“Become a gift-giver oneself. Gratitude always supposes a gift. We are not grateful if we don’t receive a gift. Some gifts come to us without our realizing it. So we need discernment to see the gift in order to show gratitude. One other factor in showing gratitude is, on the basis of gift received, to become a gift-giver oneself. One who only receives and never gives cannot be grateful.”

Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, CP, 3.19.08


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