Christ's Mass
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Everett Piper Everett Piper's Blog
- Updated Dec 24, 2010
Ideas
matter as do the words used to express those ideas. Take for example the word
Christmas. Since the 14th Century this word has meant Christ's -
mass:
Christ
- An obvious acknowledgement of the deity of the child born in Bethlehem. Christ - the savior of all mankind. Christ - Emmanuel, God with us. Christ - For he shall save his people from
their sins. Christ - Born of a Virgin
Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilot, crucified, risen, and coming again - the alpha
and the omega, the beginning and the end.
Christ - the lion of Judah, the Lamb of God - Joy to the world the Lord
has come! Christ!
Mass
- A statement to go forth under a singular banner. Mass- a mission, a message, a mantra. Mass -unmistakable clarity - vision casting -
an unapologetic sermon that guides and directs and says you are dismissed to go
walk the walk and talk the talk. Mass -
not a time of man's mushy manipulation.
Not a time of postmodern opinions.
Not a time of political popularity.
Mass - the message of the Messiah - The mission of God's chosen
one. The word made flesh and dwelling
among us. Mass!
So
this is Christmas. Christ's Mass. Not Buddha's mass. Not Mohammed's mass. Not Hare Krishna's mass. It's not Pelosi's, Bush's, yours or
mine. It is Christ's mass!
We
can say it's just a holiday. We can call
it a winter festival. We can
commercialize it, homogenize it, politicize it and compromise it but in the end
the bottom line is this… The word means something and all our attempts to spin it,
manipulate it and change it simply show us to be spoiled children pouting
because we didn't get what we wanted for Christmas.