Keeping the Spirit of the Fast on Thanksgiving Day: Top 4 Tips
Thanksgiving day is upon us! What a beautiful day in the year where we are all invited to hit the collective pause button, come together in community to be with one another, and offer thanks to God for all we have been given. Well, that’s the rosey way of looking at the holiday; however, this Thursday of thanks can also come with a heaping side of stress, temptations to overindulge, and pressure to capitalize on the following day’s materialistic theme. Well, the Church offers an alternative perspective here.
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Your journey in bodily health does not have to be a separate path from acquiring a healthy soul. To quote St. Gregory Palamas, “Man as God’s image is body and soul, and they interact and ascend toward God.” The two paths actually intertwine and support each other quite beautifully.