Comments on: Saint Stephen http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/12/26/saint-stephen/ The Kingdom of God is Within You Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark G. http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/12/26/saint-stephen/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Mark G. Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:39:49 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=2131#comment-1803 Since coming back to the Church, I always make Mass on St. Stephen's Day (St. Wenceslaus approves, I think!). Not only does it instill a dose of hard reality into what it means to pick up one's cross & follow Jesus after a couple of months of Santas, reindeer, snowmen, & the like, but going to church the day after Christmas (instead of, say, to the mall to score some deals) drives home the point home that the season of Christmas only begins on Christmas. Have a very Merry Christmas, Father! Since coming back to the Church, I always make Mass on St. Stephen’s Day (St. Wenceslaus approves, I think!).

Not only does it instill a dose of hard reality into what it means to pick up one’s cross & follow Jesus after a couple of months of Santas, reindeer, snowmen, & the like, but going to church the day after Christmas (instead of, say, to the mall to score some deals) drives home the point home that the season of Christmas only begins on Christmas.

Have a very Merry Christmas, Father!

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