The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana
-- On The Record--
SECRET
The secret of thankfulness
Things haven't been the
same/Since you came into my
life/You found a way to touch
my soul/And I'm never ever
gonna let it go
By CHARLIE MARTIN i
REFRAIN
Happiness lies in your own hands/It took
much too long/To understand/How it could be
Until you shared/Your secret with me/Some-
thing's coming over/Something's coming
over/Something's coming over me/My baby's
got a secret
You took me back to the paradise/That I
thought that I lost for good/You helped me
find the reason why/You took me by sur-
prise/That you understood/You knew all along
What I never wanted to say/Until I learned to
love myself/I would never ever love anybody
else
REPEAT REFRAIN TWICE
Written by Madonna/Dallas Austin
Sung by Madonna
Copyright (c) 1994 by Sire
Records Co.
At first hearing, Madonna's
"Secret" might not seem like a
song for Thanksgiving. Sure, the
song contains lots of good advice for increasing
happiness in our lives, but how does this tie into
Thanksgiving?
If you follow this column you know I would
agree that "happiness lies in your own hands."
And indeed, I have previously stressed the
song's secret that "until I learned to love myself,
I would never ever love anybody else."
These are important spiritual truths. When
practiced, they are likely to bear results that
provide us with many reasons to be grateful this
Thanksgiving.
However, we seldom learn these truths on
our own. Rather, gifts of love from others reflect
back to us our eternal goodness. Their gifts are
a reminder that we carry vithin us the image of
our Creator.
Likewise, learning to take responsibility for
our own happiness is sometimes gained by ob-
serving what other people do.
to the same realization.
Thanksgiving invites us to ask: Who
me learn and practice these secret truths?
I tell these people how important
been for me?
By letting others know what you have
from them, you return their kindnesses.
In fact, you magnify the power of the secret
that little by little, person by person, the human
ily is being changed. One wa: to do this is to
note to these special people.
Most of our lives are busy with
bilities. It takes extra effort to write
card and tell how another's actions have
us during the past year.
But even if you are able to do this with
person, the result is that the secret is a
den and more able to heal our world.
Thanksgiving is a holy day. Somewhere m
tween the turkey, the family gatherings and
celebrations, take time to mirror bac
their gifts of love and support mean to your life.
(Your comments are always
address: Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box
port, IN 47635.)
At the movies: Current reviews
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The
following are capsule reviews of
movies recently reviewed by the
U.S. Catholic Conference Office
for Film and Broadcasting.
"Drop Squad" (Gramercy)
Failed satire in which an un-
derground African-American
group (led by Vondie Curtis-Hall
and Ving Rhames) kidnaps an
arrogant black yuppie (Eriq
LaSalle) and subjects him to
physical humiliation in order to
rid him of attitudes that betray
their common racial heritage.
Director David Johnson's shrill
attempts at provocative racial
humor become increasingly tire-
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