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Deacon Tom

Fr. Barron intelligently but gently pushes against the sails of the ship heading towards the land of no religion and no truth except what any person feels. I might have been more forceful -- given that schools can't mention Merry Christmas and so-too most businesses. Tolerance run amok has created anti-Christianity where the only thing not mentioned is Christ.

12/23/2009 6:06:11 PM

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Tom

Nice bit of media criticism -- we need more of this.

12/24/2009 11:05:08 PM

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Jose Trias

Great response to a stupid and dangerous ad. I only wish the recording of Fr. Barron was more audible. I had my speakers at full blast and had great difficulty hearing some of his words.

12/25/2009 10:20:30 AM

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Donna

Thanks for an insitful commentary. It is sad, I guess I am so desensitized that I didn't catch what was being said in that ad, usually tapping along with my foot. I should have been very disapointed in the Gap.

12/26/2009 5:39:17 PM

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Pat Thomas

So true Fr. Barron. My response to "Happy Holidays" is "Merry Christmas." I politely inform folks that I do not celebrate the "holidays;" I celebrate Christmas. I insist.

12/26/2009 7:34:19 PM

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Robert Klatter

once again, Fr. Barron, you show your genius. I know in my heart that these ads and this general attitude of neutering Christmas of all its signifigance is against the tradition of this country, but all they site is "tolerence" and "inclusion". The truth is not inclusive. It is for everybody, but excludes those who embrace lies. God bless you Fr. Barron and WOF team.
Well done...again and again!

12/28/2009 3:26:32 PM

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anna

I have always felt those "gap" ads were off the wall and a little "stupid". The best part of my Christmas was Mass, its something beautiful that I can always think about , and have comfort in that and God, and the commercialism of Christmas , I could write a book on whats wrong with that. but you say things so well Fr, thank you for your insight. God Bless ..

12/29/2009 6:53:45 PM

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Jannie

As a Catholic I see why this is controversial, but as someone who owns a business I also understand that in business focusing on one ideology brings trouble and no company can risk highlighting God for that reason. This may not be right, but it is true. It is important for a business to be all inclusive of it's employees and it's clients or they would need to fend themselves from lawsuits at every turn. The work of always trying to stay neutral so everyone is happy is difficult and not always in alignment with our own spiritual and religious beliefs. When I first saw the Gap ad my thought was that it was fun, entertaining and a little daring for them to do, but I also understood what their goal was - to be all inclusive. They threw out many different religious holidays as well as other winter treasures like the winter solstice. Your blog inspired me to go to their website and look around. I also went to Abercrombie & WalMart's corporate sites. Ironically enough Gap seems to beat the crowd in socially responsible programs (sadly even my own company). Reading prior postings makes me thankful that I am not trying to market a product for Christmas consumptionism. I thank you for your thought provoking insights.

1/31/2010 11:51:11 PM

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Michael Macwan

Dear Fr. Barron,

Thank you for all your efforts to stand up to defend and preserve our Catholic faith.

I have a unique experience when I befriended a person who was brought up by her so called Catholic parents. They never ever talked to her about God or about the church. She was raised up without any faith. But she had a strong inclination to know God. So she fell into the hands of the Mormon missionaries. She has been into the Mormon church for last three years. She is a young lady of 27 now. She also served 1.5 yrs. as a Mormon missionary herself. As she shared with me her experiences, it sounded so convincing. And I though being a strong Catholic and having some seminary training upto philosophy could not deny that God was there in her Godly experiences.

Now I we mutually like each other and our mutuality has a strong conviction and that is- Love for God. Without which it would not have been possible for us to know each other well.

Now as we are discerning God's will for us as to accompany each other in our salvation through holy matrimony. I have tough time to convince her for our Catholic faith.. She tried to be open and went to a Catholic priest, but she had a horrible experience when the priest turned her down after a few days when he came to know that she has been a Mormon.

I did read the mormon doctrines and their claim of restoration of the Gospel through Prophet Joseph Smith. I found that their understanding of the Holy Trinity is so misleading.

I request you to please throw some light on such churches too. I come from Indian background where the faith is not too old, now I am in Europe and such doctrines really posses a lot of threat to me in my Catholic faith.

Thanking you in anticipation,
Your's faithfully,
Michael

9/22/2011 12:18:42 PM

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