Do you enjoy having a Thanksgiving Day family gathering, complete with a turkey dinner? Thank the Jews and Christians; it is their custom of dedicating a day of rest for giving thanks that you are enjoying.
Do you like to have parties with family and friends while exchanging presents at Christmas? Do you benefit at all from the significant influx of revenue into the economy each year? Thank the Christians as Christmas is one of their primary holidays that you are celebrating.
Do you like to have Santa Claus hear the children’s wishes and see the merry old soul bestow gifts? Thank the Christians because you are borrowing their remembrance of old Saint Nicklaus. He was a beloved Bishop who famously cared for the needy people of his diocese in Myra (in modern day Turkey).
Do you enjoy reading books? Thank the Christians, they invented books.
Do you like being able to go to a hospital for medical treatment when you or your child is ill? Thank the Christians; they started hospitals as we know them today.
Do you like having an education, being able to read, write, do math and study the liberal arts in an academic setting? Thank the Christians; they developed the academic system that you matriculated through.
Do you like to listen to music or play a musical instrument? Most classical and standard musical theory was developed through the history of the Church; thank the Christians.
Do you think it is a good thing for abandoned and orphaned children to be adopted by loving families? Then you agree with the Christians of the Roman era who rescued children who had been purposely abandoned to die of exposure. The Christians found caring homes for them. Thank the Christians for starting adoption & family counseling agencies.
Do you wish the homeless had shelters and warm meals on cold nights? Thank the Christians; they operate most of the shelters.
Do you think the hungry should have a place to get food, even if they can’t pay? Thank the Christians; they are feeding the poor hungry people around the world at this very moment.
Do you like to watch little children hunt for Easter eggs and beam with delight upon discovering their Easter baskets? Thank the Christians; you are celebrating their most important holiday.
Do you like to send and receive notes of friendship and affection or even chocolates on Valentine’s Day? Thank the Christians; this day remembers and celebrates the ancient priest, Saint Valentinus, who died aiding persecuted Christians and officiating their marriages.
Do you like to eat corned beef and cabbage and drink green beer, with a shamrock on you lapel while watching a parade of heart stirring Bagpipes and Drums every March seventeenth? Thank the Christians from Ireland; you are celebrating the holiday that remembers Saint Patrick who brought Christianity to the Celts and founded the Celtic Church in Ireland.
Do you think that animals should be cared for with love and respect? Thank Saint Francis and the Christians following his ideals, which cared for and blessed the animals. He even featured them in the first nativity scene of the middle ages - he honored them and demonstrated their importance by portraying them next to the manger of the Christ Child.
Do you prefer to worship in the church of your choosing or even not all? Thank the Christians who formed the United States of America upon the principle that people have the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; where men and women are free to assemble as they desire for religious, political or social purposes.
Do you like to speak your mind openly among friends, publicly and in the media? The first amendment right which protects your freedom to choose a religion or decline membership in a religion is the same one that allows you to spout off your point of view. While you are using your right to speak up and speak out regarding any issue you desire; don’t forget to thank the Christians.
Blessings+
Father Daniel
Do you like to have parties with family and friends while exchanging presents at Christmas? Do you benefit at all from the significant influx of revenue into the economy each year? Thank the Christians as Christmas is one of their primary holidays that you are celebrating.
Do you like to have Santa Claus hear the children’s wishes and see the merry old soul bestow gifts? Thank the Christians because you are borrowing their remembrance of old Saint Nicklaus. He was a beloved Bishop who famously cared for the needy people of his diocese in Myra (in modern day Turkey).
Do you enjoy reading books? Thank the Christians, they invented books.
Do you like being able to go to a hospital for medical treatment when you or your child is ill? Thank the Christians; they started hospitals as we know them today.
Do you like having an education, being able to read, write, do math and study the liberal arts in an academic setting? Thank the Christians; they developed the academic system that you matriculated through.
Do you like to listen to music or play a musical instrument? Most classical and standard musical theory was developed through the history of the Church; thank the Christians.
Do you think it is a good thing for abandoned and orphaned children to be adopted by loving families? Then you agree with the Christians of the Roman era who rescued children who had been purposely abandoned to die of exposure. The Christians found caring homes for them. Thank the Christians for starting adoption & family counseling agencies.
Do you wish the homeless had shelters and warm meals on cold nights? Thank the Christians; they operate most of the shelters.
Do you think the hungry should have a place to get food, even if they can’t pay? Thank the Christians; they are feeding the poor hungry people around the world at this very moment.
Do you like to watch little children hunt for Easter eggs and beam with delight upon discovering their Easter baskets? Thank the Christians; you are celebrating their most important holiday.
Do you like to send and receive notes of friendship and affection or even chocolates on Valentine’s Day? Thank the Christians; this day remembers and celebrates the ancient priest, Saint Valentinus, who died aiding persecuted Christians and officiating their marriages.
Do you like to eat corned beef and cabbage and drink green beer, with a shamrock on you lapel while watching a parade of heart stirring Bagpipes and Drums every March seventeenth? Thank the Christians from Ireland; you are celebrating the holiday that remembers Saint Patrick who brought Christianity to the Celts and founded the Celtic Church in Ireland.
Do you think that animals should be cared for with love and respect? Thank Saint Francis and the Christians following his ideals, which cared for and blessed the animals. He even featured them in the first nativity scene of the middle ages - he honored them and demonstrated their importance by portraying them next to the manger of the Christ Child.
Do you prefer to worship in the church of your choosing or even not all? Thank the Christians who formed the United States of America upon the principle that people have the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; where men and women are free to assemble as they desire for religious, political or social purposes.
Do you like to speak your mind openly among friends, publicly and in the media? The first amendment right which protects your freedom to choose a religion or decline membership in a religion is the same one that allows you to spout off your point of view. While you are using your right to speak up and speak out regarding any issue you desire; don’t forget to thank the Christians.
Blessings+
Father Daniel
