posted Jan 20, 2012 3:15 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of January 22, 2012
Pray for the Full Protection of Human Life – January 22 marks the 39th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Please join us for an hour of prayer from 3:00-4:00 PM in the upper church today (Sunday) to pray for a greater respect for life. Today and tomorrow in Washington, DC, tens of thousands of “pro-lifers” from around the country are praying and demonstrating for an end to abortion in our nation. Let us keep them and their intentions in our prayers. May each of us be given the grace and the courage from God to advocate actively for the end of abortion.
Catholic Schools Week – Please join us at the 9:30 AM Mass next Sunday to celebrate Catholic Schools week. We are profoundly blessed at St. Columbkille to have had a school affiliated with the Parish since 1901. With you, it is my fond hope and expectation that Saint Columbkille School will serve the Catholic community in Allston-Brighton for many decades and centuries to come. St. Columbkille School was put on a very solid footing in 2006 when it was incorporated as a new entity, owned and managed by the Archdiocese of Boston and Boston College in partnership with Saint Columbkille Parish. Both the Archdiocese and Boston College have been enormously helpful in offering their expertise and their resources to ensure that our new St. Columbkille Partnership School is a model elementary school for others to emulate throughout the country. As we celebrate Catholic Schools Week from Sunday, January 29 through Saturday, February 4, I extend, on behalf of all of us, my profound thanks to Cardinal Seán O’Malley and to Father William Leahy, SJ, the President of Boston College, for their foresight and commitment. I also express heartfelt thanks to Mr. Bill Gartside and to the teachers and the staff at Saint Columbkille Partnership School for their commitment and their service. The gift they are to our children and to us is manifest in so many ways and is truly God-sent. Congratulations to Msgr. James Moroney on his appointment by Cardinal Seán as the 20th Rector of St. John’s Seminary, effective July 1, 2012. While we will miss Msgr. Moroney’s presence in the parish, we are happy for him in his new assignment and delighted that he will be so near. Bishop Arthur Kennedy, who is completing his term as rector and who has been a very good friend of St. Columbkille Parish, has been appointed by the Cardinal as Vicar for the New Evangelization of the Archdiocese of Boston. Blessing of Throats Next Weekend – February 3rd is the day on which the Church traditionally remembers Saint Blaise, so the Blessing of Throats will be available at the conclusion of all Masses next weekend. Most of us are familiar with the story of Blaise’s cure of the boy who was choking to death on a fishbone caught in his throat. It was this report that gave rise to the tradition of the Blessing of Throats on Saint Blaise’s Day. The Blessing of Throats with blessed candles, like other blessings that we receive with Holy Water or Ashes, is a “sacramental,” a “sacred sign which bears a resemblance to the sacraments” and by which “various occasions in life are rendered holy” (CCC, 1667). As we take part again in this pious tradition, may it remind us of one of the most important truths of our faith: the saving life and healing power of Jesus Christ is God’s perfect and abiding gift to his children. Though we were sinners, Christ loved us unto death and reconciled us to the Father. As Saint Paul proclaims, “Where sin abounded, grace abounded the more” (Rom 5:20). God bless each of you.  |
posted Jan 20, 2012 3:08 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of January 15, 2012
There is an effort in Massachu-setts that seeks to convince us that suicide is a better option for our infirm and elderly than is life. Following is the teaching of the Church, as articulated by Pope John Paul II. It is difficult to think of another person who bore his infirmities so publicly and met death with such dignity.
“Suicide is always as morally objectionable as murder. The Church's tradition has always rejected it as a gravely evil choice. Even though a certain psychological, cultural and social conditioning may induce a person to carry out an action which so radically contradicts the innate inclination to life, thus lessening or removing subjective responsibility, suicide, when viewed objectively, is a gravely immoral act. In fact, it involves the rejection of love of self and the renunciation of the obligation of justice and charity towards one's neighbor, towards the communities to which one belongs, and towards society as a whole. In its deepest reality, suicide represents a rejection of God's absolute sovereignty over life and death, as pro-claimed in the prayer of the ancient sage of Israel: ‘You have power over life and death; you lead men down to the gates of Hades and back again’ (Wis 16:13).
