Happy Thanksgiving!

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From Charlie Johnston

Helena, Alabama – I pretty much say all I have to say in this Thanksgiving video for CORAC. Thank you all for the fabulous work you have done these last four years to keep the home fires of faith, family, and freedom burning.

In 2008, at the Easter Vigil at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Galesburg, Illinois I believe the Lord came to me in complete darkness just before Mass began and told me, “Now the hour of darkness comes upon the world. But be not afraid. The darkness will not prevail.”

In the last 16 years I have thought, “Man, this has been one LONG hour, Lord.” So many of you have been light to me through this terrible hour. And now, the first strong beam of light has pierced the darkness that enshrouds the world. Know that it is the beginning, not the end of the matter. Give glory and thanks to God as you prepare to carry His light to all ends of this nation and then to all ends of the earth. The Lord is mustering us up for His great renewal of the face and faith of the earth.

But for now – and through the Christmas Season all the way up to Epiphany, enjoy your family and friends. Tomorrow we enter the New Advent. As once, a groaning, weary world looked forward, unknowing, to the Child in the manger, we now look back to that Child in the manger. May we light the way for the whole world to find their way back to that Child, who is the sole source of peace, prosperity and joy in this life and the next.

The people in darkness have seen a great light. Dawn has arisen for those who lived in the land of the shadow of death. (My take from Isaiah 9:2)

Let there be cheering and feasting and glad hallelujahs, for the glory of the Lord is coming to dwell among us and carry us to our great revival in Him!

Our Lady of the New Advent

If communication goes out for any length of time, meet outside your local Church at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Tell friends at Church now in case you can’t then. CORAC teams will be out looking for people to gather in and work with.

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15 thoughts on “Happy Thanksgiving!”

  1. Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie and All!  It IS heartening to see the light of a New Beginning piercing the dread darkness of these times. In the ever favored way of process in which God works so dynamically, of course, it’s been “one LONG hour” for a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day.

    May our dear ones who have gone before us – as well as our dear friends the Saints and Angels -continue to intercede for us as we make our way to our contemporary Promised Land, the Era of Peace. The Veil, as thin as vellum, is real and readily penetrable and I sense a hush of bated breath among the citizens of Heaven as they k.n.o.w. God is moving, even now, upon this weary, yearning-for-Him world. Yes, there’s much to do. May we luxuriate in the Joy even as we NRS our way through the difficulties.  

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      1. We’re absolutely not in it alone, Jewelsword, those being purified in Purgatory are our best friends and help us with their prayers. As the month of the Holy Souls draws to an end, and we enter into the anticipation of Advent and then the beauty of Christmastide, it’s good to resolve not to neglect them, and to keep them in remembrance every day.

        Lovely picture! We don’t have a Thanksgiving over on this side of the big puddle but that image will serve as well for Christmas – with the turkey and all the trimmings 😜

        Very happy Thanksgiving to all, J.

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  2. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! …  HAPPY THANKSGIVING 😉

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    GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!

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  5. Happy Thanksgiving Charlie!  Hope Lambzie and I brought some light to your life.  You certainly brought light to our lives.—- Sent from Doug’s Back Pack

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  10. Happy Thanksgiving to all deplorables & garbage. 🥰

    This year I’m especially thankful that we will be unburdened by what might have been. 🙏

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  12. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! … Happy Day 😉

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    GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC & ALL HERE!!

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Charlie Johnston is a former newspaper editor, radio talk show host and political consultant. From Feb. 11, 2011 to Aug. 21, 2012, he walked 3,200 miles across the country, sleeping in the woods, meeting people and praying as he went. He writes on cultural, global and political issues from an orthodox Catholic perspective. He emphasizes that we find God most surely through the ordinary, doing the little things we should with faith and fidelity. His constant refrain is that, to live real joy, we must acknowledge God, take the next right step, and be a sign of hope to those around us. He lives in the Archdiocese of Denver in the United States.