+ On this Thanksgiving Day 2015,
we pause, reflect and return
to the Lord – as did the one truly grateful leper in the
gospel passage – and recall and recount
all the blessings and benefits that God has given us not only in this past
year, but also throughout our whole lives.
We
are truly a blessed people! We live in a land blessed by courageous
and brave men and women who endured the hardships of colonial life to found
this one nation, under God that would become indivisible, and a champion of
liberty and justice for all.
We are blessed to belong among
the families God has given us and the friends that he has placed in our lives
to support and even challenge us to always become more and more who we are. We
must never forget however that the largest and most encompassing family that we
belong to is the family of God; with Him as our Father, with Jesus as our
Brother, with his Mother, Mary as our Mother too – and all the holy souls who
have preceded us to the festal gathering in heaven that awaits us – we offer
eternal praise and thanks always.
As we feast today, let us
remember and bless those who might not have enough to eat, especially those who
are victims of the unspeakable violence that erupts daily in many regions of
the world, and let us comfort them at least by our prayers – and our
sacrificial giving during this upcoming holiday season. There is always a good
cause that could use a helping hand.
Jesus,
Master! Have pity on us and we shall be grateful and sing your
praises among the assembly every day of our lives!
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