I wonder about this day, about how much thanks is given for all that we, as individuals and as a people, have been given.
This is a day when families get together to share a meal that has its roots in the earliest days of our nation. I pray that the petty bickering that sometimes is part and parcel of the stress that the holiday season can bring on will not diminish the joy of this special day. May we treat one another with affection, care, empathy and understanding.
It is my profound hope that today will be, in the hearts of all, truly a day of thanks, something more than a day off work with football and too much food.
May God, regardless of the name by which we call Him, grant all of us a moment to remember those among us who will celebrate this day in a shelter, or a soup kitchen, or not at all.
May today be, for all of us, more than a pause before the frenzy of the retail season that will be upon us when the clock strikes midnight.
Let us take a few minutes some time today to reflect on and appreciate what we have, and not just the material things that so many of us enjoy.
What are these non-mmaterial things? I think it is up to each of us to make our own list, to reflect on it and give thanks to the Father of us all, each in his or her own way.
Have a peace filled Thanksgiving Day.
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