11/24/2022 – Thanksgiving Day

 

In the United States Thanksgiving Day is a holiday with special religious significance. Originally celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Native Americans to thank God after the harvest of 1621.  In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November should be a national day of thanksgiving.

Today our nation needs to return to God for guidance and then follow it.  Religion and morality should inform our way of life, including our politics.  We should keep the classical concept of the common good foremost in our decisions. 

Today thank God for His many blessings and pray that we are open to those blessings, and share with those less fortunate.

Pray this Thanksgiving Blessing

“God most provident, we join all creation in raising to you a hymn of thanksgiving  through Jesus Christ, your Son.  For generation upon generation peoples of this land have sung of your bounty; we too offer you praise for the rich harvest we have received at your hands.

Bless us and this food which we share with grateful hearts.  Continue to make our land fruitful and let our love for you be seen in our pursuit of peace and justice and in our generous response to those in need.

Praise and glory to you, Lord God, now and forever.”  Amen.

 

May God Be Praised.