According to St. Ignatius Loyola, a healthy spirituality begins and ends with gratitude. On this Thanksgiving Day, we catechists have so much to be grateful for! Below is a catechist’s litany of thanks, which I invite you to add to. As a catechist, what are you most thankful for? Share your thoughts in the comments section below. Happy Thanksgiving!
To each of the following, we pray, “Thank you, Lord!”
- For my vocation as a catechist…
- For all those who nurture my vocation…
- For the many people who formed me in faith…
- For those I am privileged to teach…
- For those who inspire me…
- For all of the resources that help me create effective lesson plans…
- For the uniqueness of each person I teach…
- For those I have taught in the past…
- For my fellow catechists…
- For my catechetical leader…
- For the guidance of the Church…
- For the Catechism of the Catholic Church…
- For all of the Church’s catechetical documents…
- For the Sacred Scriptures…
- For all the sacraments, especially my Baptism…
- For the lives of the saints…
- For the many catechists who journey together on this blog…
- For good catechetical resources from Catholic publishers…
- For my catechist manual…
- For good catechetical websites…
- For the guidance of the Holy Spirit…
- For the opportunity to partner with parents…
- For the times I have “hit the nail on the head” in my teaching…
- For the times I have learned from my mistakes…
I could go on, but I’d much rather hear what you would like to add! As a catechist, what are you thankful for?
I am thankful for my volunteers who make our Religious Education program a blessing to the parish.