Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
Deacon Robert Banet
You Christians are real opportunists.
What do you mean, Richard?
Take Christmas. You took a pagan holiday and made it the birth of your Christ.
Well, not that that would be a bad thing. But that’s not the way it happened.
Tell me about it then.
There is a Jewish believe that a prophet would be conceived on the day he died.
That’s an odd belief. But go ahead. I’m listening.
Jesus died on Good Friday. He was a prophet. And Good Friday is the Jewish Passover. Which is March 25.
How do you figure that’s He died on March 25?
Figuring from the spring equinox. That’s the way the Jews compute Passover.
Go ahead. I’m listening. But what’s that got to do with Christmas?
The prophet died on Passover and the Passover, that year, was March 25.
So?
Do the math. If He was conceived on March 25, then He would be born on December 25.
Figuring that way then, Christmas had nothing to do with the pagan feast of Sol Invictus.
Sol Invictus? What’s that, Richard?
That’ Latin for the Unconquered Sun. You know, the time of year when the sun starts rising earlier and the days get longer.
Oh. So I learned something and so did you. And you could add something else.
Go ahead. Tell me.
Christmas is the day of the Son Unconquered.