I appreciated this article included in today's devotion in Magnificat so much that I'm sharing it with you . It is a good reminder about our Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving Day Proclamation “It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year, defending with his guardian care against unfriendly designs from abroad, and vouchsafing to us in his mercy many and signal victories over the enemy, who is of our own household. It has also pleased our heavenly Father to favor as well our citizens in their homes as our soldiers in their camps, and our sailors on the rivers and seas, with unusual health. He has largely augmented our free population by emancipation and by immigration, while he has opened to us new sources of wealth, and has crowned the labor of our working-men in every department of industry with abundant rewards. Moreover, he has been pleased to animate and inspire our minds and hearts with fortitude, courage, and resolution sufficien