In Thanksgiving Week, we've entered the Holiday Season twilight zone when a bozo will come out self-righteously railing against Xmas and those who use it, the Xmas expression for Christmas because X, the Greek letter chi is traditional for Christos, as is XP, the Greek letters chi rho, the first two letters of Christos.

The point comes up every year, and is maybe an opportunity for a bit of educating. 

It always brings to mind a story about - - I think it may have been one of the Wesley brothers. Basically the same bozo who rails against the use of Xmas says to Wesley, "The Lord has told me to say that he doesn't need all your fancy learning, your Hebrew and Greek." To which Wesley responds, "I agree that the Lord doesn't need my education; and although He hasn't told me to say it, I will say on my own, that the Lord doesn't need your ignorance either."

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This coming Sunday is Advent One, Year A, the first Sunday of the church year in which most of our gospel readings come from Matthew. It was my intent to offer a one-hour adult Sunday school class on Matthew and his gospel; but too much came up and is scheduled of a medical nature for me to put the Time and energy into the prep for such a class, so I'm shelving it indefinitely, I think likely until my 80th birthday comes round again ten years ago. 

Ninety is getting the best of me, nomesane? 

However, the church is going into Matthew starting Sunday anyway, so without finishing any of it, I'm going to insert here and publish the things I was readying and would have taken into a class session.