“In the dialogue between Jesus and Pilate, the subject matter is Jesus’ kingship and, hence, the kingship, the “kingdom”, of God… The center of the message, all the way to the Cross-all the way to the inscription above the Cross-is the kingdom of God, the new kingdom represented by Jesus.  And this kingship is centered on truth.  The kingship proclaimed by Jesus, at first in parables and then at the end quite openly before the earthly judge, is none other than the kingship of truth.  The inauguration of this kingship is man’s true liberation.”  - Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two, Holy Week:  From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection.  San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2011, p.194.

    The truth is not found so much in what is said as in what is done.  Are the hungry fed?    Are strangers welcomed; the naked clothed?  The sick and imprisoned visited and cared for?  Are the children taught; the sorrowful comforted?  Are we working for peace?  Thus may thy kingdom come and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

May God bless you and your family this Thanksgiving Day!  Below is a blessing prayer for your Thanksgiving meal.

        Loving and most generous God,
        on this Thanksgiving Day
        we join with our brothers and sisters throughout the land,
        to give you thanks through Christ our Lord.

        You have made our nation a land of blessing
        for generations of people who have come to its shores.
And this day we thank you for the abundance you have given us.

        Bless this meal we share in Thanksgiving.

        Bless the poor who live among us
        and teach us to share our harvest with them.

        We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.  Amen.