Rebirth of Christ called merry Christmas Do catholics believe in reincarnation as faith? JEUSUS Christ was born over 2000 years ago. It is a historical fact. The advent in the wisdom of church is legitimacy that spiritually aims to prepare for the coming of Christ in order to revive faith and convert us into a living army of believers of christ ,These rituals ,traditions, customs are routine not to have changed hearts and minds to be believers of faith and ideals ,a purpose to fulfill the prophecy of Christ..Why was christ born ? Christmas for the commercial world is a big business ,capitalizing on sales of symbols ,stars,wines , trending cloth lines, lights, cards ,bells, tree, candles, christmas father,etc.Then there is a turkey, dances,get-togethers, 'dinners, cribs ,carols,competitions and decorations,gifts that are more a routine In some countries it starts with rituals on first Nov. with all trappings of variety of costumes, goodies that focus mostly on young minds. It is a big draw to for industries that catch and promote on sentiments Christmas preparation proceeds round the year to cater to people's fancies and imaginations You thought that Catholic Church is devoid of these ritualistic traditions and customs.It is also an ocassion to generate financial resources of great magnitude under noble guises of service to the society Merriment and enjoyment is ultimate hidden agenda Apart from regular Church services of mass,look at the emphasis laid on symbolism and merriment accompanying the season In Goa there is exclusive variety of sweets that are symbolic depicting the taste of the ocassion. Christmas is disguised in the name of faith to enhance business interests and activities that have nothing to do with the purpose of birth of Jesus.The stress on external activities takes away the focus .It is all grandiose ocassion like first birthday The idea of belief that our changed hearts and a attitude of mind , material sacrifices to be offered at the feet of baby Jesus is a hollow idea to give it a legitimacy. The ocassion by and large is towards self, merriment in the name of new born Jesus. THE amount of time resources spent on self gratification ,attending Church services Christ was offered expensive gifts by the Kings in recognition of status. To whom we visit with gifts ? HOW much thought and resources even symbolically is spared towards others ,who need more than gifts The lonely, orphaned, widowed, those in prisons, languishing in hospitals,even in our neighbourhood, forget about those suffering in distant countries ,The Church too is busy feathering it's establishment with tokenism and the hypocrisy is writh large and woe to those who dare to challenge or float an alternate view of dissent Christmas celebrations increasingly are turned inwards for material satisfaction with a dash to look inward and show semblance of concerns, feelings towards those less fortunate what then is the significance of A MERRY CHRISTMAS for whom and how and by whom I wonder The balance between materialism selfishness ,spiritual significance must meet to make it meaningful It is definitely a choice of individuals or collective consciousness, as how to commemorate a joyful event meaningfully without guilt complex imposed by faith and belief Let every individual catholic extend personally what charity needs to be done directly without making or assigning the church as an agentv to fill the void
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