That's right. Merry Christmas! How are you enjoying this blessed and holy season? "Christmas is over", you protest. "My tree is down and my manger scene is packed away with the ornaments." Sad really. Christmas was just getting started on 12/25 and *blam* we're done with it already. Why? Maybe 'cause we skipped right over the season of expectation and anticipation (aka Advent) and started singing "Hark the Herald" the day after Thanksgiving. Why the big hurry to get in and out of Christmas? Maybe we're more driven by worldly commerce than we'd like to admit.
Yesterday the Church remembered The Epiphany of the LORD -- an important event in salvation history worthy of celebration. If the Three Kings were to show up at our homes yesterday (and even some of our churches) would they have been late for the party?
Monday, January 06, 2003
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