{"id":8357,"date":"2016-11-26T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T21:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/?p=8357"},"modified":"2021-02-19T01:47:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T09:47:09","slug":"thanksgiving-with-the-communion-of-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/2016\/11\/26\/thanksgiving-with-the-communion-of-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving with the Communion of Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Faithfulness with gratitude is a shortcut to heaven.\u00a0 There is a time to remember what the Lord has done for each one of us.\u00a0 We have experienced this in so many great and small ways.\u00a0 I give thanks to God for our Sisters&#8217; faithfulness and love for God for Community and for the people of God.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you know our Community, that we were founded in 1940 in Hungary, when WWII was just around the corner.\u00a0 We never had a traditional habit, we wore alike-looking dress; we taught religion in a new way, helping the children to understand what a precious gift it is to belong to God, to be sons and daughters with Jesus Our Lord, of having been gifted by the Holy spirit, God&#8217;s infinite Love, and to live a life of loving service, as Jesus did.<\/p>\n<p>How many of you have seen our Sacred Heart badge from close?\u00a0 It is a Heart burning with love but carrying the marks of love: the cross, the thorns, the wound.\u00a0 Our Sisters carry the cross, the thorns, the wound graciously and lovingly, ever ready to forgive, just like Jesus.\u00a0 True happiness comes from the depth of a heart united to the Source of Love, to the Heart of Our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>We are the visible Church celebrating this great Thanksgiving to God through Jesus our Lord.\u00a0 Yet, just as truly and really as we are here, the Church invisible is here too.\u00a0 Not only the Angels and Saints, the men and women who are chosen by the church to be our examples, but our own family members, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends who went ahead of us and are now enjoying a life without tears, suffering or pain.\u00a0 They are extremely happy for and with us.\u00a0 They give thanks to God and support us in our desire to say in many different ways: &#8220;Thank you, God for your love for each of us!\u00a0 We love you!\u00a0 We thank you, Lord, for making our hearts so very much like your own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>From an excerpt of a talk given by Sister Ida<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #93000b;\"><a href=\"\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/features\/\">RETURN TO FEATURES<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_shadow_border_circle  vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"599\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/si-with-turkey-e1509050567259.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full lazyload\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sister Ida making the Thanksgiving Turkey circa 1956\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 599px; 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