[Nix 2]

"Christians cannot celebrate."

Why not, Fred? Christ was born in a stable. These monks live in relative splendor and can ask for much more if they need to. If they give food to the poor, fine. If they don't realize that Hamas would not waste a single moment in plotting the murders of tourists, fine. But if they do not realize that it is the BIRTH they are to celebrate, not the BUCKS, then something has gone bass ackwards in that Church.

[Phil V.]

But if they do not realize that it is the BIRTH they are to celebrate, not the BUCKS, . . .

Please confirm that you have spent not . . . that your "celebration" is inward . . . that you personally practice what you suggest is proper for the wretches of Bethlehem.