Thomas Griffin 11/27/24 (For National Catholic Register)
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Turkey, football, family and an endless number of pies often fill Thanksgiving Day in America. All over the country, people will gather with friends and family to celebrate this national holiday. While it has become a commercialized secular holiday for many people, there is still so much about this day that is aligned with our Catholic faith. A goal of mine this year is to have a Thanksgiving spirituality.
The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621. It was truly a matter of diplomacy between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people. They gathered together, with their families, to share a meal and bring about fellowship between the people. Two years later, we have records that the Plymouth colonists gathered for a more direct “thanksgiving” meal to celebrate the rains that had come after much drought. They gave thanks to God on this day, grateful for providential care.
We likewise give thanks — on Thanksgiving Day and always.
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Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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