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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Monday, November 19th, 2018.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are going to be talking about thankfulness.

Now, I know this week of Thanksgiving, at least here in the United States, a lot of people are talking about thankfulness, all the things we

should be thankful for, why we need to be thankful, all those things. And while all those things

are great, I'm here to tell you that thankfulness is something that only makes sense with God.

A lot of the times thankfulness is used by people that don't believe in God.

But really, really and truly, thankfulness only makes sense with God.

And I'll tell you why. Now Now perhaps as you're beginning to think about

thankfulness this week, you think of lots of people that you are thankful for or thankful to.

Maybe they did something nice for you. For example, we're thankful for our parents. They do many nice things for us. They sacrifice for us.

And we all know that they chose to have us. They chose to expand their family, to love us every day.

And for that we are thankful. Maybe you're also thankful for your friends, your teachers, all these things.

But what happens when you become the parent? What happens when you become the teacher?

Life will still be full of many good, good things, but they don't necessarily come from someone. For example, a sunshine,

beautiful day, or rain when we need it for our gardens, or a friend that is given to us when

we're very lonely. Where do those things come from? And whom do we have to think for those things?

Well, the only answer that there could possibly be is God. And in fact, all good things come from God.

He created us. He knew us when we were just a tiny little embryo inside of our mother's

stomach. He knew us. He loved us. He gave us life. Now, while we have a duty to be thankful and to say

thank you to many people in our lives, often every day of our

lives. We need to remember that above all, and before all, we need to be saying thank you to God.

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