tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post959245934461594968..comments2024-03-01T14:27:35.794-08:00Comments on Albion Awakening: New Year's DayBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-59673518633633765572019-01-02T10:33:56.946-08:002019-01-02T10:33:56.946-08:00New Year's Day? No -- celebrate the Holy Name...New Year's Day? No -- celebrate the Holy Name of Jesus on the first of January. Eight days after His birth, He was circumcised and, so, began His perfect fulfillment of the Law on our behalf. Joined to Him in Baptism, we participate in that complete holiness, set-apart-for-God-ness. It's a rich feast indeed.<br /><br />"The Ancient Law Departs"<br />by Sebastian Besnault, d.1724<br /><br />1. The ancient Law departs,<br />And all its fears remove,<br />For Jesus makes with faithful hearts<br />A covenant of love.<br /><br />2. The Light of Light Divine,<br />True brightness undefiled,<br />He bears for us the pain of sin<br />A holy, spotless Child.<br /><br />3. His infant body now<br />Begins the cross to feel:<br />Those precious drops of blood that flow<br />For death the Victim seal.<br /><br />4. Today the name is Thine<br />At which we bend the knee.<br />They call Thee Jesus, Child Divine;<br />Our Jesus deign to be.<br /><br />5. All praise, eternal Son,<br />For Thy redeeming love,<br />With Father, Spirit, ever One<br />In glorious might above. Amen.<br /><br />The Lutheran Hymnal<br />Hymn #117 Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-55561237505060004542018-01-03T06:29:50.815-08:002018-01-03T06:29:50.815-08:00Eric, "What or whom are all the fireworks for...Eric, "What or whom are all the fireworks for? It's not like Jesus is descending or something." That made me laugh!William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-2264721475489963892018-01-03T06:27:45.147-08:002018-01-03T06:27:45.147-08:00Hello David
Good to hear from you. and I hope you...Hello David<br /><br />Good to hear from you. and I hope you had a happy Christmas. I think the best thing you can do for your daughter is give her a Christian foundation by getting her familiar with the Biblical stories and awakening her to the poetry of the Bible and generally appealing to her imagination. Teach her the doctrines too but if the beauty of Christianity enters her imagination then, even if she rejects it in adolescence, it will still be part of her inner life and she may come back to it later. That's what I've tried to do with my children even though it can be a bit of an uphill task sometimes what with all the contradictory influences and the public belittling of Christianity, and reduction of it to, at best, a be nice to each other sort of thing.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-67889544937242027312018-01-03T05:11:26.404-08:002018-01-03T05:11:26.404-08:00"I'm not against wine and beer and so on...."I'm not against wine and beer and so on. I think they are one of God's great gifts to a fallen world."<br /><br />This made me smile William. Jesting aside, I feel the same way about New Year. Empty, but still, an opportunity for some quality time with family and also, at a personal level (arbitrary or not) it is a pause for reflection and a reminder that as a Christian, I can spiritualise any New Years resolutions I might chose to make and new beginnings are always possible. Of course, one could make resolutions any day, but since we live in the modern world this is the time that people chose to do it and so I am reminded of the need to press forwards to strive to be a better Christian. If something like New Years is going to happen anyway and it is unavoidable my instinct is to try and find a silver lining to a bad situation as best I can. As an aside, Christmas (undoubtedly the most important of celebrations) is magic again for me, with a young daughter, and she pointed at a picture of a nativity scene on a card and spontaneously said 'baby Jesus!' with heart warming enthusiasm. I wonder how I will explain to her my belief in God as she becomes old enough to understand. I hope she will be sympathetic to the truth of a loving God, despite that she lives in a world where 'baby Jesus' is normally deliberately and aggressively excluded from his own birthday celebrations. I pray that Christmas day will one day be restored to the magical, joyous, spiritual occasion it is meant to be. For me, no amount of booze, turkey and materialism will compensate for anything less. For most people though, the real meaning of Christmas is sadly alien and unwelcome. Having said that though, I was recently invited to attend a church service over the Christmas period and was pleased to see and meet other genuine Christians (including, as I am sure by no accident, a familiar face from my workplace, whom I had no idea until speaking to him at church on this day, that he is a committed Christian and generously shared his story of finding Christ in his life with me). There are certainly more Christians out there quietly getting on with life than the secular media would have us believe. This makes me feel hopeful and encouraged to know that I am not alone.<br /><br />Best wishes to you and your family,<br /><br />DavidDavid Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099160562774064281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-12945687774245308982018-01-02T14:46:43.768-08:002018-01-02T14:46:43.768-08:00The problem of New Year is indeed that it does not...The problem of New Year is indeed that it does not carry any meaning. What or whom are all the fireworks for? It's not like Jesus is descending or something. It's just for showing off - that we are on our way to nothing. Modern society is like a broken record on repeat.Adilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458942641355740167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-49365746020445325012018-01-02T10:16:12.354-08:002018-01-02T10:16:12.354-08:00@Nathaniel - I'm not sure - but I think that t...@Nathaniel - I'm not sure - but I think that the Gawain era New Year was probably the Twelfth Night/ Epiphany - 6 Jan. <br /><br />Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-88226791491166576052018-01-02T08:24:11.239-08:002018-01-02T08:24:11.239-08:00It seems like in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ...It seems like in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, New Years was a popular feast day as part of the Christmas season. I don't understand why it would have been greater than Christmas itself though .Nathanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04531664498277638757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-49579992762891152272018-01-01T09:52:34.201-08:002018-01-01T09:52:34.201-08:00I read that article and would not disagree with th... I read that article and would not disagree with the main thrust of it. A point I would make though is the whole idea of a 'happy' new year is misplaced. If the goal of life were to be happy we would not have been born in this world. That does not mean we are expected to be miserable but, as the writer says, "If we think of these words of Christ and of Paul as expressing Christian virtues, then following them will lead us to happiness in the sense of flourishing or being what God created us to be." Happiness in the spiritual sense is not being happy as such but'being what God created us to be'. Which means going in the right direction. But the direction of a new year as conceived today is towards personal happiness rather than spiritual growth, and that is where it is completely wrong, never mind its random placing on an insignificant January 1st.<br /><br />I have to say I like a good bonfire, Bruce, but you're right. That's just another excuse for making as much noise as possible.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-14718302105164120532018-01-01T08:51:31.213-08:002018-01-01T08:51:31.213-08:00Well said. The heart goes out of a celebration whe...Well said. The heart goes out of a celebration when it is meaningless. Another example is bonfire night (5 Nov) originally celebrating thwarting a Catholic plot to kill King James I - but nobody genuinely wants to celebrate that any more.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154359965221795553.post-35119772594525604892018-01-01T07:13:36.396-08:002018-01-01T07:13:36.396-08:00God bless!
http://www.theimaginativeconservative....God bless!<br /><br />http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2017/12/can-we-have-happy-new-year-robert-higgason.htmlMultiplayerMario64https://www.blogger.com/profile/13961950291806064169noreply@blogger.com