I enjoyed much the privilege of being present for the “Dynamic Catholic” presentation that was offered at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Hopedale.  There are elements of this approach to faith and ministry development and evangelization from which we might benefit greatly in time to come.
 
      One of the components that was offered is a very succinct tool with which to approach “The Prayer Process.”  It is my hope to use each of these individual thoughts for reflection in the weeks to come.  
     As simple and desirable as it can sound, genuine gratitude isn’t really easy.  We tend to let gratitude jump out of the shadows at us now and then.  Faith tells us that there is cause for gratitude in every day 2 but we need to seek it out if we must.  And that which causes gratitude can be layered with an expectation that it will be “super sized,” or worthy of a walk down the “red carpet.”  Don’t get me wrong.  Those moments of welcoming and embracing something or someone truly wonderful in life will come.  They will raise up in us much of what it means to be truly grateful, and great memories that will lift us up in time to come,
 
     But, those exceptional moments are just that 2 exceptional.  It is the smaller moment we work at identifying each day that really creates a posture of gratitude that will carry and even lift us each day.  There we meet Christ.