Happy Thanksgiving Everyone- We have every reason to be thankful for everything that we have has been given to us by God. We should always be a thankful people. Hence, our daily practice of praying before we eat come from the consistent practice of Jesus to bless -i.e praise- God for food before He gives it to others -Mark 6-41- 8-7- 14-22-. But special times of remembrance are so beneficial because we are so forgetful. Mark 8-1-21 displays this proneness to forgetfulness in such a shocking manner, revealing a spiritual blindness innate in human beings which the Holy Spirit alone can deal with.