“Ten [lepers] were cleansed, were they not?  Where are the other nine?”

One of the focuses in Wednesday’s Gospel is Gratitude – today give God thanks: for life, for faith, for family, for sunrise, for sunset, for air to breath, and for the Eucharist!

St. Ignatius of Loyola wanted the Jesuits governed the with all the love, modesty and charity, we should govern ourselves with those virtues.

The is a story told about a man and woman made a sizable contribution to their church to honor the memory of their son who was killed in the war.  When the pastor announced the generous donation, a woman whispered to her husband, “Let’s give the same amount for our boy!”

“What are you talking about?” her husband asked.  “Our son wasn't killed.”  “That's exactly why we should make the gift,” his wise spouse responded.

Gratitude should be a hallmark of our lives from bed bugs to our home, family & our meals for everything.

We live in the land of the dying preparing for the land of the living, let’s commit to living here filled with GRATITUDE.

May God Be Praised!