Thanksgiving is good for the soul. The fullness of life is celebrated, with food and family fellowship; the blessings of God fill us up. Our family revels in it. 

This year, the winter solstice of 2012 is also the last date on the Mayan calendar. Now what? Apocalypse? How do we celebrate our thanks on the year that time may end? The Mayans flourished during Europe's Dark Ages, which were ironically the time of Western history when Christianity developed to penetrate European society.

Will the world end? Jesus told us the no one knows the day or the time.  Today's enhanced spirituality coinciding with religious apostasy and political transition to secular-scientism may open either a religious "do over" or a terminus. What should our response be?  I say, let's thank God for whatever He has in mind. 

If the apocalypse is the end of time, as outlined in the book of Revelation of St. John the Divine, I'm ready. Are you? .