thanksgiving

With the combination of festivities and reflection that make up Christmastime, it’s often easy to forget there are plenty of folks out there who don’t celebrate the same things we do during this time of year…

According to the latest…

COMING ATTRACTIONS: HUNTER PREY

by David on November 28, 2012 · 2 comments

While taking a little time off from blogging for the Thanksgiving holiday, it dawned on me that I still had a few “atheists questions of doom” to get around to addressing. So, what does a little seen low budget space…

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time where the people of the United States turn their eyes toward heaven and give thanks for the many blessings which have been bestowed on us by Almighty God.  Although we tend to associate the modern…

For Americans, the term “Thanksgiving” conjures up images of turkey and cranberry sauce, parades and bowl games.  These “traditions” have come to mark an event made a perpetual institution of American life by President Abraham Lincoln.
But why did Lincoln…

St. Pius X on the Divine Office

by Daria Sockey August 21, 2012

In case you missed it, today’s Office of Readings has this lovely excerpt from Divino Afflatu. It’s everything you need to know about why the psalms are just about the best prayer in the world.

Last week we discussed what…

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Get to the Root of Thanksgiving

by Dr. L. John VanTil November 24, 2011

How are you spending your Thanksgiving Day this year? Sleeping in because you have extra days off? Settling down to watch football? Pulling up a chair at four o’clock to eat a huge feast? Making plans for Black Friday, plotting…

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More Than a Once-a-Year Holiday

by Stephanie Raha November 24, 2011

Mention “The First Thanksgiving” and people immediately think of Pilgrims in dark clothes with big white collars and brightly dressed Native Americans gathered for a feast at Plymouth, Massachusetts.  The year was 1621 and they spent three days celebrating the…

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The Last Pure Holiday

by Michael K. St. Pierre November 23, 2011

I saw them the other day — Christmas decorations in all their glory showing up well before Thanksgiving. My first reaction was to shake my head. I thought to myself, “Doesn’t anyone enjoy Thanksgiving any more?” It seemed as if…

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