The Nehor Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 I decided to give up religion for Lent but then was told I was doing it wrong. On 2/13/2018 at 12:24 PM, MiserereNobis said: The liturgical calendar is something that I deeply love. It sanctifies time -- it uses time to bring us closer to God. I love that there are feast days and fast days. I love that each day reminds us of a saint or of a significant event in the life of the Church or in the life of Our Savior. Each day teaches us something about our faith. I also love the times surrounding Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter as it takes us through a cycle of fast and feast for the most important moments in Christianity. I wonder if Mormons could do such a calendar. I don't see anything theologically controversial with it, do you? You could even have feast days for LDS saints and significant events in the LDS church. Could we get away with Smithmas if we did? On 2/13/2018 at 7:14 PM, bluebell said: My ward has an Easter Egg hunt the saturday before. That's pretty much it for Easter Celebrations (other than a special musical number during Sacrament meeting). Most wards focus the Sacrament meeting talks on the life or atonement of the Lord. Sometimes the rest of the block does something different. 1
MiserereNobis Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 10 hours ago, The Nehor said: Could we get away with Smithmas if we did? Probably not, since the "mas" in Christmas means "mass." You've probably seen those bumper stickers that say "Put the Christ back in Christmas." I want to get one that says "Put the mass back in Christmas." 1
The Nehor Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, MiserereNobis said: Probably not, since the "mas" in Christmas means "mass." You've probably seen those bumper stickers that say "Put the Christ back in Christmas." I want to get one that says "Put the mass back in Christmas." Agreed, most holidays have lost their true purpose. When was the last time Halloween focused on warding off demons and the dead?
mnn727 Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 On 2/13/2018 at 12:24 PM, MiserereNobis said: You could even have feast days for LDS saints All LDS are Saints
mnn727 Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) I do have to say, as an adult Convert who grew up Protestant and married Catholic, I miss the emphasis on the holidays and the special celebrations. I've been known to attend Midnight Mass or a Christmas pageant a few times since converting 25 years ago. Edited February 16, 2018 by mnn727
Tacenda Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 On 2/13/2018 at 11:24 AM, MiserereNobis said: The liturgical calendar is something that I deeply love. It sanctifies time -- it uses time to bring us closer to God. I love that there are feast days and fast days. I love that each day reminds us of a saint or of a significant event in the life of the Church or in the life of Our Savior. Each day teaches us something about our faith. I also love the times surrounding Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter as it takes us through a cycle of fast and feast for the most important moments in Christianity. I wonder if Mormons could do such a calendar. I don't see anything theologically controversial with it, do you? You could even have feast days for LDS saints and significant events in the LDS church. Probably not, because it seems the LDS church wanted to distance themselves from the Catholics at one time. But hopefully not so much now, so maybe there is hope that our church could do this.
Tacenda Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 8:24 AM, MiserereNobis said: Probably not, since the "mas" in Christmas means "mass." You've probably seen those bumper stickers that say "Put the Christ back in Christmas." I want to get one that says "Put the mass back in Christmas." I'm 56 years old and didn't know that 'mas' in Christmas meant mass!
Tacenda Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 On 2/13/2018 at 9:51 PM, bluebell said: Sometimes, it depends. You never know what you’re going to get until you show up. I wish the curriculum dept. would get a clue. I'll bet our lessons will be different once Elder Uctdorf works on it!
2PairsofCletes Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Tacenda said: I'm 56 years old and didn't know that 'mas' in Christmas meant mass! I remember when I found out that many years ago. I had an "OH!" moment. But since, way back in antiquity, the worship service of the early Christians, before the Catholic and Orthodox split, was known as the "Mass" "Christmas" made sense.
MiserereNobis Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Tacenda said: I'm 56 years old and didn't know that 'mas' in Christmas meant mass! Also interesting is "X-mas." It's not cutting out Christ's name from Christmas. The X is from the Greek letter "Chi" which is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ. So, X-mas is a perfectly valid Christian way to refer to Christmas 2
2PairsofCletes Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, MiserereNobis said: Also interesting is "X-mas." It's not cutting out Christ's name from Christmas. The X is from the Greek letter "Chi" which is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ. So, X-mas is a perfectly valid Christian way to refer to Christmas That one I did know.
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