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On a more selfish note, I live in a great house with great people, have a hardworking staff who I like, and it is all in a rather remarkable part of town. I’m lucky and I know it.
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The word “Eucharist” itself means thanksgiving so perhaps today we would still celebrate Mass. We are of the custom saying grace so there would be food today. (Yeah!) That’s a great start. I remember feeling thankful for some things but can’t necessarily say that I formed a formal thank you in my thoughts. The cooler weather, that there was gas in my sister’s mower, that I was not stuck in the traffic jam going in the other direction as I was traveling down the highway. But did I actually express my gratitude? These things are boarder line and I believe God in His generosity would let these things count.
What did not even come to mind was my health, that I had a reliable car, drinking water and bathing water, electricity and things that run on electricity, money for luxuries such as dog food, people to wave to as I walk around the neighborhood, that I have freedom, rights, protection, that I can see, hear, smell, taste, and feel, that I have blog and people like you to read them – I take that one back – I offer a prayer for my readers and my parish every day.
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Interesting thought – What would you have today if you only had what you gave thanks for yesterday? I ties in nicely with another quote: “No one can be truly sad and truly thankful at the same time.”
4 comments:
And I am thankful for your writings Fr. V. Have a Blessed Day +
Dear Father,
I agree with Chuck. I enjoy stopping by to see what's on your mind. I have been counting blessings like these for a while now- and was encouraged to see that you, a Priest, would agree that God, "in his generosity would let these things count."
Thank you for the good work you do.
Kindest Regards,
" . . . Then somebody asked me the other day, 'If you only had today what you have thanks for yesterday, what would you have?'”
" . . . what you gave thanks for . . . "
Father John Jalopy (The Big Bad Wolf) has something to add to all of this. See his new videos exhorting us all to progress the Faith:
THE NUCLEAR WASTE OF THE SOUL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MlsAY4fsmg
"PERMISSIVE PARENTING"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YC6nv3t_o
"THE DANGER OF DANGERS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgxFIgTueHc
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