A few years ago, I attended a business workshop where the topic was about the importance of happiness for creating success and achieving happiness through gratitude. As with many business workshops ...

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1st Reading: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 137, Response: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.; 2nd Reading: Colossians 2:12-14; Gospel: Luke 11:1-13 There are two themes we can reflect on ...

To live with gratitude is to live with faith — faith that every breath is purposeful, every challenge contains potential, and ...

Prayers of gratitude often are some of the easiest to say and the easiest to forget to say. In times of trouble many people turn to God. But when things are going well, it’s very tempting to give ...

As our life of prayer includes so many different movements of the heart, it shouldn’t surprise us that our prayers of intercession lead us to prayers of thanksgiving. Even as we wait for God to answer ...

Actively practicing gratitude can create new neural pathways and release mood-influencing neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin. The project revealed that community, family, and friends were ...