{"id":2927,"date":"2011-12-29T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/12\/merry-fifth-day-of-christmas.html"},"modified":"2011-12-29T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T16:20:00","slug":"merry-fifth-day-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/12\/merry-fifth-day-of-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Merry fifth day of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

OK, so the best I could come up with today was a picture of five gold rings.\u00a0 Still, it\u2019s great being Catholic for many reasons.\u00a0 One is the realization that you are really the counter-cultural rebel.\u00a0 While most of the world is back to normal, excepting that frenzy of parties and drunkenness and little smokies in barbecue sauce come New Years.\u00a0 Politics is dominating the news.\u00a0 Business is seeking new ways to cash in on cash strapped consumers.\u00a0 Wall Street executives are filling their wallets with the money saved from slashing jobs, salaries, benefits, and exploiting third world workers.\u00a0 All is getting back to normal.<\/p>\n

But we Catholics buck the trend.\u00a0 Not in the tired, predictable, stale, and boring \u2018rebellion\u2019 one sees on MTV, Bill Maher, or the latest \u2018dress like a slab of beef\u2019 pop star.\u00a0 Snooze.\u00a0 How dull and brain melt is that.\u00a0 Really, does anyone see any of that and come away in shock?\u00a0 But now, we followers of the historic Faith, we know that the Twelve Days of Christmas are more than a song about merrymakers and assorted fowl.\u00a0 It\u2019s how the Church has done the holidays for centuries.\u00a0 And it helps us keep the Spirit of the season alive when the spirit of this world has already resumed control of affairs in so many ways.\u00a0 So Merry Fifth Day of Christmas!\u00a0 May those five gold rings symbolize more than gold, and be a reminder of just how rich and deep is the Catholic tradition that is available to all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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