"Bonus: Thanksgiving Day Homily" — Thanksgiving Day, Thurs., 11/27/25

Listen now to consider how to give thanks to God in difficult times, as well as in delightful circumstances. Plus, hear about a delightful "God-incidence" from Fr. Chuck. He tells how the disappointment of a canceled European pilgrimage led to an uncanny East Coast encounter—at a Mass at a small mission church in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley—between him and the son and daughter-in-law of St. Elizabeth of Hungary parishioners, one of whom was the Lector at this Thanksgiving Day Mass!

Catholic Mass readings for Thanksgiving Day Mass in the United States

First Reading: Sirach 50: 22-24
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113: various verses
Second Reading: First Corinthians 1: 3-9
Alleluia: 1 Thessalonians 5: 18 ["In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus."]
Gospel: Luke 17: 11-19