Thursday, November 25, 2010

Chapter 35: Thanksgiving

We set aside one day a year to give thanks for all our blessings. We could make the choice to do the opposite and set aside only one day a year to be ungrateful, thereby living in a state of gratitude every other day.

Easier said than done. Our pain and suffering likes to steal the spotlight.

The Shroud teaches us to have the courage to exhibit composure inside suffering. It teaches us to be grateful for the pain Christ endured on our behalf.

Perhaps if we were to make the choice to gaze upon its image everyday, we too would be able to release our pain, reconcile our suffering, and live in a steady state of gratitude.