The African Priest, who was kind enough to cover our 6:30 mass for our exausted Pastor, gave us the most surprising part of Christmas.
He stated that he had been on every continent in the world. He had seen it all.
"America is at war and most of you don't even realize it."
he said in a voice that rocked the Angels.
"You are being told not to say Merry Christmas. You are being told to keep Christ out of your workplace or you will lose your jobs, like the people at Home Depot. They were actually told that if you say Merry Christmas, you will be fired. Well, get fired! We need to say Merry Christmas! We need to get Christ back into our lives."
"And mark my words! I swear to you that if we don't start saying Merry Christmas, if we don't start bring Christ back where He should be, by next year you may well be saying 'Allah Akbar'!"
I nearly fell out of the pew! God Bless him!
Africa --like Ireland of old--is sending missionaries to formerly Christian lands.
Powerful homily! And, he's absolutely right. Thanks for sharing that.
God Bless that priest! And if Africa is to give us the new wave of world-wide missionaries, so be it. I look forward to seeing them take the Word back to where it used to be held in esteem and veneration.