Saturday, November 10, 2012

11/14/2012 – Luke 17:11-19 – Wednesday of 32nd week in ordinary time –


      Today’s Gospel is the same Gospel that we will hear on Thanksgiving day, which makes a lot of sense because the Gospel is all about giving thanks.  Ten lepers were cleansed that day by Jesus, but only one of the lepers gave glory to God and expressed his thanks and appreciation to Jesus, falling to his feet.  In our modern society today, we often take things for granted and expect certain things in our lives with a sense of entitlement.  I recently did the funeral mass for Gloria Harper, a long-time member of our parish in Yazoo City.  Her daughters expressed to me how Gloria was always so thankful and grateful for anything you did for her.  If you made her a sandwich for lunch, she genuinely expressed how she felt that the sandwich was the best she ever had.  It is wonderful and joyful to see people who have this genuine sense of thankfulness and gratitude in their lives.  This is a genuine fruit of being a follower of Christ, of being able to feel this thankfulness as a foundational sense of our very being.  Especially as we approach the national holiday of Thanksgiving next week, may we feel a sense of thanksgiving in our lives and express this joyful thankfulness in the way we live out our faith. 

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