This is the day of blessing! Come; receive the gifts of theLord. Be wide-eyed with wonder; let joy be the companion to your faith. For we have been stuffed with riches and basted with God’s mercies. We have felt the piquant taste of sorrows. We are rooted in treasured traditions and in the sage heritage of generations past. From the core of our souls we give you thanks for freedom and for country. We pause ingratitude, mindful of the marriage of miracles already worked with the anticipation of wonders yet to come. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
