Remaining Faithful

"Remain faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life." (Rev 2:10c).  "By your perseverance you will secure your lives." (Lk 21:19).  Needed admonitions for us, nearly two-thousand years after they were written.  It's never been easy to be God's faithful follower, we would like to live up to this ideal, but because of our "wounded human nature," we never reach total fidelity and are forced to be humbled and accept our weakness.  God understands and helps us along the way.  He sent Jesus who gave us himself in the Eucharist so that he could nourish us; he gave it to us because we NEED it.  Pope Francis in "The Joy of the Gospel" tells us:  "the Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect, but powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak" (#47).  It is offered to us weekly, even daily as God's pledge to be faithful to us.
We will celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA tomorrow...a day set aside to look at the blessings we have received and to give thanks for them.  Despite all the time devoted to the family gathering and meal, how fitting it would be to begin the day with the Eucharist. (Which means THANKSGIVING), to give thanks for our blessings and to ask for the help we need to persevere in our quest to be more and more faithful to our loving God of faithfulness.
Bro. Rene