Virtue of Thanksgiving and the Eucharist October First Saturday 2011

Daughters of Veronica in Eucharistic Stewardship

~Mothers and Daughters~

~Daughters Teaching Daughters~

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Catechesis
Questions and Answers

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DOVELY Friends Forever (DFF's)

~Virtue of Thanksgiving~

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Our catechesis this first Saturday in October
centered around the virtue of thanksgiving.

We began with the Sacred Scriptures where the daughters
learned of the ten lepers who asked the Lord to be healed of leprosy.
Luke 17:11-19.
After the ten were cured, only one returned to give thanks to the Lord.
Our Lord asks and responds:
"were there not nine who were cleansed? Where were the other nine?"
"Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

Our Lord, Himself, 'gave thanks'
when he offered the bread and wine at the Last Supper. '

'The true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ
offers Himself as Spiritual Food in Holy Communion.
By this fact it is the supreme object
and act of Christian gratitude to God.'
(Eucharist,Catholic Dictionary Father John Hardon S.J.)

This Last Supper, our First Mass,
is defined by the very act of our Lord's thanksgiving,
which is the meaning for the word, Eucharist.

The DOVES return to the altar after every Mass to offer their thanksgiving
for the gift they have received in our Eucharistic Lord,
by praying the Anima Christi, Soul of Christ Prayer.

As a way to invite other daughters who are not DOVES to join in offering thanks,
The DOVES were given small blue cards with the Soul of Christ prayer
to give away when they prepare to offer thanks after Mass.

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Sharon M.Willoughby
October 2, 2011