I must admit that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Yes, I am aware that it is a secular, not a sacred, holiday, and I think that’s part of what I like about it.
In this follow-up question about the Mass, Fr. Joe looks at how we can increase our reverence, and reminds us that we "simply have to remember that the desire to be reverent at Mass is holy."
Each year, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops designates the third Sunday of September as Catechetical Sunday, which presents an opportunity for us to celebrate all that is “catechetical” within the Church.