This coming Thursday is “Thanksgiving Day” – our national day to remember and to be thankful.  The origin of this holiday centered around giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest. Too often all of our personal prayers center around petitions – asking God for something.  This is why it is important to remind ourselves that God is the source of all that is good in our lives and we should be grateful.

Construction has begun on the New Church project. This is the excavation for the foundation of the rectory.

Today is the last Sunday in Ordinary Time. We finish with the 33rd Sunday to then be followed next week by the Solemnity of Christ the King.  As the liturgical year draws to a close we hear messages in the scripture that call our attention to the end of our lives and to the end of time.  All of us want to hear these words from Jesus as we take our last breath and pass from this world to the next:  “Well done, good and faithful servants.” This Sunday’s gospel reminds us that if we would like to hear these words we need to strive to live as people in the world but not OF the world.