“To concur with the intention of another person to commit suicide and to help in carrying it out through so-called ‘assisted suicide’ means to cooperate in, and at times to be the actual perpetrator of, an injustice which can never be excused, even if it is requested. In a remarkably relevant passage Saint Augustine writes that ‘it is never licit to kill another: even if he should wish it, indeed if he request it because, hanging between life and death, he begs for help in freeing the soul struggling against the bonds of the body and longing to be re-leased; nor is it licit even when a sick person is no longer able to live.’ Even when not motivated by a self-ish refusal to be burdened with the life of someone who is suffering, euthanasia must be called a false mercy, and indeed a disturbing ‘perversion’ of mercy. True ‘compassion’ leads to sharing another's pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear. Moreover, the act of euthanasia appears all the more perverse if it is carried out by those, like relatives, who are supposed to treat a family member with patience and love, or by those, such as doctors, who by virtue of their specific profession are supposed to care for the sick person even in the most painful terminal stages…
“Quite different from this is the way of love and true mercy, which our common humanity calls for, and upon which faith in Christ the Redeemer, who died and rose again, sheds ever new light. The request which arises from the human heart in the supreme confrontation with suffering and death, especially when faced with the temptation to give up in utter desperation, is above all a request for companionship, sympathy and support in the time of trial. It is a plea for help to keep on hoping when all human hopes fail. As the Second Vatican Council reminds us: ‘It is in the face of death that the riddle of human existence becomes most acute’ and yet ‘man rightly follows the intuition of his heart when he abhors and repudiates the absolute ruin and total disappearance of his own person. Man rebels against death because he bears in himself an eternal seed which cannot be reduced to mere matter’
“This natural aversion to death and this incipient hope of immortality are illumined and brought to fulfillment by Christian faith, which both promises and offers a share in the victory of the Risen Christ: it is the victory of the One who, by his redemptive death, has set man free from death, ‘the wages of sin’ (Rm 6:23), and has given him the Spirit, the pledge of resurrection and of life (cf. Rm 8:11). The certainty of future immortality and hope in the promised resurrection cast new light on the mystery of suffering and death, and fill the believer with an extraordinary capacity to trust fully in the plan of God.
“The Apostle Paul expressed this newness in terms of belonging completely to the Lord who embraces every human condition: ‘None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord’ (Rm 14:7-8).” EV 66- God bless each of you.
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posted Jan 20, 2012 3:02 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of January 8, 2012
Ten years ago this week we faced the horrible revelation that children in the Church had suffered sexual abuse at the hands of bad priests. This has been the biggest heartbreak that I have experienced in my thirty-eight years of priesthood. As you have heard me say before, I cannot imagine an evil or sin that is more abominable or unspeakable.
It is impossible to describe fully or to calculate the devastation experienced by a child who has been sexually abused by a priest. The physical, emotional and spiritual violence, the utter disrespect and disregard, and the betrayal of God and neighbor that constitute the act of sexual abuse by a priest leave every survivor crippled, belittled, and alone. Not only that, the sexual abuse of a child, even with healing, is a wound that one carries right into adulthood and throughout the rest of life on earth.
In May 2010, the members of the National Review Board* identified ten things that they had learned about victim/survivors of child sexual abuse.
“1. We have learned that it takes great courage for a victim/survivor to come forward with his or her story after years, sometimes decades, of silence and feelings of shame.
“2. We have learned that to the victim/survivor it is so important to finally simply be believed.
“3. We have learned that, in spite of their own pain and suffering, many victim/survivors are just as concerned that the Church prevents this abuse from happening to more children as they are about themselves and their own needs for healing.
