Reading from Luke:
A group of people, none acceptable for polite company, approached Jesus. They left some space but did call out to him. He healed all of them. One expressed gratitude, the one who was a foreigner.
Read this passage from three different viewpoints. First, consider what it is like to be in dire need and to have that need taken care of. What do you do next? Is returning to a normal life a plausible thing to do? Can you imagine yourself doing that?
Second, consider the response of the Samaritan. Consider his response in terms of this Thanksgiving Day? How grateful have you been?
Third, read Jesus' response. Are these rhetorical questions? Or, was he expecting an answer?
Reading from Corinthians:
On a day designated as Thanksgiving by the American Congress, we are reading a text commanding us to give and to give abundantly. Be careful not to fall in the trap of the prosperity gospel. Paul really wants us to be generous. He is reassuring us that God will provide enough resources for us to use them the way that God intended for us to use them.
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