Author Topic: Thanksgiving Day - why the last thursday in November? (Read 1495 times)

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2014, 11:17:10 AM »

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I think it is interesting that thanksgiving happens on a Thursday. Jesus instituted teh Holy Eucharist in his Last Supper on a Thursday. The word Eucharist comes from a Greek word meaning thanks giving.
I am expecially thankful for Jesus' real presence in the Blessed Sacrament

Poche,

Maybe the Masons wanted Thanksgiving to be a replacement for the Holy Eucharist in a secular kind of way?

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2014, 11:39:48 AM »

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Quote from: poche
So, they use Catholic saints. The truth iof the Holy Spirit shines even in the darkest darkness.

I like this, poche.

I like that too but the enemies are using our saints as objects of mockery and by instituting their own set of holidays, they are trying to usurp Catholic mores.

CathMomof7 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2014, 12:01:09 PM »

According to the Congessional Archives, the established of Thanksgiving Day has a long and interesting history.

Initially Thanksgiving had no set day. (The first one was Thursday, November 26, 1789.)

Lincoln attempted to give it a set date--the last Thursday in November--in 1863.

But apparently in 1939 Congress thought Thanksgiving might actually eat into the Christmas shopping days, so FDR moved it to the second to last Thursday in November. But that was a fiasco, because part of the country had Thanksgiving one week and then the rest, the following week.

So in 1941, Congress adopted a fixed date for the holiday---the fourth Thursday of November.

Dolores · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2014, 12:34:29 PM »

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Thanksgiving does not necessarily occur on the last Thursday of November. It is fixed to occur on the fourth Thursday, which is often, but not always, the last one. Just two years ago, in 2012, Thanksgiving did not fall on the final Thursday.

At least get your facts straight before spreading your crackpot theories.

I quite clearly showed you

- neither do the Masonic Grand Master election Days!

You "quite clearly showed" me that the supposed ritual occurs either on the Thursday preceding November 30, or on November 30 itself if it falls on a Thursday. I "quite clearly showed" you that those dates will not always match with Thanksgiving day.

For example:

*2012: Thanksgiving Day was November 22. The supposed masonic ritual, based on what you have said, would have occurred on November 29.

*2007: Thanksgiving Day was November 22. The supposed masonic ritual, based on what you have said, would have occurred on November 29.

*2006: Thanksgiving Day was November 23. The supposed masonic ritual, based on what you have said, would have occurred on November 30.

And that's just the last ten years. Again, get your facts straight before your spout your crackpot theories.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2014, 01:23:55 PM »

It was Lincoln who proclaimed it a national day with a fixed date. He made it a Federal holiday as I remember, post cινιℓ ωαr. My point was that, like most of things U.S., it has masonic ties and intent.
Good for Catholics that we use it to give praise and thanksgiving to the one Triune God.

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the enemies are using our saints as objects of mockery and by instituting their own set of holidays, they are trying to usurp Catholic mores.
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Indeed. But that's nothing new. Poche's point is that He uses it to serve Himself. God will not be mocked.
Sadly, Catholics have allowed their mores to be usurped with relish.