tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post6460607022033939872..comments2024-03-22T04:12:44.008+08:00Comments on Breaking the Word: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-58462753419704295032010-12-13T09:40:17.078+08:002010-12-13T09:40:17.078+08:00Thank you for this beautiful reflection so close t...Thank you for this beautiful reflection so close to one's heart (and stomach :)<br /><br />The Thanksgiving/Christmas season can be a time of great joy or deep pain- when intimate relationships (or the absence of them) are acutely experienced.<br /><br />It is heartening to know the great lengths to which the homemaker labors to prepare a feast, with hopes of harmony at the table- reaching out to family who may be at odds with one another.<br /><br />This is not unlike the way our Lord continues to invite us to the Table of mercy and forgiveness every day at the Eucharist. <br /><br />What can we bring to this meal at this season of gift?<br /><br />Perhaps, a grateful heart for love and life as it is, however imperfect, is something we can all bring to the table of Thanksgiving. <br />And that may be gift enough on this side of heaven. Shalom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com