In less than three weeks, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. A day to pause and give thanks for our many blessings. At Mass on Thanksgiving Day, one of the prayers reads:

Almighty God, you have entrusted to us the great gift of freedom, a gift that calls forth responsibility and commitment to the truth that all have a fundamental dignity before you.  In Jesus, through his Death and Resurrection, we find ultimate redemption, freedom from sin, and every blessing.  For all this we thank you almighty Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

The Catholic Lawyers Society of Metropolitan Detroit sends out a short First Friday reflection every month, composed with help from our Spiritual Advisor, Msgr. Ronald Browne.