What you will read now is part of a series of 100 spiritual challenges. Each blog can be viewed separately, but for maximum benefit a reader needs to start with the introductory blog of November 18, 2011, and then continue step by step. Day One begins on Sunday, November 20, 2011.
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Day Seven: The Challenge of Thanking God All Day

Scripture: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” (Psalm 100:4)

Dr. Ronda’s example: Since Day Seven for me fell on Thanksgiving Day, I could thank God for Thanksgiving Day. I recalled that some billionaire donated money to have a chapel for Thanksgiving in a Mall in Texas. I enjoyed the Thanksgiving hymn sung at the Mass and remembered that Eucharist means thanksgiving. I actually felt a little sadness to be leaving this theme for the next one which you will see is more challenging in certain respects.

Your examples of the challenge of thanking God all day long:

Prayer: At the end of this whole week of responding to the challenge to be grateful, dear Lord, I feel so blessed. Guardian angel, will you remind me to continue this practice every day, one step at a time, for the rest of my life?

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