Meditation Minute

My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Today is a most special day in America - today is a day of thanks giving. Today we are supposed to give thanks for all those gifts which we have received. Today we are supposed to thank God for all our blessing. When God created the universe and all the things in the universe, “God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good.” (Gen 1:31) Nothing created by God from the smallest creatures to the largest of buildings was created out of anything bad. Everything on this earth has the opportunity to be used for something good. It is our choice to make the world a good home.

My cousin sent me a letter out of the Magnificat which beautifully addresses the concept of Thanksgiving. I repeat that letter here.

At a first communion mass, the priest asked the First Communicants to tell him what they thought heaven was like. One child said it was a place of beautiful mountains and rivers. Another that it was overflowing with clouds. A third said it was a place filled with angels. And then the priest asked my friend’s young nephew, who replied, “Heaven is like home.” And of course, no truer words could be spoken than those by that seven-year-old mystic. For if home is the people who love us and care for us like no one else on earth…and if, as Pope Benedict XVI insists, “Jesus himself is what we call ‘heaven’” then heaven is like home. During this month of November when we commemorate the communion of saints with special love and devotion, may we, with the confidence of a child, grow in our conviction that heaven is like home.

A very happy Thanksgiving Day to you and you family! May your family reunions… may you homes… belike heaven.

The gospel reading for today is about peace and the joy of peace. Today, ask for peace so that we can experience this joy. When you pick up your knife and fork today, remember to give thanks even for the little things, for today this knife and fork are being used to celebrate Thanksgiving.

A Simple Prayer Lord, I thank you for everything you created on this earth. May I use your creation to make this world a home for all. May I use your creation to make this earth heaven for everyone.

Yours in Christ Michael Marcon