“4. We have learned that, while each individual’s story is different, what is common is the violation of trust; some survivors trust absolutely no one, to this day, while others have been able to work through this pain with the help and support of loved ones.
“5. We have learned that today there are methods of therapy that work particularly well with and for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and that individuals can be helped even after many years of unsuccessfully trying to simply “forget about it.”
“6. We have learned that very many victim/survivors have lived for many years with the belief that they were the “only one” to have been abused by a particular priest.
“7. We have learned that the abuse has robbed some victim/survivors of their faith. For some this means loss of their Catholic faith, but for others it means loss of any faith in a God at all.
“8. We have learned that, while some victim/survivors have been unable to succeed in various areas of life (marriage, employment, education, parenting, etc.) as a consequence of the great emotional/ psychological harm, others have gone on to lead very healthy and productive lives. We have learned that between those two “ends of a continuum” there is as much variation as there are numbers of victims.
“9. We have learned that to be privileged to hear an individual victim/survivor’s story is a sacred trust, to be received with great care and pastoral concern.
“10. We have learned that we still have much to learn.”
I again apologize from my heart and express my heartfelt sorrow to any one of you who was abused as a child by a representative of the Church. If you have not yet reported that fact, even if the abuse happened a very long time ago, please report it now to the civil authorities. If you would like to speak with me, I am always available to you. You may also wish to call our Office for Pastoral Support and Outreach at 866-244-9603. You will find very good people there.
Today’s bulletin includes a letter from Cardinal Seán. His longer reflection on the good work done towards healing can be found at www.bostoncatholic.org.
God bless each of you. 
* The National Review Board is a group of skilled lay men and women who serve to bishops of the United States in the work of child protection. |
posted Jan 20, 2012 2:54 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of January 1, 2012
The priests and staff of the parish extend their best wishes for a very happy and grace-filled New Year We also extend our thanks to you for all the beautiful Christmas greetings that we have received. God bless each of you.  |
posted Jan 20, 2012 2:48 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of December 25, 2011
Saint Luke does not say that the angels sang. He states quite soberly: the heavenly host praised God and said: “Glory to God in the highest” (Lk 2:13f.). But men have always known that the speech of angels is different from human speech, and that above all on this night of joyful proclamation it was in song that they extolled God’s heavenly glory. So this angelic song has been recognized from the earliest days as music proceeding from God, indeed, as an invitation to join in the singing with hearts filled with joy at the fact that we are loved by God. Cantare aman-tis est, says Saint Augustine: singing belongs to one who loves. Thus, down the centuries, the angels’ song has again and again become a song of love and joy, a song of those who love. At this hour, full of thankfulness, we join in the singing of all the centuries, singing that unites heaven and earth, angels and men … Amen.
(Pope Benedict XVI – From the Mass at Midnight Christmas 2010)
O Come Let Us Adore Him
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posted Jan 20, 2012 2:34 PM by Patricia McShane
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From the bulletin of December 18, 2011
“After the annual celebration of the Paschal Mystery, the Church has no more ancient custom than celebrating the memorial of the Nativity of the Lord and of his first manifestations, and this takes place in Christmas Time.
“Christmas Time runs from First Vespers of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Eve) up to and including the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.”
(From the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, 32)
An essential part of Christ’s coming among us is that his birth be announced and be publicly manifested to the world. As is our custom, the parish Christmas lights and decorations will proclaim the Nativity of the Lord through the last day of Christmas, which this year is January 9, the Feast of the Lord’s Baptism. We hope you will do the same. “Merry Christmas” is a perfectly appropriate greeting. Please use it.
As we prepare to celebrate this great Solemnity and time of profound joy for God’s Church, I am happy to bring a number of things to your attention.
