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MegaForte84
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A comment someone made tonight reminded me that in the church I grew up in, it is currently 5 months until the next guaranteed mention Mary even existed at all and 6 months since the last one. (The crucifixion passage with her in John didn't really get used.)

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MegaForte84
@megaforte84.bsky.social

Catholics, this is why other Christians suddenly go feral when you propose taking Mary Did You Know away. When I was little? Her name was in Little Drummer Boy and she existed in Silent Night. Art of her was kids books. The Magnificat, skimmed by One Year Bible marathoners. And then MDYK came out.

MegaForte84
@megaforte84.bsky.social

Cutting that song doesn't mean that much for you, and the lyrics have a few issues for you. But the day before I left for the TEC, it was over half of anything of her I didn't fight to scrape together myself. It was the only thing about her my grandmother had, and we searched so hard for that CD.

MegaForte84
@megaforte84.bsky.social

So yeah, scheduled annual Christmas fight when the RCC tries to take Mary away from the more distant Protestants and wonders why there's a fight to keep her. And my memories of summers when she didn't functionally exist (even the years in college I warmed an RCC pew, nothing during school breaks).