{"id":13791,"date":"2018-12-13T11:16:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13791"},"modified":"2018-12-13T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:17:07","slug":"chris-pratt-celebrates-birth-christ-disneylands-candlelight-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/12\/chris-pratt-celebrates-birth-christ-disneylands-candlelight-ceremony.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt Celebrates the Birth of Christ at Disneyland&#8217;s Candlelight Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13792\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/12\/28046372254_fe1ed4fb22_z.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13792\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2018\/12\/28046372254_fe1ed4fb22_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gage Skidmore\/Flickr\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gage Skidmore\/Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Disneyland lit up over the weekend as Christian celebrity Chris Pratt gave an empowering delivery of the Gospel of Luke during the park\u2019s annual Candlelight Processional. The &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy&#8221; star, who hosted the annual event, spent time in between Christmas songs to share the story of Jesus&#8217; birth.<\/p>\n<p>He also added in a few of his own thoughts on the love of God, specifically regarding his son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being a parent has really changed my life in so many ways, and one of those ways is to understand truly the love that a father can have for a child,&#8221; Pratt, who has a 6-year-old son with ex-wife Anna Faris, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I stare at this precious little creation of mine here, and I watch the ways in which he tries to please me, I just feel a love that is so pure, and unending,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;The way we love our children, and the more we love our children, the more we will understand the capacity for our Father in Heaven to love us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amid applause and cheer, Pratt told the audience: &#8220;Each and every one of us is a special creation, and He just marvels in the ways that we could try to please Him. That should give us all a great deal of comfort. I know it does for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The exclusive processional is part of a tradition that has been going strong for decades, dating all the way back to the park\u2019s opening in 1955. The event is one that is truly magical, featuring a processional of local choirs, a variety of Christmas songs performed by a live orchestra, candle lighting, a bell choir, and a retelling of the original Christmas story, this year told by Christian actor, Chris Pratt.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yLGzopqRZ8g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disneyland lit up over the weekend as Christian celebrity Chris Pratt gave an empowering delivery of the Gospel of Luke during the park\u2019s annual Candlelight Processional. 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