TUESDAY QUOTE OF THE WEEK - XLIV

A MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO YOU!
FROM ME AND BRUTUS

This weeks quote was imported from the Holy Land (though it was made in the U.S.A.). Fr. O is studying there and sent this for you for Christmas.

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND: "This magical story is a cornerstone of the Christian faith, and I am sorry if it's a big hurdle for the skeptical young. It is to the Church what his Kryptonian heritage was to Clark Kent - it enables us to stop speeding locomotives and leap tall buildings at a single bound, and also love our neighbors as ourselves. Without the Nativity, we become a sort of lecture series and coffee club, with not very good coffee and sort aimless lectures.

"On Christmas Eve, the snow on the ground, the stars in the sky, the spruce tree glittering with beloved ornaments, we stand in the dimness and sing about the silent holy night and tears come to our eyes and vast invisible forces of Christmas stir in the world.

"Skeptics, stand back. Hush. Hark. There is much in this world that doubt cannot explain. (I might have told the kids that when you us the word 'awesome' to describe everything above mediocre, you're missing a word for Christmas Eve, but I'm not their editor either.)"

IN OTHER NEWS:

Bishop Lennon's Christmas message can be found here.