Virtue=Strength November 8
Building on the virtue of Love for God. the strength this week is GRATITUDE. The strength to speak and act with a spirit of
thankfulness for the gifts and blessings you receive.
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Let’s live today with a full heart.
A heart that is GRATEFUL to be able to enjoy the beautiful things God blesses us with each day especially the people or things we take for granted.
Gratitude is the strength to speak and act with a spirit of thankfulness for the gifts and blessings you receive. It is being thankful and showing appreciation for the good things we receive from God and others.
Ingratitude is the weakness to be forgetful of or to give a poor return for kindness received.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
• CCC 2638: “As in the prayer of petition, every event and need can become an offering of thanksgiving. The letters of St. Paul often begin and end with
thanksgiving, and the Lord Jesus is always present in it.”
Saint Quote:
• St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta: “The best way to show my gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
• Psalm 107:1: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
The weakness is INGRATITUDE The weakness to be forgetful of or to give a poor return for kindness received.
Ungrateful people are unhappy people. Those who always want more or something better can never be happy in the present moment.
If you are always looking ahead to something better, if you think you will only be happy ONCE you get that thing or achieve that status or
accomplish that goal … you spend your whole life seeking those things and you develop the habit of never being satisfied.
“If you do not know your own dignity and condition, you cannot value anything at its proper worth.”
– St. Bonaventure
In Christ’s Peace,
Daniel Minter, President
Assumption Catholic Schools
The Mission of Assumption Catholic Schools is to inspire excellence and personal growth grounded in Catholic principles and tradition.
