DO THEY KNOW WHAT'S CHRISTMASTIME, AT ALL?
Prior to being in the Church about four years ago, I was a Catholic and looked forward to Christmastime just as much as many Filipino Catholics are. I know the excitement the christmas season brings... the cultural message quite literally runs in your veins and your senses gets intoxicated in the hype of it all... and people casually calls it "the spirit of Christmas" as spooky as that may sound to the uninitiated... ;-)
Much as I know what Christmas means to a Catholic (and all the rest of them supposed Christians who should really admit to being pseudo-Catholics) I find it hard to explain to Catholic friends and family why such celebrations are not just un-biblical but actually anti-biblical. The biggest reason for this of course is that they are in no mood to listen. For one, it spoils the holiday fever they are so into.
Put it another way, it simply spoils "everything". Everything as in this whole illussion of peace, happiness and abundance. Being quite reasonable folks, however, they'll admit to it anyway and say its all in the name of indulgence to merry-making... and "hey, why so serious.. don't you guys celebrate Christmas too?!"
At that I just have to smile and say "it's complicated"... or else explain "of course we celebrate "Christmas" too but not in the same way as you do. We celebrate the birth of Christ in our lives everyday... we celebrate it the way He want it celebrated..."
Much as I know what Christmas means to a Catholic (and all the rest of them supposed Christians who should really admit to being pseudo-Catholics) I find it hard to explain to Catholic friends and family why such celebrations are not just un-biblical but actually anti-biblical. The biggest reason for this of course is that they are in no mood to listen. For one, it spoils the holiday fever they are so into.
Put it another way, it simply spoils "everything". Everything as in this whole illussion of peace, happiness and abundance. Being quite reasonable folks, however, they'll admit to it anyway and say its all in the name of indulgence to merry-making... and "hey, why so serious.. don't you guys celebrate Christmas too?!"
At that I just have to smile and say "it's complicated"... or else explain "of course we celebrate "Christmas" too but not in the same way as you do. We celebrate the birth of Christ in our lives everyday... we celebrate it the way He want it celebrated..."
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