Thanksgiving Day blessings to ALL!

Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more - a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse

may be Thy praise.  ~ George Herbert

 

  Sing and make music to the Lord in your hearts, 
always thanking God the Father for all things in the name 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. - Eph 5:19-20 (Today's Entrance Antiphon)

"We give You thanks, O Lord our God,

for the Communion of Your

holy, pure, and heavenly Mysteries,

which You have given

for the good, the hallowing

and the healing of souls and bodies."

St. Basil the Great

 

Gratitude ... goes beyond the "mine" and "thine" and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. ~ Henri J. M. Nouwen

  Consider a gift of gratitude to our Lord through a

daily HOLY HOUR and/or HOLY MASS

during the upcoming season of ADVENT!

"God has two dwelling places:

One in heaven and the other

in a grateful heart."  ~ Izaak Walton