ok... because of my blogger template... this post will appear at the bottom... but none the less...
THIS is the FIRST Christmas post which PRECEDES the one AFTER this which actually appears BEFORE this... ok... now the the crappy stuff is done...
this christmas is one of my less "happening" christmases... but i think... one of my more meaningful ones... this morning woke up early to go for my fren's christmas mass... i think the very act of waking up early before everyone else and going out in the early morning christmas air helps to reflect on christmas... and also the fact that i don't have to rush for service to be pianist or PA... so even as today began it was already.. nice... to just sit and listen(like mary)... instead of rushing about doing stuff (like martha)...
have you ever been to a catholic service... i think everyone should at least once... Christian denominations i was thinking earlier this morning face two extremes... either ritualism which pushes God to a distance or spontaniety and informality which brings God nearer... canaan i think is kinda moving towards informality, and i realized that although we make God more relevant to people... we run the risk of making God a bit "too close" to the extent that the Value of meeting God is kinda lost... where as in a catholic church where almost the entire service is already pre-ordained, although we run the risk of making God distant and running rituals just for the sake of running them, i realized that if run with a correct understanding of why things are done.. we actually honor and respect God.. as God and not some "guy" that we can come how and if we want...
on christmas especially, when we remember how God who once was far chose to come near... i think it's good that we remember how awesome the God who is contained in baby Jesus is...
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