Thanking God

An appropriate passage from the Book of Tobit for our Thanksgiving meditation follows:

Thank God! Give him the praise and the glory.  Before all the living acknowledge the many good things he has done for you by blessing and extolling his name in song.  Before all men, honor and proclaim God's deeds and do not be slack in praising him." (Tobit 12:6).

We in the United States retreat from our ordinary schedules to gather the family around a sumptuous table (if possible) and take time to give thanks for the many things we enjoy but take for granted:  our faith, our families, our friends, our homes and the food that sustains us daily.  Many of us begin this day appropriately by attending the Liturgy of the Eucharis, Holy Mass, which is THE prayer par excellence of thanksgiving.  May we pay attention today to those "little things" we usually overlook, or even those things that are thorns in our side, and give thanks for them.  "All things work to the good", St. Paul tells us in Romans 8:28.  Let us acknowledge God's goodness that comes to us in so many ways and in so many people.  Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Bro. Rene