Thanks to the Faith of the Woman Behind the Breakfast Counter

—Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas 

I woke up on the late side this morning and so I decided to grab my breakfast in the high school cafeteria during first period. As I waited my turn, an older woman slowly walked back and forth behind the counter, serving hungry teenagers, answering their questions, pouring their coffee. She was woefully outnumbered and it was clear the cafeteria was understaffed.

Thanks For A Thanksgiving Lesson By A Redemptorist Father

-Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lac and Companions

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I really do not know much about many things. Even things that I have taken for granted my whole life. Like, would you believe the Thanksgiving Holiday even?

Last year, Webster served up President George Washington's prayer of Thanksgiving, dated November 1789. This year, I'll share with you a little history lesson on this All-American holiday that I was ignorant of.