Thanksgiving

The Preface for the Mass of Thanksgiving Day reminds us:

It is truly right and just, our duty and salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

You have entrusted to us the great gift of freedom, a gift that calls forth RESPONSIBILITY and COMMITMENT to the truth that all have a fundamental dignity before you. In Jesus, through his Death and Resurrection, we find redemption. And  so, with hearts full of love, we join the angels, today and every day of our lives, to sing as we acclaim: Holy, Holy, Holy lord God of hosts.

On Thanksgiving Day, I will remember and thank God for the hosts of people, family, friends, and benefactors who have preceded me. They kept the faith, often in difficult times, and passed it on. I will thank God, too, for the new generations, those holding high the torch, keeping the flame of faith alive in the face of the winds of indifference and adversity. And I will thank God for generations yet unborn, who will receive and treasure this great gift.

Thank God for all your generations. Keep the Faith and pass it on.

Happy Thanksgiving and Thanks-living.

Sister Celestine