Combining Protestant and Catholic Church Services

Even though it might not seem possible, the main two divisions of Christianity each have their own differences. Each Sunday Catholics gather in their churches, listen to their Priest give a homily, celebrate the Sacrament of the Eucharist, and then leave the Mass at the end. On the other hand, Protestant church services are much different. There is much more music involved as a whole and the Pastor seems to speak longer and is generally more interesting.

Is there any possible way to bring a true union to the two Christian denominations and have one big church service every weekend? After all, Catholics and Protestants are all Christians; shouldn't they all be in union with each other? On the contrary, though, it seems as though the two denominations are severely divided, not over their basic beliefs in Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity, but in some aspects of their theology, doctrine, and components of their belief system.

There are several things, however, that could be done if the Protestant and Catholic Church services were given a chance to have one single and large church service in union with each other. They involve coming into agreement on several issues, but it would serve well in the end if the larger Christian Church could celebrate the fact that they believe in Jesus Christ and his Resurrection.

Church Services More Lively

On the whole, Protestant church services seem to be more lively than Catholic services. In order for Catholics and Protestants to come together to worship in one large service, more contemporary Christian worship music should be used. Some of the complaints that Protestants have against the Catholic Mass is that it seems too somber and not lively enough. Even though the somber attitude of the Catholic Mass is a tradiitonal one, would it hurt for the Catholic Mass to be livened at all? If it was, Protestants and Catholics certainly could agree on more contemporary music to use in their services.

Homilies of the Priest and Pastor

Obviously, one of the issues that everyone would have to contend with is the homily and discussion by the Priest or the Pastor. If Protestant and Catholic church services were combined, this would be one of the issues that would have to be worked out. The Catholic Priest and Protestant Minister could take turns on each weekend giving the sermon to the whole congregation.

The Communion Focus

For Catholics, the Eucharist is the central part of the Mass. For Protestants, Communion isn't so necessary and only serves as a symbol for the Last Supper and Jesus' death and Resurrection. Could there be a large church service with only Catholics celebrating the Eucharist? Could there be a specific Eucharist time during the church service so that Catholics wouldn't neglect their duty to celebrate the Eucharist? It seems that there could be some reconcile made, but just as to how this would work still needs to be worked out.

The most important aspect of this proposal would be that Protestants and Catholics could share in the most joyous event that has ever happened in the history of the Christian Church: the two religions could be halfway reconciled and civil to each other and share in both of their true Christian heritage. This seems like it would be an awesome goal for both Christian denominations, but to achieve it just might take years, if not longer!