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Reflection for Thursday, November 26, 2015: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2015-11-26)
The word "thanks" is mentioned more than once in today's readings. Certainly these are appropriate for Thanksgiving Day. Today's holiday has meant more to me as the years have passed. It has become somewhat a forgotten and ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 27, 2014: 34th week in Ordinary Time, Thanksgiving Day (USA).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2014-11-27)
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Other countries and cultures also have annual or seasonal celebrations during which they publicly express their gratitude for good fortune. In the U.S. this is a day when ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 22, 2007: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2007-11-22)
Thanksgiving is usually a time of celebrating our abundance, of setting aside a special day to remember where that abundance actually comes from and to give thanks to our God for it. Sometimes we even reflect on how God ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 23, 2006: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2006-11-23)
In the United States on this day we pause in our lives for a secular holy day, a thanksgiving for our many personal and collective bounties. Sharing time with family and friends and reflecting at some level on the blessings ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 24, 2005: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2005-11-24)
"It is right to give him thanks . . ." Introduction to Preface at Mass.|Thanksgiving came early for me this year. I was in Toronto on Canada's Thanksgiving Day (second Monday in October) and attended Mass at St. Michael's ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 27, 2003: Thanksgiving Day /USA.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2003-11-27)
"And now, bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth, who fosters people's growth from their mother's womb." (Sir 50: 22)|Thanksgiving/USA: Lots of turkey, pumpkin pies and other good foods; brisk cool ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 27, 2008: Thanksgiving Day.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2008-11-27)
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation! It is from your goodness that we gather today in this United States of America to give you thanks and praise for the blessings you have showered upon us.||We thank you for this ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 26, 1998: Thanksgiving.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 1998-11-26)
"Now bless the God of all Who has done wonderful things on earth." This verse sets the tone for the eucharistic celebration here on the Creighton campus this Thanksgiving Day.||In the second reading we hear Paul giving ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 28, 2002: Thanksgiving Day.
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2002-11-28)
We celebrate Thanksgiving today in the United States. The readings the US Bishops have chosen for our Thanksgiving Masses may seem at first to be in total contrast with the readings that will be read elsewhere today, but ...
Reflection for Thursday, November 22, 2012: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.).
(University Ministry, Creighton University., 2012-11-22)
|Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. is a celebration of a good country, like the one we read about in Deuteronomy 8. Most of us will sit down to an abundant feast and give thanks before we eat our fill. But few of us will say ...