Comments on: Thursday, November 22, 2018 – For the Gift of….

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:46:52 +0000

Thank you Mary for your beautiful reflection and willingness to share your difficulties. Both are very thought provoking. Hope you and your family had a joyful Thanksgiving Day.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:17:57 +0000

Mary, your description of cleaning the sooty dishes reminded me of the saying the patience of Job! Recently there was a repeat of a talk given by Rabbi Yitzchack Breitiwitz on The Book of Job. It was quite different from the Christian interpretations. My take-away from his one hour talk was that in a complex universe, the difficulties and sufferings in life are vehicles of self-transformation. We are given the ability to cope, the ability to grow, and the gift to become better persons (he calls them gifts with a twinkle in his eye). Each person’s ‘Job experience’ is different, how we choose to respond depends on us. Your reflection shows me your perseverance in Repeat Repeat Repeat and your Prayer of Thanksgiving is a reflection of God’s many gifts to you. I can especially relate to “For the gift of each and every person you have put in my life– … as well as those who have challenged me and taught me hard lessons, thank you, Lord.” I’m still working on that one ?. Thank you for a heartfelt reflection. God bless.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 17:05:43 +0000

Mary,
Thank you for this reflection which reminded me that what I have on any given day is truly enough. I am grateful for many things, including Catholic Moment writers, for their daily inspirations and prayers. May God bless the American pause of gratitude and may God bless the world.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:43:14 +0000

Thank you, Mary, for sharing a wonderful perspective on thanksgiving.

By: J

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:59:06 +0000

Help me to take care of what God gives me and let go of what it seems He has not. Help me to turn my thanks into praise. Thank you Mary and all the CM writers and readers. May all have a blessed Thanksgiving.

By: Kathy Roggenkamp

Kathy Roggenkamp — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:51:37 +0000

Thank you for that beautiful prayer. I printed it and hope to say it not only today, Thanksgiving, but in the days and weeks to come.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:27:47 +0000

Thank you Mary for the reflection and prayer that brings out the goodness and struggles of life to realize its all there for a reason. The scrubbing away of the soot is right on…darkness to light! You were raised from the ashes. I hope you don’t mind me borrowing a few lines of you prayer for our table blessing today. Its like the pie today…too good to pass up. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you at the Catholic Moment.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:00:22 +0000

Thanks Mary for your very inspiring reflection. Thanks for the message that we should thank God for whatever person He brings to us whether sick or has different kinds of problems. I truly agree with you because whatever we take as a bother to us helps us to turn to God for prayer and in the process of praying for them we also pray for ourselves. God bless you Mary for being a great vessel for God to use