All the more one should not make any more out of an issue then
it really is, as if it was really such a great evil. One might as
well not go to church at all because so often it's not being the
thing that it ought to.
Obviously one needs to know the true origin, and meaning of how
such days came about... but I am not for rejecting them for the
sheer value that they have replaced what were otherwise pagan
days... if this was the logic then we would have very little days
to set aside for the act of rememberance at all. Not that it's
necessary, but I always thought we were supposed to change the
world.
I believe the truth is this: That each an every day of the year
should be reclaimed for Christ. In the end all days still belong to
Him, and it's Him we should focus our attention of the days on.
Yes, the ignorance and unfaithful habits that have cropped up
should be eliminated, but I think it would be a sad thing, and a
lesser thing if we decided to push out these days altogether and
treat them as if they were some horror.
No, I hardly think so. I think a lot of people have been brought to
faith precisely because of Christmas, and if you haven't noticed
Christians violently object to the notion of a worldly Christmas as
well, and in the Christian mind it should be about anything but
just a banal celebration of giving and placid goodwill. The eternal
became finite... now that's something to think about.
If Mother Teresa can start her work in India from a temple devoted
to the goddess of death Kali, what should we be thinking of
reclaiming the land?
