Thanksgiving Journal

Gaudete Sunday

I recently read an article about keeping a thanksgiving diary, in which one lists ten things each day that one is thankful for. In my Advent journal yesterday, I wrote I wanted to focus on the virtue of GRATITUDE for the rest of the season. These two ideas seem to be a good fit to this pilgrim.

For

the grace to stand in your presence and minister to you in your sacrament of Eucharist with my wife and son on the Lord's Day
being a member of your parish of St. Lawrence, in Asheville which the Bishop has chosen as a pilgrimage site for the Jubilee Year of Mercy
having found "the zone" in my 3 mile run
the beautiful cool-down walk Jessica and I took afterwards
Sunday breakfasts with my parents
Shelle our realtor who is awesome and patient and a lot of fun
finding a house worth making an offer on, that we might make into our domestic church
lunch with the Vine and running into RCIA folks
Sabbath time with Jessica and naps
great friends with whom to celebrate (congrats, Ryan! on finishing graduate school)

Deo Gratias!

Comments

in persona christi | on priestly celibacy

[Christ] is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of he heavenly sanctuary. — Heb 8:1-5 In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. — Mat 22:30 There seems to me a powerful link here between the reading from Hebrews in today's Office of Readings and Matthew 22 that speaks to priestly celibacy, and I offer a few off the cuff reflections.

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