Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. It is an annual holiday, and in 2025 it will be on November 27th. The celebration is an occasion to express gratitude, gather with family, and enjoy a meal traditionally centered around a roasted turkey.
The above is a fairly general definition or explanation of what Thanksgiving is. The history and origins of this celebration were reported in last year’s newsletter.
Today I simply wish to express my gratitude to all of you for your support, work, and dedication to this parish. We give thanks to God for all that He has provided us this year; we give thanks to God for the time He gives us of life, for providing us with the most basic necessities to live with dignity and a little more. We give thanks to God for our faith, because it allows our gratitude to be given and offered to someone, to a person, to Jesus Christ. We do not give thanks to the cosmos, nor to Mother Earth, who provides us with fruit, air, and water; Nor to the forces of the universe that conspire to make our lives possible. We give thanks to our one and only God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
A very happy Thanksgiving to all.