Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today,
and creates a vision for tomorrow.
--Melody Beattie
Lord God, we thank you for the gift of this day, the gift of one another, and the gift of this food which you have provided from your bounty.
As we prepare to celebrate this Thanksgiving feast, we ask for your blessing upon us and upon all of the gifts that fill our table.
Bless also the farmers and laborers who cultivate the land, and provide the meat and vegetables we are so fortunate to enjoy.
Bless the grocers and market workers, clerks and store owners. May all those who have labored for this food be treated with the dignity of children of God, and may they be paid a just wage.
As we give you thanks, O Lord, we ask that you nourish us, that we might be good stewards of the earth, keepers of one another, and prophets of your coming Kingdom.
We ask this through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
--Stuart Wilson-Smith, CSP
What will your Thanksgiving prayer include today?
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