Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York (United States) assured that the best thanksgiving there is is the Mass, and encouraged the faithful to attend the Eucharist today for Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgivingwhich is celebrated this Thursday, November 28.
“The best way to praise God is through the Mass. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the greatest act of thanksgiving and praise we have. Because? Because our Lord Jesus Christ does it with us and for us on the cross,” said Cardinal Dolan in a video published on his count of.
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In fact, the cardinal stressed, “we call the Mass the Eucharist, and that is a Greek word that means thanksgiving. So what better way to give thanks than to go to Mass and thank God for his abundant blessings for us!”
“Happy Thanksgiving friends!” concluded the cardinal.
I just want to remind you that the best way to praise God is through the Mass. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the greatest act of Thanksgiving we’ve got! Why? Because Jesus does it for us. pic.twitter.com/jL23zjc5R6
— Cardinal Dolan (@CardinalDolan) November 27, 2024
What is Thanksgiving Day?
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday that is celebrated mainly in the United States and that has become a North American tradition in which families get together and share a special dinner, with a turkey as a main dish, to give thanks for the blessings of the year.
The traditional history of Thanksgiving dates back to 1621, when English settlers (Pilgrims) and Native American tribe Wampanoag They shared a feast in Plymouth, present-day Massachusetts, to celebrate the successful harvest of corn, beans, and squash.
While this event is considered the first Thanksgiving, it may not have been the first of its kind.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I have been a husband since 2008. My wife and I have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before he was born. Since I joined ACI Prensa in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Cologne, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and of Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the Family synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Synodality, in 2023. I closely follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers persecution from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as current ecclesiastical events in the region.