As we celebrate Thanksgiving Day with family and friends this week, let us express our gratitude to God for the great gift of freedom He has given us. It is a gift that calls forth from us “responsibility and commitment to the truth that all [people] have a fundamental dignity before” God. The best means by which we can express our gratitude to God, then, is “to have concern for every man, woman, and child, so that we may share [His] gifts in loving service.” May our fellowship and feasting lead to the flowering of charity to all who come into our orbit of influence.
From the Mass offered on Thanksgiving Day, the Church prays after the reception of Holy Communion: “In this celebration, O Lord our God, you have shown us the depths of your love for all your children; help us, we pray, to reach out in love to all your people, so that we may share with them the good things of time and eternity. Through Christ our Lord.” May I suggest we incorporate this prayer into our expressions of thanks as we sit down to eat this Thursday. It will remind us how to properly employ God’s great gift of freedom.
David J. Conrad
From the Mass offered on Thanksgiving Day, the Church prays after the reception of Holy Communion: “In this celebration, O Lord our God, you have shown us the depths of your love for all your children; help us, we pray, to reach out in love to all your people, so that we may share with them the good things of time and eternity. Through Christ our Lord.” May I suggest we incorporate this prayer into our expressions of thanks as we sit down to eat this Thursday. It will remind us how to properly employ God’s great gift of freedom.
David J. Conrad
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