Bless the Lord

All of us like t0 be congratulated; all of us like to be told "good jOb" or "well done" or "way to go."

It fills our hearts with joy and gives us strength and encouragement for the journey. It comes across as a blessing. We like blessings.

But can we bless the Lord?

Dt 8:10 Moses tells the people, "when you have eaten your fill bless the Lord for the good land he has given."

Not only can we bless the Lord but it is a command, we must bless the lord.

Just like we are blessed when people recognize what we have done and respond with congrats and thanks so too we must learn to live by recognizing what God has done and respond with congrats and thanksgiving.

Look around! How easy it is to miss al that God has done.

What a great job God has done and continues to do, even if it isn't what we want.

Blessing the Lord demands recognition and response of thanksgiving; thus our heart filled with gratitude will strengthen us for the journey.

The most supreme way of blessing the lord is worship. As we gather at the Eucharist, we gather to bless the Lord. We enter into the thanksgiving of Jesus to the Father.

By our presence we bless the Lord. We acknowledge what he has done in Christ.

Our hearts are filled with gratitude.

At the end of Mass, the priest tells us the Lord is with you and May Almighty God Bless you, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

We have blessed God with our presence and in return he blesses us for the journey ahead.