And [the leper], when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him.
- Luke 17: 15-16 (editor's emphasis)
Bless our God, O peoples,
and sound His praise abroad,
who keeps us in life,
and does not allow our feet to slip.
- Psalm 66: 8-9 (editor's emphasis)
Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile...
...'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens...Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands...and multiply there...
And seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.
-- Jeremiah 29: 4-7 (excerpted; editor's emphasis)
This weekend Canadians of all stripes are celebrating Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow evening at sundown through Wednesday, October 12 at sundown, the highest holy day in Judaism -- Yom Kippur -- will be observed.
Yom Kippur is a time of prayer, fasting, repentance, and forgiveness. This video from the AISH network on You Tube explains the words in Hebrew that mean 'forgiveness' in English.
It includes moving beyond the past, reconciling and moving forward "with an even deeper love". This is what Jesus, a Jew who knew his Torah, true forgiveness and deep love, gave us with his death and resurrection -- and for that, we must be truly thankful.
"Shana tova"*
* "[May you have a] good year."
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