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Tomorrow all over the United States of America (U.S.A.), people will be celebrating Thanksgiving.
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is the second most popular of all holidays, the most important being Christmas.
The purpose of Thanksgiving is to give thanks to God for all of our blessings, such as for our families, friends, work, and education. Families traditionally gather for turkey dinners with all the trimmings. All across the land, people will be saying, “Oh, I ate too much!” Then, they will loosen the belt on their pants.
On the evening before Thanksgiving, many Catholic parishes join with other Christians to celebrate an ecumenical service. (“Ecumenical” refers to various Christian communities working together to accomplish something. “Interfaith,” on the other hand, refers to Christians and persons of other faiths coming together to accomplish something.) In my first pastorate in the church of St. Catherine of Siena in Wake Forest, North Carolina, for example, one Thanksgiving Eve I was the guest preacher in a Baptist church, and in another year, a Presbyterian minister was the preacher at the Thanksgiving Eve service at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church.
So, this Thanksgiving, take a little time to thank God for all your blessings, and ask yourself how you are sharing your gifts with others.
Happy Thanksgiving!
