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.