The Head of the UGCC: Whoever learns to be grateful will receive even more gifts from God

The Primate added that when we thank the Lord God, He will never close His gifts to us. Anyone who can remember all the gifts we received, will be able to receive much more next year.

Explaining the philosophy of gratitude, His Beatitude Sviatoslav remarked that when we thank someone, when we thank God, it is as if we are confessing our faith. We recognize that God is the source of all good. God is the key to the fullness of our lives. In His hands lies my mental and physical health.

“Giving thanks, we profess our faith,” says the Head of the Church, “but at the same time we grow in that act of gratitude. Perhaps it is not as necessary to God as to us. We seem to open all our pockets of soul and body. We discover our whole being and become able to draw even more from that source than what was received primarily. Such dynamics of gratitude and receiving is the beginning of eternal life.”

According to the preacher, this Sunday is also a good opportunity to thank each other. "We have seen how we depend on each other ...As Pope Francis said, we are all in the same boat. We will not survive alone, we must take care of each other, pray for each other, thank each other for the gift of life, because my life and health depend on the health of my neighbor," the Head of the Church said.

“May our faith,” wished the spiritual leader of the Ukrainians, “grow day by day in the context of our gratitude to our Savior. Then Christ will also tell us: ‘Arise and go, your faith has saved you!’”

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