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 COME TO THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE THIS WEEK In addition to our regularly scheduled Confessions this Saturday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) from 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Confessions will be avail-able here at St. Columbkille and in every parish and chapel of the Archdiocese this Wednesday evening, December 23, from 6:30-8:00 pm (in the lower church). There is no greater way to be ready to welcome Christ at Christmas Mass than by having received the grace of forgivesness and reconciliation in the Sacrament of Penance. Come join us for this.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PASTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS who were confirmed by the parish at the Masses last weekend: Bernadette Kennedy, Beatriz Perez and Alfred Yip begin their service on the Council; Yariela Brandao, Clement Pinto and John Reen begin their second 3-year term. 568 parishioners cast ballots. 553 confirmed the slate of new members; 15 opposed the slate. 526 approved the process used to add new members to the Council; 15 did not approve of the process. Thanks to all of you for your active participation in this process.
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 THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION SUPPORTS OUR RETIRED PRIESTS – Each year at Christmas the priests of the Archdiocese ask parishioners across the Archdiocese of Boston to offer support for our priests’ retirement, medical and financial needs. This will be the only collection taken up on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day throughout the Archdiocese. Please consider what you can afford to give to meet this important need. And please be assured that the priests of the Archdiocese are deeply grateful to you for your abiding affection and support. On behalf of all of our retired priests, including Father Lawrence J. Borges, Father Ronald L Bourgault, Father James M. Broderick, Father Harry Lawson and Father John J. Nichols who served us in Brighton so well, I thank you in advance for your generosity. You have a regular and very important place in our prayers.
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posted Jan 20, 2012 2:24 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of December 11, 2011
John the Baptist features prominently in the Gospel of last Sunday and that of today. After Mary, John is the Advent figure par excellence. When Mary arrived at the home of her cousin Elizabeth, having conceived the child Jesus by the Holy Spirit, John leaped for joy in Elizabeth’s womb at being so near to his Savior. As is the case with every child before birth, grace was already at work in John’s life. And his life was to be a special showing of grace. The words of the Lord God to the prophet Jeremiah are words that fully applied to John: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you” (Jer 1:5). John’s life, until his martyrdom by Herod, was completely dedicated to announcing the arrival of the Messiah. His own name, given to him by the angel Gabriel, defined both John’s message and his vital place in salvation history. The name “John” means, “God has shown favor.” John preached faithfully the message God had given him: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 3:2). His teaching gave birth to promise and hope for a people walking in darkness. Jesus, the Messiah, is here. Let go of your sins and turn to Christ who is in our midst. If you live with Christ, you will know what it means to live. Life with Christ is full of grace and favor; life without Christ is empty. Christ is God and our way to God. God has shown you favor. What makes John the Baptist such an extraordinary figure is the fact that he allowed the grace of God to penetrate his life completely. Like Mary, he lived completely for God and not for himself. Fiat mihi. When he spoke of Christ he said, “I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal” (Jn 1:27).
Taken by the presence of sin in the world, John preached the need for repentance. In his humility, he was the first to embrace a life of penance for his own sins. John lived what he preached; he preached what he lived. And he lived very near to God. He died because of his faith in God and in his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus himself says of John in next week’s Gospel, “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women, there has been none greater than John the Baptist” (Mt 11:11). John’s witness is an important icon for us to have before us in the Season of Advent. He reminds us of the deep need we have to repent. He calls each of us to embrace humility before God, and to choose to live for the Lord and not for ourselves. Confession in the Sacrament of Penance is an essen-tial part of our life in Christ. There we embrace the humility of the sinner and find forgiveness in Christ. Every Saturday from 3:00–4:00 PM in the lower church, the opportunity is there for us to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance by individual confession. This Advent we will have a further opportunity for the Sacrament of Penance. As part of The Light Is on for You program in the Archdiocese of Boston, Confessions will be heard on Wednesday evening, December 21, from 6:30 – 8:00 PM in the lower church. Come celebrate the Sacrament with us. If confession in the Sacrament of Penance is something that you have not done in a while, the Season of Advent is the perfect opportunity for you to let it become a part again of your life in Christ. “Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.” Come to the Lord in Penance and experience the favor that the Lord wants to show you as we approach Christmas. God has shown favor and he continues to offer his grace and favor abundantly to us. Let us welcome that grace fully into our lives. With contrite hearts, let us welcome anew the Christ who has come to save us. With our sins forgiven, may the Father grant us “the resolve to run forth to meet … Christ.” God bless each of you.  |
posted Jan 20, 2012 1:54 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of December 4, 2011
In order that the Parish Pastoral Council remain vital, it is important that its membership change regularly. In fact, the Statutes of the Archdiocese of Boston for parish pastoral councils require that members may serve for no more than two consecutive three-year terms and that one-third of the council should be changed or renewed annually. It is that time of year for us to update the membership of the council.
