We need to use our national festival of thanks, and then the joyous and expectant season of Advent that follows — to focus on gratitude.
Postelection, march toward Thanksgiving with gratitude
Culinary prayer gives praise to God for abundant gifts during Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving stuffing made with food grown and raised locally — my grateful prayer to God for abundant gifts.
Mike Nelson: Thanksgiving — Gratitude for God’s gifts in the face of trying times
Perhaps we need to study and reflect on the readings for Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28: “I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus” (1 Cor 1:4).
Maureen Pratt: Domestic peace at the holidays
Be grateful in Thanksgiving, full of wonder at Christmas and eager to start afresh in a New Year.
Giving thanks for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving couldn’t come at a better time this year, because gratitude is the one inexhaustible natural resources we seem to have a shortage of these days.
Protection urged for nation’s ‘vulnerable,’ especially migrants, refugees
As the nation made preparations to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed gratitude for “the gift of immigrants and refugees to the country,” but also appealed for their protection.
Making a holiday holy
As traditions vary from house to house, perhaps the exception of Christmas, it seems no holiday has as much tradition as Thanksgiving.
This Thanksgiving, let ‘fruits of gratitude’ transform you
Gratitude. We are invited each year, with the celebration of Thanksgiving, to reflect on the many things we are thankful for: family, friends, faith, health, finances and the list goes on.