Tomorrow is the big day, Thanksgiving Day, but it's not the only reason November is a "month of thanks." Consider what holidays we celebrate at the beginning of the month, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. These are amazing holy days for remembering and paying homage to the heros of our faith and of our lives. We thank God for giving them to us as true role models and loved ones. We thank God for giving us a chance to be as loved and faithful as these people were in life and are in their new life in Christ.
And then at the end of the month we celebrate Thanksgiving, which is a great holiday and also a great holy day. In the same way that all days are holy, Thanksgiving is a time in this country for us to thank God for all that he gives us, for his blessing upon our lives, for his graces, and for his trials he puts us through. The last may be a little hard to swallow, but God tries us in an effort to grow closer to him. We should always thank Him for that.
God is awesome. Thanks be to God!
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