“True gratitude is a grace, or gift from God which proceeds from a humble and transformed heart. In such a case we do not render thanks merely because it is polite or expected, or because God commands it, but because it naturally flows from a profound experience of gratitude. The ‘command’ of Scripture to give thanks is not a moralism, but a truth and description of a transformed heart.”
In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) offered some thoughts designed to help his readers have a deepening awareness of gratitude.
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Msgr. Charles Pope: Some thoughts to help deepen our gratitude. (27 NOV 13)
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