THANKSGIVING DAY

"And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorified God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. Jesus said in reply, "Ten were healed, where are the other nine? Had none but this Samaritan returned to give thanks to God?" Luke 17:15-18

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving day starting with morning Mass at 9:00. The church was full and everyone brought either canned food or non-perishable items or cash donations to be collected for two local shelters. After we came home, we enjoyed a full breakfast. My husband had his usual two eggs over-easy, sausage, potatoes and toast while I had the same except instead of meat, mine was veggie sausage. Then we each had a slice of pumpkin pie. We watched the Lions (0-11) v. Titans (10-1) game but it was too depressing so at half time we decided to take a nap instead! CP did a great job again with the turkey, the apple pie and pumpkin pie (bottom photo). We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner completed with a small bottle of sweet wine (a very inexpensive kind).

As we enjoyed our Thanksgiving feast, we thank God for His blessings upon our families. We also pray for the safety and well-being of our military forces, particularly servicemen and women serving overseas. We pray for law enforcement, emergency personnel, the firefighters who risk their lives daily to save strangers. I am sure each of us is doing something, no matter how small, to support our troops without the publicity and the fanfares. Most of all, please keep these men and women in your prayers.