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Days of Joy - the grateful heart

Easter Reflections

April 09, 2024

Good afternoon Digital Neighbors!
More stuff on gratitude, you can never really get enough of it in your life. The more things you find to fill your bowl of gratitude, the more joy will flow through your life and to the people blessed to share to share your company. It doesn’t mean things are perfect, they never are, but you are fortunate, blessed if you believe in a Giver of every good gift.

Peace,

Padre

IT IS THE GRATEFUL HEART

that sees the blessings in each new day.

It is the peaceful heart that reviews the past without feeling guilt.

It is the inspired heart that looks to the future with anticipation and hope.

It is the faith-filled heart that lights up the world by blending the three.

KAREN O’LEARY

Gratitude Prayers: Prayers, Poems, and Prose for Everyday Thankfulness

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Sundays are for gratitude, and few things impact our lives more than intentional gratitude. It is not enough to say you are blessed or that you are fortunate; the actual naming of our blessings plants them deep in the heart, transforming us as persons rather than leaving us with the bland “thankful for everything.”

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