There are 15 seats on our Pastoral Council, not counting the ex officio members (pastor and parochial vicar). Currently, there are 6 seats that need to be filled. 3 of these seats have been held by people who are completing their service on the council: Peg Collins, Charlie Lydon and Ramon Palacio. On behalf of all of us, I express deep gratitude to Peg, Charlie and Ramon for the very generous commit-ment they made to the parish through their work on the council. The other 3 seats have been filled by people who have asked to be nominated for a second term: Yariela Brandao, Clement Pinto and John Reen.
Our abiding gratitude is expressed to Michael Buckley, David Franks, Kevin Montague, Alexandra Montes-McNeil, Kathy Moore, Maureen Reen, Blanca Ocampo, Claudia Rufo and Ben Wu who continue to serve us on the council. The work of the council is a great blessing to the parish.
While many parishes fill open positions on their councils by election, it is difficult to know how we might set up a successful election here. We have six different Masses and two language groups that worship at St. Columbkille every weekend. Only a few people in the parish are really familiar with the parish as a whole. For this reason, the Parish Pastoral Council, as it did last year, recommends a process of confirmation in choosing new members to our council. You may recall that the parish approved this choice of process last year by a vote of 561-15.
Following the advice of the council, in September I established a search committee whose task it was to receive and to make nominations to the council. Announcements seeking nominations were placed in the September and October bulletins. The search committee sought to fulfill two expectations: 1) that each nominee be a member of the parish and an active Catholic; and 2) that the nominees complement each other and the current membership of the council.
At the doors of the church this weekend, you will find a flyer that identifies six nominees, including a brief description of each, for membership on the council. On the reverse side of the flyer are the current members of the council. Next weekend, you will be presented with a ballot, which will ask you to confirm or not confirm these nominees as members of the council. You will also be given the opportunity to indicate your acceptance of this confirmation process.
The nominees to be presented next week are Yariela Brandao, Bernadette Kennedy, Beatriz Perez, Clement Pinto, John Reen, and Alfred Yip.
God bless each of you.
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posted Jan 20, 2012 1:37 PM by Patricia McShane
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From the bulletin of November 27, 2011
Last Sunday, we celebrated the Solemnity of Christ the King. This Solemnity acknowledges the fact that Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, is by the will of the Father the Lord and King of all creation. In the Book of Revelation Jesus identifies himself as the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end of all things. Saint Paul says of Jesus in his Letter to the Colossians, “All things were created through him and for him” (Col 1:16).
Today the Church marks the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of a new Church year. This is why the Bishops of the United States chose to introduce the new translation of Roman Missal today. The new language of worship is joined to the newness of Advent. May the new Missal be a great benefit to us. One of the joys of Catholicism lies in the multiple opportunities we have to make a new beginning in our relationship with the Lord Jesus and with one another. Every time we come to the Eucharist, we meet Christ anew, in his Word and in his Body and Blood, and we are given the grace we need to live more fully as his disciples. When I sin in my relationship with the Lord and with my neighbor, the Sacrament of Penance is always available to me – both for the forgiveness of my sins and for the grace I need to avoid sin in the future. Advent is the season in which we prepare to celebrate Christmas, the first coming of Jesus Christ among us in Bethlehem as our Lord and Savior. It is also the season in which we are called to heighten our anticipation that the Lord will come again. The words the priest prays following the Our Father at every Mass take on special meaning in Advent: “we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.” As we anticipate the Lord’s two comings, Advent is a wonderful opportunity for each of us to look at and to evaluate the quality of our relationship with the Lord and with one another.
