is more important in the Catholic religion. Keywords: Catholicism, Catholics, Christianity


A question such as this puts all Christians into an uncomfortable and threatening situation. Making us choose between two of the most important foundations of our belief system: worship of God and helping our neighbours. We, as Christians, must try to strike a balance between the two. If we spent all day, every day in deep worship to God and never tried to help another soul we wouldn't be very good Christians, if we spent all day helping others and never tried to say thanks to God or show Him some respect we wouldn't be very good Christians. It is as St. Vede said, "Faith without works cannot please. Nor can good works without faith." It is not as if we have no examples to live our lives by, Jesus left us plenty. After all, Christian.....

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