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Reach into the very back of a desk drawer … Who knows what will be there?
Being an active member of Our Sunday Visitor’s staff for years meant that I traveled to the Holy Land on many occasions.
Often, the trip involved flying to Israel aboard El Al, the country’s international airline.
Flights would usually leave an American airport in the early evening. After departure, in those days, a full, hot meal was served. El Al follows the Jewish dietary, or kosher, regulations, and on each passenger’s tray — since many passengers were not Jews — was a pamphlet explaining kosher law.
Jesus and the Apostles surely followed kosher rules, but as gentiles began to convert to Christianity — and as St. Peter experienced a private revelation from God — Christians abandoned Old Testament dietary restrictions (see Acts 10:9-33).
Well, I found that pamphlet in a drawer, and in reading it, Catholic teachings came to mind — not exclusively about food, but statements regarding the environment by Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Francis, who in 2015 wrote an encyclical on the subject, Laudato Si.
Continued below.
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Being an active member of Our Sunday Visitor’s staff for years meant that I traveled to the Holy Land on many occasions.
Often, the trip involved flying to Israel aboard El Al, the country’s international airline.
Flights would usually leave an American airport in the early evening. After departure, in those days, a full, hot meal was served. El Al follows the Jewish dietary, or kosher, regulations, and on each passenger’s tray — since many passengers were not Jews — was a pamphlet explaining kosher law.
Jesus and the Apostles surely followed kosher rules, but as gentiles began to convert to Christianity — and as St. Peter experienced a private revelation from God — Christians abandoned Old Testament dietary restrictions (see Acts 10:9-33).
Well, I found that pamphlet in a drawer, and in reading it, Catholic teachings came to mind — not exclusively about food, but statements regarding the environment by Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Francis, who in 2015 wrote an encyclical on the subject, Laudato Si.
The sacredness of human life
Continued below.
The surprising link between kosher laws and Catholic teaching
A kosher pamphlet sparks reflections on Catholic teachings, environmental care, and the sanctity of life in a secular culture.
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