THANKSGIVING PRAYER
By Marta Alves
O God, Lord Jesus, we come with open hearts
We are thankful that you created us to love
We are thankful for your love
We are thankful that you taught us to care
We are thankful for your care
We are thankful we can see
We are thankful for the sunshine
We are thankful that we can feel
We are thankful for the rain
We are thankful that we can smell
We are thankful for peach pies
We are thankful that we can listen
We are thankful for your Word
For the birds that without going to school know how to sing
We are thankful for the voices you gave us
For the air we breathe
We are thankful for our loved ones
For our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren
For our parents and grandparents and great-grandparents
For Sisters and brothers
For Aunts, uncles and cousins
For our whole family
For Friends and neighbors
We thank you, Lord, for the world you made and put us in it
Most of all for your loving and all giving sacrifice of dying on the cross
Rising and ascending to heaven
For the Holy Spirit you sent to guide us
Thank you for the Eucharist and your divine presence
How can we even begin to thank you?
We could not thank you
If you would not have given us
Memory, intelligence and will
There is not enough paper in the world to write a list of thank you
Let us conclude by saying:
Thank you, Lord for the prayer you taught us
As we pray today
Our Father who are in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
Amen.
Write your own list of thank you.
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