"It might be easy to run away to a monastery,
away from the commercialization, the hectic hustle, the demanding family
responsibilities of Christmas-time. Then we would have a holy Christmas. But we
would forget the lesson of the Incarnation, of the enfleshing of God—the lesson
that we who are followers of Jesus do not run from the secular; rather we try
to transform it. It is our mission to make holy the secular aspects of
Christmas just as the early Christians baptized the Christmas tree. And we do
this by being holy people—kind, patient, generous, loving, laughing people—no
matter how maddening is the Christmas rush…"—Fr. Andrew Greeley, Woman’s Day, December 22, 1981Sunday, December 1, 2013
Quote of the Day (Fr. Andrew Greeley, on How to ‘Make Holy the Secular Aspects of Christmas’)
"It might be easy to run away to a monastery,
away from the commercialization, the hectic hustle, the demanding family
responsibilities of Christmas-time. Then we would have a holy Christmas. But we
would forget the lesson of the Incarnation, of the enfleshing of God—the lesson
that we who are followers of Jesus do not run from the secular; rather we try
to transform it. It is our mission to make holy the secular aspects of
Christmas just as the early Christians baptized the Christmas tree. And we do
this by being holy people—kind, patient, generous, loving, laughing people—no
matter how maddening is the Christmas rush…"—Fr. Andrew Greeley, Woman’s Day, December 22, 1981
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