Gratitude!

November is Gratitude Month, one of those special commemorative months set aside to emphasize the importance of a particular issue, event, or community. The United States first marked Gratitude Month in 2015.

Gratitude will be a special emphasis of November as we move towards “Giving Tuesday, November 28#. I will lift up my own gratefulness intertwined with the? gratefulness of youth and adults who live on the street.

"Sparrow", about gave thanks for his food on Thanksgiving, 2022, says, "Thank you for another day of life. and for this food!"

I give thanks for the privilege of walking along "Sparrow" on his road of life.

Today’s gratitude? nudge is one with which I struggle: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, the often-quoted bible verse on gratitude:

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God! Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!

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A book I suggest reading this month (a little each day) is: Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks. Diana Butler Bass.

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"Do You Want to Do Something Beautiful for God?

There is a Person Who Needs You.

This Is Your Chance! Saint Mother Teresa"

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Fr. River Damien Sims, sfw, D.Min., D.S.T.

P.O. Box 642656

San Francisco, CA 94164

www.temenos.org

415-305-2124

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Let Love Ache

Father, give me the courage to keep on loving.

when others keep on hurting.

help me to live an achy love, a gritty,

persistent and emptying love;

a love that’s not afraid to flow toward the other

who has little left to offer in return.

And may I tread faithfully with heaven

through the unfinished work that surrounds me.

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Strahan Coleman

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"Giving Tuesday, November 28, 2023#

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