"Thank You." How many times do we toss off these words each day? Often without thinking. How many times do we neglect to say them? Yet, we Christians are to live thank-you lives. Our central act of worship is the Holy Eucharist. Eucharist is from the Greek for thank you. So the center of the Christian life is the Holy Thank You. And the Prayer of Consecration is called the Great Thanksgiving. "Thank you" is the human side to divine grace -- God’s love for us. We have not earned it. God loves us because that is God’s Nature. God expresses this love through blessings, the chief and greatest is symbolized by the Cross.

So for us Christians, "Thank you" is more than a polite response. It is an expression of our relationship with God and through God with each other. "Thank you" acknowledges and recognizes the image of God in each other. So sometimes "Thank you" is both insufficient and all-sufficient because nothing else can be said.

So I say, "Thank you" to the St. John’s Family. Not merely for the farewell. For the many ways you have brought God’s blessings into my life. You have greatly enriched my life. May each of us continue to grow in thankful gratitude.

Fr. Ken
02-22-09

Father Ken resigned, as of 2-27-09. Therefore this is the last "Message from Father Ken," taken from our church newsletter, St. John's Messenger, which is published every other week. 

To receive the Messenger by email, CLICK HERE.  

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =