catholicsphere

Earlier this week, I made a post “Easter meets Christmas” that mentioned many Protestant churches canceling their normal Sunday services in favor of one or more Christmas Eve services. The overwhelming majority of these churches will not have Christmas Day services either.

One of the reasons that some pastors cite for doing this is “Christmas is a family time”. To me, while they are technically correct, these pastors simple have a wrong view of their church congregation … and of the Church itself. They don’t see the Church as a family, they don’t see the Church as an eternal family.  While perhaps unintended, it puts people’s merriment with family and friends first … before God.  It seems to me to undermine any “put God first” message that they may deliver the other 51 weeks of the year.

It is disappointing that these will miss celebrating Christmas Joy in their church, with the family of God.

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