Thank You, Thank You (Thanksgiving 112725)

Thank You!, Thank You!, Thank You!

As a child of God, is there ever a time when we don’t have to say “Thank You” to our creator?   Absolutely Not; not as long as you are a child in good standing within the Family of God, and even more important when you are not in good standing.  If you’re like me, you know you don’t say it enough, and you would like to find a way to get better at it.

I think God made me with a ‘thank you reminder button’.  Trouble is the reminder seems to always be late.  In truth, I don’t know where my button is; and I don’t know how it get’s pushed; maybe my Angel Guardian is involved.  I do know that the very first ‘Thank You’ that comes out of your mouth every morning should be directed to God.

Won’t you join me in trying to do a better job of saying “Thank You”; not only to God, but all those people you come in contact with where a “Thank You” would brighten their day?

I Thirst For You … If you feel unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all.  For me, there is no one more important than you.

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Become More God Like

 Become More God Like

Pope Benedict XVI reminds us in one of his writings about the Eucharist, “This body is not the ever-dead corpse of a dead man, nor is the blood the life-element rendered lifeless.  No, sacrifice has become gift, for the body given in love and the blood given in love have entered, through the Resurrection, into the eternity of love, which is stronger than death.”

The liturgy lets us transcend the present by moving toward the future, and that future is present in what is happening in the liturgy.  We have the opportunity in every liturgy to become more and more like God.

So why aren’t we all much more ‘God like’?  Why do we have trouble carrying the ‘good’ within us beyond the parking lot when leaving Mass?

Truth is we are leaving with the seed of ‘good’; but to profit we have to take action to reinforce it and let it grow so it becomes part of our being.  How do you do that?  

We don’t - God does.  We have to give God enough of our time so that He can nourish the seed of ‘good’ that was planted during the Eucharist.  That seed has everything in it to grow and blossom and help us become a beautiful and productive child of God.  A good way to nurture Christian growth is simply to sit in the presence of our Creator.  

Here at IHM we are blessed with the Adoration Chapel were we can sit silently in the presence of our Creator and experience a direct, personal encounter with the living Christ.  Through that encounter the seed of ‘good’ grows and changes us from the inside out.

Take advantage of this great blessing.  See you in the Chapel.