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The Most Horrific Song of Christmas
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I recently unfollowed a celebrity Catholic speaker for her mean spirited post defending the song "Mary Did You Know. It wasn't just a defense of the song that really got me though, it was that she called out all those who hated this song and find it quite correctly - heretical, haters. That really took me back. I found it very sad that someone who supposedly loves that Catholic Faith and should therefor love our Blessed Mother and Jesus, would so vilify those of us who defend her Immaculate Conception and how that says more about Christ than about Mary herself.
I know, it's a nice song, it's sentimental. What we must understand though, is that the lyrics of this song is a direct attack on Mary's Immaculate conception and questions her Yes, to God. Asking if Mary knew, diminishing Her role in salvation history. Mary knew that Her yes would change the universe forever, Gabriel to her that. Mary knew that her son would be God, Gabriel told her that also. Anything else that she might have known is really not revenant and its trivial to what is really taking place and happening at Christmas. Who cares if she knew that Jesus would walk on water. And Mary was delivered at the time of her conception, not by the cross. It has to be that way, because she was the tabernacle of the new and everlasting covenant. The holy dwelling place of God, a place that was very restricted to anyone other than a high priest until Jesus. Also, Mary's yes is a big deal. Mary's yes is what saves us. Without Mary's yes, we would not now have access to Jesus.
So, yes, I will defend the Blessed Mother and my Catholic faith. There is a reason for the erosion of Christianity as a whole in todays society, and it it because we embrace ignorance in favor of the sentimental. I left midnight Mass feeling a bit flat this year. Unfortunately I was not so much moved emotionally by the celebration. The congregation was more of a romper room crowd. There was a total lack of reverence and piety. My husband even returned from communion to find someone in his seat carrying on a conversation with the people behind us. it was very disappointing and sad. I know though, that an emotional response is not the point of me being there. I know that the Mass is Heaven on Earth, whether I am moved to tears or not. This is the reality though and the state of our Church. We crave that emotional high, and rever it more than what transpires on the altar. Our reverence has been lost to Satan's delight in part, because of these sentimental songs sung, like this, in the secular world and even in Catholic Churches that attack ever so subtly major points and dogmas of our Faith. The bigger problem is that we don't even recognize it or worse yet, find it not that big of a deal. After all, these songs make us feel good!
Jesus Christ is a big deal, the biggest. We must strive to get Him right, and get right everything that the Church teaches. Our salvation and the salvation of others depends on it. If we become so enamored by the secular that are willing to deny little by little the divinity of Christ and Mary's willing and brave role in that mission, then we reduce everything we should be living for, and therefor threaten what we will one day die for.
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I am a wife and mother of two grown sons. Although I am Cradle Catholic, I experienced a profound reversion to the True faith several years ago that motivated and inspired me to dive more deeply into an understanding of the Church and Her teachings, and why She has these teachings and where they come from. Surprisingly, for me, the more I read and discovered, the deeper my love of the Catholic Church and her teachings became. This certainly is a journey that doesn't end, and so as I uncover more amazing facts about our Faith and Church, I just can't help but want to share what I'm learning. So, I began writing for Catholic 365.
I have recently served for a year and a half as the Executive Director of a very active and busy Crisis Pregnancy Center on the West side of Cincinnati. God is so good and does answers prayers, even though He knows at times, we have no idea what we are asking for. The pro life cause is paramount to our times, I am so honored and humbled to have had the experience and opportunity to serve women and the unborn in this capacity! I am also very grateful to God, for allowing me to see for myself, that perhaps such a calling was not His long term plan for me. We go where God seeminly calls us, and for me, that was a return to corporate America. I currently work as a recruiter and sales onboarding specialist where I am helping a Franchising company open and support small businesses that serve seniors and the elderly, giving them opportunities to age in place and live thier final chapters with dignity. It is the other end of the pro life spectrum and such an amazing endeavor!
I love being able to share this great faith of ours and use this platform as a way to express my deep love and devotion to our Lord. We need each other, and this effort has truly become a wonderful way to connect with all of you- my brothers and sisters in Christ!