There is no question that, while being one of the holiest times of the year for us Catholics, Advent is also one of the busiest. It is very easy to get so caught up in the activity of the season that we miss one of the great opportunities we have during the year to ask the Lord’s help in our lives. That would be a shame, because Advent is a great time for us to stop and to ask the Lord’s forgiveness for our sins, to welcome him again into our lives, and to live with the grace and peace that God wishes for us.
Confession in the Sacrament of Penance is an essential part of our life in Christ. The Sacrament of Penance is the principal way by which our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled with God and with one another. Every Saturday from 3:00–4:00 pm in the lower church, the opportunity is there for us to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance by individual confession. A special opportunity for confessions during Advent will be provided on Wednesday evening, December 21, from 6:30-8:00 pm in the lower church. The Light Is on for You.
If confession in the Sacrament of Penance is something that you have not celebrated in a while, the Advent Season is the perfect opportunity for you to let it become a part again of your life in Christ. Come to the Lord in the Sacrament of Penance and experience the grace of reconciliation that the Lord wants to show you as we approach Christmas. Let this Advent be a time for us to welcome that grace fully into our lives.
May our prayer this Advent be wholeheartedly that of the earliest Christian communities:
Maran atha! Come, Lord Jesus!
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posted Jan 20, 2012 1:21 PM by Patricia McShane
From the bulletin of November 20, 2011
This Thursday, our families and friends will gather for Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving celebration in Massachusetts took place 390 years ago in 1621. Having survived the grueling three-month ordeal of crossing the Atlantic, as well as losing more than half of the original 102 colonists during their first year in America, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God following the modest first harvest they reaped in a new land. Almost 250 years later, on October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln officially designated the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day with these words:
The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God…No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins [Lincoln is thinking of the Civil War], hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People….**
Thanksgiving is a time for us to remember, both as a nation and as individuals, how good God has been to us. Giving thanks should come easy to us, because as Catholics we have been raised to offer thanks to God. You know that the Eucharist we celebrate every Sunday (and daily) is the source and the summit of our discipleship in Jesus Christ. Did you know that the word “Eucharist” comes from the Greek word “eucharistein,” which means, “to give thanks”? Every Mass is both a reliving of the saving sacrifice of Jesus on Calvary for us and an act of thanks to God both for this redemptive act of love – and for all the grace and gifts that flow to us and through us from that sacrifice.
For the Christian, the act of giving thanks is empty if it does not nurture within us a deep desire to share with others what we ourselves have received. Just as Jesus gave his life without reserve for our salvation, so we are called to give our lives and our fortunes to others and especially to those in need. “Whatsoever you do to the least….” Moreover, following the Lord’s example, we are called to give not merely from our surplus but from our need. This, in fact, is the sentiment that is expressed in the Opening Prayer that the Church offers at Mass on Thanksgiving Day:
Father all-powerful, your gifts of love are countless and your goodness infinite. On Thanksgiving Day we come before you with gratitude for your kindness; Open our hearts to concern for our fellow men and women, so that we may share your gifts in loving service. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
I pray that your Thanksgiving will be rich in giving thanks – and in giving lovingly, after the example of the Lord Jesus Christ. Happy Thanksgiving!
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*The traditional Blessing before Meals.
** On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed, by Act of Congress, an annual National Day of Thanksgiving “on the last Thursday of November, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of November on November 26, 1941. |
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