St. Joseph Basilica

Dear St. Joseph Family,

I hope that you had a beautiful Thanksgiving holiday. Leading up to this holiday I found myself experiencing moments of immense gratitude. While praying with the 6th graders during religion class, I was caught off guard by an unexpected sense of gratitude for them and that assignment, amidst the students’ frantic and distracted energy. When praying with the Pastoral Council at our meeting on Tuesday the 15th, I felt a similar gratitude came over me for the opportunity to serve our community with this group. Lastly, On Thursday the 18th, after leading a discussion for the Adult Confirmation class, we prayed together, and again, I was inspired with prayers of thanksgiving for being able to witness God working in the lives of these individuals. Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, don’t lose that sense of gratitude. Let it carry you into the new liturgical year, which begins with the Advent season.
May this gratitude help you to prepare a place in your life for Christ to enter into.
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