Feasting at the End of the World

On Thanksgiving Day, 2025, Stephen P. White reflects on the conjunction of the secular feast with the readings for the day.

“As I said, the arrival of Thanksgiving during these apocalyptic days is fitting. Feasting at the end of the world might seem impious, spiritually adjacent to fiddling while Rome burns. Giving thanks ought not be reserved for times of peace and ease. Were the whole world burning around us, it would be right and just for Christians to give thanks to God for all He has done for us.”

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