Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the crop and of the preceding years. The festival is celebrated on the 04th November in the United States and on 2nd Monday of October in Canada. Before the dinner, for saying thanks...
Thanksgiving dinner prayer O Lord, How full is this world of your unending creativity. How astounding is creation in all its variety. How breathtaking is new life, growth and transformation. How wonderful is your provision for us your children!
especially for someone like me, a life-long Lutheran married to a former Catholic. But no matter your faith—or not—you will find value within Randy’s honest and humorous story.
(Nor can I neglect to mention the two ladies who helped me organize the event – Rita Buettner ofOpen Window at the Catholic Review, and Erica Saint ofSaint Affairs. Without them, I surely would have burnt out before the conference day even arrived. Both were generous, wonderful collaborators...
3. Give an hour every day to meditation before dinner;—if you can, let it be early in the morning, when your mind will be less cumbered, and fresh after the night’s rest. Do not spend more than an hour thus, unless specially advised to do so by your spiritual father. ...
We are still getting over all this, processing the implications, and giving thanks to God for His mighty hand. Our daughter Jackeline commented to me yesterday afternoon as we were preparing dinner that she would like to write a letter to the thief (although she still doesn’t know who it...
The practice of prayer has been shown to predict various mental health outcomes, with different types of prayer accounting for different outcomes. Considering the numerous stressors facing seminary students, which have only intensified throughout the COV