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Dear Friends,
I wanted to wish you each a very happy thanksgiving.
I love the time to be relaxed with family, cheering any team playing against the Lions (Christians have usually had a difficult time cheering lions), and eating food prepared with love. Surely there's a lot to be grateful for.
In the tradition we call our weekly thanksgiving the "eucharist," which is derived from the Greek word for giving thanks. It's a reminder of how central the practice is. Even one of the great mystics remarked, if there is one prayer worth saying "Thank You" would be enough. Modern spiritualists commend daily practices of thinking 3,5, or whatever number of things you're grateful for. It's a good way to begin the day; and a calming way to end the evening.
And so I too am thank for for my friends, family, my church, and neighbors. As I drive down to New Jersey (we have an interfaith family. They live in both NJ AND Connecticut), I'll be thankful as I enjoy a cigar and the new Adele album; thankful for the company; and of course, thankful for butter.
And it's one day to be thankful for pie. And carbs.
Tomorrow however, I'lll be regretting those. Usually I do.
Of course, I will be thankful for you. That is, if we've met, or even if we haven't, I'm thankful you take the time to read these words, which I offer, out of love for both you and the reflection of God within you.
As the writer once said, I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; 13 moreover, it is God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil. (Eccl 12-13)
Blessings,
Fr. Gawain +
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