The Jews do not pray to Jesus but they do pray to the same God rabbi Jesus prayed to....
that there is a different understanding of the composition, if you will, of God, is agreed. But we (Catholics, Protestants, Jews) all still pray to the very same God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The same one true God.
Doctrinal differences such as trinity and sacraments and true presence... all exist and likely will continue. But all the Biblical faith groups do still pray to the same One True God, something we will do well, I think, to at least acknowledge and appreciate.
Then, we can discuss our particularistic doctrinal understandings as brothers and sisters in faith, people that God has , in His mysterious way, invited or accepted into covenant with Him. (And we will not fall into the trap of behaving as if we were all some kind of artificial enemies.)
Just my 2 cents worth. Call it a widow’s mite of a contribution, if you will
Blessings,
that there is a different understanding of the composition, if you will, of God, is agreed. But we (Catholics, Protestants, Jews) all still pray to the very same God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The same one true God.
I have to say I have encountered this denial that Jews worship the same God we do because they don't believe in Christ and it strikes me as a strange approach. Let us consider an analogy. Suppose somebody is talking about their neighbour who another person knows well, and they say "Stan Smith is a nice guy. He is from Pennsylvania, and they are all nice from there." Then imagine the other person says, "No, he is from Ohio, not Pennsylvania." Does this mean that the first person is talking about a different Stan Smith, and their imperfect knowledge of him has created a new person different from the other person? No, of course not. They may have different levels of intimate knowledge about this person but they are still both talking about the same man. And the same is true here. Jews and Christians each worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and that means the same God. The Jews are mistaken about some things about God because they have rejected some sources of knowledge, but that doesn't create a new God which they worship.