Today is the first Sunday of Advent. The shopping malls are all decked with Christmas trimmings. The Christmas carols, both solemn and corny types are playing in the air.
To me, there is a huge difference between the Christmas we Christians know and the commercialized Christmas. As I grow in my Christian journey, the differences have become more noticeable and I am glad and praise the Lord that I notice them.
I think it was last year that I learned about the meaning of the Christmas crib. I was in Mount Miriam then and the nuns have the crib in stages. I read and learned about the journey Mary & Joseph took. Day by day, the camels, oxen and sheeps were added to the crib. Baby Jesus was only included at His birth.
Many years ago, when I first embraced Christ, I went through a period of outside looking in. I remembered a year when I was awfully lonely for no reason. I was neither here nor there. My family members do not celebrate Christmas. I was too new as a Christian to know the meaning of Christmas and I couldn’t find it in my heart to celebrate except for the corny stuffs of roasting turkey and etc.
Thank God, as the years go by, now I find more meaning to Christmas. Father Fabian delivered a very strong message to the congregation. Much later, I overheard some folks talked about it being a harsh one. But me, Father Fabian kicks ass and I am glad he delivered this Stay Awake reminder to all of us.
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