

Thanksgiving and Christ the King
Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; Rev 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37 Last night we celebrated Thanksgiving with our son and American daughter-in-law. We have enjoyed seven years of sharing this celebration, formally held on the fourth Thursday in November, but celebrated by us more conveniently at a weekend close to it! It commemorates the 1621 settlement and first harvest of the Pilgrim Fathers in Plymouth, Mass. Like us at our harvest festival, they thanked God for his gifts: for preserving their