On Thanksgiving Day, as we “accentuate the positive” and “look on the bright side of life,” let’s be grateful for the beauty of this world and for the splendor of the whole creation, for the wonder of life and for the mystery of love. Let’s thank the Giver of all good gifts for the blessing of family and friends and for the loving care which surrounds us, for setting us at tasks which demand our best efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments that satisfy and delight us, and even for disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our interdependence with one another and realistic and holy hope to be and do better and better.
(The Very Rev.’d Canon) Peter D. Haynes
Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church
Corona del Mar
I believe that if people took a close look they would find plenty to be thankful for. In the United States, we should be grateful for our freedom and proud of our country’s benevolence to the less fortunate. Opportunities that exist here for education and free enterprise cannot be found everywhere. Things are anything but perfect, to be sure, reminding us that there are consequences for poor and sometimes immoral choices. We pray that after this period of cleansing we may be more grateful for God’s blessings. May we be people of hope.
