21 November 2008

Thanksgiving prep

With Thanksgiving Day not too far away, many people are busying themselves today and the next few days with the many preparations for the celebration, most notably the purchasing and preparation of food.

As important as these preparations are, we ought not neglect to prepare ourselves spiritually for the civic holiday. We are Catholic, after all, and our faith is to shape and inform everything we do. Even eating turkey or, my personal favorite, noodles. I'm also a big fan of homemade biscuits. And pie, but not pumpkin. And creamed turkey sandwiches the next day, but I digress.

Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport offers several questions for our consideration to help us prepare for Thanksgiving.

In these next few days as we ask the intercession of Saint Martha for help in seeing to the needs of hospitality, let us not forget that it was Saint Mary who chose "the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:42).

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