GRATITUDE OPENS US TO NEW DEPTHS

May the spring of eternal life well up in us all this Thanksgiving season. And may we drink of its waters of forgiveness and joy with gratitude.

"What do I pray for in the Church of the future? Confidence; courage; an imagination set on fire by the vision of God the Holy Trinity; thankfulness. The Church will do both its prophetic and its pastoral work effectively only if it is concerned first with gratitude and joy... we do not solve our deepest problems just by better discipline but by better discipleship, a fuller entry into the intimate joy of Jesus's life.

When we have become more honest about our hunger and our loss, we shall have a fuller awareness of what that joy is; and as that joy matures, we shall have a fuller sense of the depth of our need."

Rowan Williams