November 2012 Vol. XXXII, No. 9
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters
If the only prayer you pray in your whole life is ‘Thank
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into
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iving our lives through the lens of thanksgiving, enables us to see everything as gift, as miracle. Albert Einstein said, “There are two ways to live your life. One is as if nothing were a miracle. The other is as though everything were a miracle.” Gratitude flows from the recognition that all that is, is a divine gift of love and freely given to us. Gratitude is the primary and most fundamental religious disposition. Gratitude makes for abundance and produces an abundance mentality in us. A favorite Scripture story of mine is the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes (John 6:5-15). The crowd of thousands of people was hungry and all the food to be found was five loaves and two fishes. The need was enormous and the resources were few. This is a situation wherein it would be very easy to develop a scarcity mentality: there is nothing we can do, so let’s keep the little we have and survive ourselves. But there is no scarcity mentality in Jesus. His heart is full of gratitude for the precious gift of five loaves and two fishes from His heavenly Father. Jesus takes the loaves, GIVES THANKS, and shares them with the multitude. He did the same with the fishes, giving all as much as they wanted. Out of this mentality of gratitude and generosity flows abundance, a mentality that brings forth new life and vision. I invite all of us into an attitude of gratitude and abundance as we continue our election process. Let us look upon the gifts we have in the Sisters of the Province. We are Sisters from 18 different countries doing mission together here in the USA and the Caribbean. (continued on page 2)