Thought For The Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
It would seem, then, that from its beginning, the phrase is *meant* to be said to those who are not friends of the Church, to those whose faith is politics and expediency. St John Fisher greets Cromwell, sharp tool of Henry VIII thus. Dickens has Fred greet his Uncle Scrooge thus.
Perhaps this year instead of parroting back the sanitized Happy Holidays given by worldly people in worldly places, we should return a simple Merry Christmas. Yes, some might take off our heads, but for just a few, might it not be the small start of a process of reclamation. A reclamation of your procuring…
TBO I completely agree. Wish Merry Christmas to ALL even those who do not celebrate. Especially to colleagues and clients and customers. Because by doing so you wish Gods Blessing on them.
…And also, because if we have to accept Ramadan and Diwali greetings as a form of ethnic “acceptance”, even though we are Christian, then what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. And that can be the argument if anyone dares to be “offended”.
[…] (and Christmas):The Bard at Christmas – Jaspreet Singh Boparai at The CriticThe Origin of “Merry Christmas”. . . St. John Fisher? – D. McClarey, J.D., at The American CatholicIt’s Called CHRISTmas for a Reason – Dan […]