Happy Thanksgiving!
Let us remember why we celebrate Thanksgiving: to thank God for all the blessings in our lives!
Below are nine inspiring saint quotes to infuse your soul with the true spirit of Thanksgiving:
“Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward and learning to enjoy whatever life has, and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.”
- Saint John Chrysostom
“The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.”
- Saint Teresa of Calcutta
“The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what He is sending us every day in His goodness.”
- Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
“O my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me.”
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
“O God, grant that whatever good things I have, I may share generously with those who have not, and whatever good things I do not have, I may request humbly from those who do.”
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
“In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.”
- Saint Teresa of Avila
“Get used to lifting your heart to God,
in acts of thanksgiving, many times a day. Because he gives you this and that. Because you have been despised. Because you haven’t what you need or because you have. Thank him for everything, because everything is good.”
- Saint Josemaria Escriva
“Would that I could exhaust myself in acts of thanksgiving and gratitude towards this Divine Heart, for the great favor He shows us.”
- Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
“Jesus does not demand great action from us but simply surrender and gratitude.”
- Saint Therèse of Lisieux