Happy Thanksgiving! I would like to start by asking you to read today’s Gospel from Luke 21:20-28. If you are a regular Bible reader, this might be a passage that you would like to skip over. Why? Because, after you read it you may say something like, “GULP! Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger.”
If you read it very carefully, you might say to yourself, “Boy, this sounds familiar.” And it is. Perhaps you have noticed that Mother Nature is raising havoc all over the world. Perhaps more than any other time in our lives. During Jesus’ time on earth there were famines and wars. Fast forward to today and guess what? There are still famines and wars. There’s also a lot of darkness going on in the area of trying to change oneself into another gender and the enormous amount of babies that are dying in the womb.
The Scripture passage above is full of gloom and doom, but did you know that if something big is coming the Lord will let his people know? For example, before the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70, God let his people know so the Christians could evacuate before it happened.
So how can we make good after all the destruction that the Lord says is coming? You know who wins in the end, don’t you? Based on that we can find the good. This is a time of purification. It can come in many ways, tailored to you and tailored to me.
I believe that this is a time when we should take a good look at forgiveness. We can start with the Our Father and review what it says: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Read that again. We are asking the Lord to forgive us and he will if we forgive others. Whoa! I never really read it that way. Jesus also said you cannot love Him and hate your neighbor. Something to reflect on…
So, where is the joy in all this? It’s found in the fact that Jesus Christ went through his passion and cross and rose again to save us from our sins. Thank you Jesus! If we are weak in our faith we need to ask the Lord for more faith and he will give it to us. Why? Because he wants all of God’s people to be with him forever and for that, we can be truly thankful!
Serving with joy!
Daily Reading
Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-Thanksgiving
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Saint of the Day
Saint Catherine Laboure
Saint Catherine Laboure, a French nun, experienced Marian apparitions and initiated the Miraculous Medal, canonized in 1947 for her spiritual contributions.
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