{"id":12270,"date":"2024-01-31T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=12270"},"modified":"2024-01-22T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:49:54","slug":"jesus-is-marked-down-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/jesus-is-marked-down-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Is Marked Down 50%!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Jesus Is Marked Down 50%! 1\/31\/24\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=gwpfy-1559dda-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=0&#038;download=0&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Garamond&#038;skin=1b1b1b&#038;font-color=ffffff&#038;logo_link=none&#038;btn-skin=3267a3\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Ideal Toy Company had great success when they brought out the very first Teddy Bear way back in 1902!! The company continued to have a string of hits with Betsy Wetsy and the Rubik\u2019s Cube.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>But in 1958, they released their biggest flop \u2013&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>the Baby Jesus Doll.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;The Pope and the Catholic Church gave their blessing to the new doll.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>It was advertised as being unbreakable, washable and cuddly. It was packaged in straw with a satin ribbon and plastic surroundings, and appropriate biblical texts were added here and there to make the scene complete.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What the company and the Church authorities did not realize was that few if any parents were going to buy the doll.&nbsp;<u>People just did not want their children playing with a Christ Child doll<\/u>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Christ Child doll did not sell. The manager of one of the department stores panicked. He carried out a last ditch promotion to get rid of the dolls. He brandished a huge sign outside his store that read: \u201cJESUS CHRIST \u2013 MARKED DOWN 50% &#8211; GET HIM WHILE YOU CAN.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And that is always the constant danger \u2013 that we will remake Christ into a meek, harmless figure \u2013 discounted 50% to attract the masses.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As a Catholic priest, I\u2019ve been struggling with doing just that in my homilies, my ministries and in my personal relationship with Jesus for the last 55 years!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Bonnie Kittle for the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have YOU taken and remade Jesus into a meek, harmless figure in YOUR life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JESUS DIED FOR YOU, KNOWING YOU MIGHT NEVER LOVE HIM BACK. THAT IS TRUE LOVE!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We all struggle with today\u2019s Message. So why not share it? TreatsfortheSoul.org. 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