When I first get to a new place, I’m often self-conscious and feel pressure to be the “perfect” newcomer to the group. Part of my anxiety is learning new names. What I’ve experienced though, is that after a time of getting to know people on a first-name basis, the pressure to appear perfect diminishes. /
So, are you feeling just perfectly ready as Christmastime approaches...? Me neither. And you know what: that is perfectly okay! / ¿Te sientes perfectamente preparado mientras nos acercamos a la Navidad...? Yo tampoco. ¿Y sabes qué? ¡Eso está perfectamente bien!
We’ve taken the opportunity these weeks, together as a parish, to ask for that grace recommended by St. Ignatius: to be stirred to profound gratitude. Now let’s enter into this Thanksgiving week with hearts open to gratitude even more deeply than ever before.../ Comencemos esta semana de Acción de Gracias, con corazones aún más profundamente dispuestos a la gratitud, permitiendo que la generosidad entre nosotros mismos sea una respuesta a la generosidad de Dios para con nosotros.
“All that I have and possess, you gave it to me… I now give it back to you Lord.” In between that recognition and that offering? Being stirred to profound gratitude./ "Todo lo que tengo y poseo, Tú me lo diste ... ahora te lo devuelvo Señor". ¿Que ocurre entre nuestro reconocimiento de los bienes recibidos y nuestra actitud de ofrenda hacia el Señor? El ser reavivados a mostrar una profunda gratitud.
That I might be “stirred to profound gratitude…” Since St. Ignatius wrote those words centuries ago, countless numbers of disciples of Jesus have been inspired to ask God for that grace. / Para ser "reavivado con una profunda gratitud ..." Desde que San Ignacio escribió esas palabras hace varios siglos, innumerables discípulos de Jesús se han inspirado para pedirle a Dios esa gracia.