The Eucharistic response...

 "When confronted with the abyss of evil,

the only response is the abyss of love." - St John Paul II

 "From the Eucharist

comes strength

to live the Christian life

and zeal

to share that life with others." 

St John Paul II

Blessed Thanksgiving Day!

I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart ... Psalm 138:1a

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. - Fr Henri J. M. Nouwen

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As Catholics, our Eucharistic life 

(Eucharistia means thanksgiving) 

is literally one of Thanks-living!
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  Consider a gift of gratitude to our Lord through a

daily HOLY HOUR and/or HOLY MASS

during the upcoming season of ADVENT!

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"God has two dwelling places:

One in heaven and the other

in a grateful heart."  ~ Izaak Walton