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New Year's Rituals	Crystal	Saturday, December 31, 2011
Question: Dear Brother, I wanted your opinion on New Year's Eve rituals. Many people of many cultures celebrate the New Year by performing certain rituals like eating pork, black-eyed peas or collared greens for prosperity, wearing certain colors for good luck and according to one website it is stated that you are not suppose to throw out anything on New Year's Day as well as not wash your hair, as you will have losses through out the year. Others include; the first person to enter into your home should be a dark haired man, as blondes and redheads are bad luck and will bring misfortune and no woman should ever be the first person to enter into someone's home on New Year's Day. As a Christian, I don't know if it is wise to follow these customs, as some of them are part of my culture, but appear to be pagan. What I have decided to do was say a traditional New Year's prayer and light a white candle for peace, as many of these rituals seem to be based on superstitions. I was also reading on a Christian website that God's New Year is on March 24th according to early Christianity; is this true? If you could give me some insight about this, I would appreciate it. Have a wonderful and blessed New Year! God Bless, Crystal
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r) Dear Crystal: You are correct. These practices are superstition. Christians should avoid superstitions. As for the New Year, there is no such thing as "God's New Year". To God there is no time as he is outside of times and space. God is in the eternal present. All of what we call the past, present, and future is the present moment to God. The calculation of a year is totally based on how many days it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun. Other planets may have longer or shorter years. As for the determination of the new year among cultures, different cultures calculated the year in different ways. January 1 as the beginning of the Year is fairly recent and a result of the Gregorian Calendar. Before that the Spring Equinox (around March 24th) was a common time for the new year as it was the beginning of Spring. Here are three sites of interest on this subject: History of the New Year and Julian Calendar and Nowruz (about the Persian (Iranian) Calendar), among others. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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New Year's Rituals

Crystal

Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Dear Brother,

I wanted your opinion on New Year's Eve rituals. Many people of many cultures celebrate the New Year by performing certain rituals like eating pork, black-eyed peas or collared greens for prosperity, wearing certain colors for good luck and according to one website it is stated that you are not suppose to throw out anything on New Year's Day as well as not wash your hair, as you will have losses through out the year.

Others include; the first person to enter into your home should be a dark haired man, as blondes and redheads are bad luck and will bring misfortune and no woman should ever be the first person to enter into someone's home on New Year's Day.

As a Christian, I don't know if it is wise to follow these customs, as some of them are part of my culture, but appear to be pagan. What I have decided to do was say a traditional New Year's prayer and light a white candle for peace, as many of these rituals seem to be based on superstitions.

I was also reading on a Christian website that God's New Year is on March 24th according to early Christianity; is this true?

If you could give me some insight about this, I would appreciate it.

Have a wonderful and blessed New Year!

God Bless,
Crystal

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)

Dear Crystal:

You are correct. These practices are superstition. Christians should avoid superstitions.

As for the New Year, there is no such thing as "God's New Year". To God there is no time as he is outside of times and space. God is in the eternal present. All of what we call the past, present, and future is the present moment to God.

The calculation of a year is totally based on how many days it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun. Other planets may have longer or shorter years.

As for the determination of the new year among cultures, different cultures calculated the year in different ways. January 1 as the beginning of the Year is fairly recent and a result of the Gregorian Calendar.

Before that the Spring Equinox (around March 24th) was a common time for the new year as it was the beginning of Spring.

Here are three sites of interest on this subject: History of the New Year and Julian Calendar and Nowruz (about the Persian (Iranian) Calendar), among others.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.