By Alexandra Greeley, Catholic Exchange, Nov. 27, 2023
A convert to Catholicism, Alexandra Greeley is a food writer, restaurant critic, and cookbook author, who is passionate about every aspect of the food world — from interviewing chefs to supporting local farmers and to making the connection between food and faith. Her latest work is Cooking with the Saints.
People from every walk of life and in every culture surely go through times of stress and despair. As problems increase, people may be filled with anger and the inability to find hope. But no matter how challenging and worrisome those issues are, people should turn to God and to the Bible for prayers of thanksgiving. God offers hope to all, and the Bible contains many verses that offer thanksgiving to help all those in stress.
“Thankfulness is a complicated state of being,” wrote Bethany Verrett. “When life is good, and someone is getting what they want, it is easy to achieve. When life is hard and nothing goes right, it is hard to have a spirit of gratitude. …