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“You ought to ask our Lord for just one thing, to love Him. All the rest should be thanksgiving.” <\/span>– Saint Padre Pio<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n +<\/p>\n From Magnificat:<\/em><\/p>\n This is a day to thank God for all his many blessings in our lives. With gratitude we now say: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the love of God, for faith, family, and friends: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For joys, successes, achievements, and accomplishments: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For health, safety, work, and rest: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For struggles, sorrows, trials, and sufferings: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For our jobs, for those who support us, for our education, and for the chance to serve: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For our gifts, talents, and abilities, for honors, for strength and energy: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For our homes, for food, warmth, and shelter, for all the things that have made us happy: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For our hobbies and pets, for happy memories, for our favorite things, for leisure and relaxation: We thank you, O Lord.<\/p>\n For our nation, for freedom and peace, for teachers, leaders, and those who give us good example: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the ability to say “I’m sorry,” for the grace of repentance, for the forgiveness of others, for the generosity of others: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For good advice, for financial security, for the trust others put in us, for tenderness, understanding, and compassion: We thank you, O Lord.<\/p>\n For kindness, goodness, joy, and laughter, for the times we have helped others or made them happy: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For all the wonders of creation, for beauty, music, sports, and art, for new opportunities and second chances: We thank You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For failures and rejection, for all the ways we have grown up and become better people: We thank you, O Lord.<\/p>\n Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.<\/p>\n ———–<\/p>\n Give thanks to the Lord Who is good.<\/p>\n God\u2019s love is everlasting.<\/p>\n Come, let us praise God joyfully.<\/p>\n Let us come to God with thanksgiving.<\/p>\n For the good world; for things great and small, beautiful and awesome; for seen and We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For human life; for talking and moving and thinking together; for common hopes We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For work to do and strength to work; for the comradeship of labor; for exchanges of We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For marriage; for the mystery and joy of flesh made one; for mutual forgiveness and We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For family; for living together and eating together; for family amusements and family We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For children; for their energy and curiosity; for their brave play and startling We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For the young; for their high hopes; for their irreverence toward worn-out values; for We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For growing up and growing old; for wisdom deepened by experience; for rest in We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For Your help in times of doubt and sorrow; for healing our diseases; for preserving We thank You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For the Church into which we have been called; for the good news we receive by We praise You, Lord God.<\/p>\n For your Holy Spirit, who guides our steps and brings us gifts of faith and love; who We praise You, Lord God.<\/p>\n Above all, O God, for your Son Jesus Christ, Who lived and died and lives again for Give thanks to the Lord, Who is good.<\/p>\n God\u2019s Love is everlasting. God Most High,<\/p>\n Before Your Son fed the multitudes, He first gave thanks.<\/p>\n Before He raised his friend Lazarus, He first gave thanks,<\/p>\n That all might know Your glory.<\/p>\n And so, as we are blessed to do Your works in the world,<\/p>\n That all, indeed, might know Your Glory<\/p>\n We thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the grace to feed the poor \u2026<\/p>\n v \u2026 we thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the Grace to heal the sick \u2026<\/p>\n v \u2026 we thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the grace to lift up the broken \u2026<\/p>\n v \u2026 we thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the Grace to harbor the refugee \u2026<\/p>\n v \u2026 we thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the Grace to aid the endangered \u2026<\/p>\n v \u2026 we thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n For the Grace to be for the prisoner, the addict, the lost, the outcast, What your son has been for us<\/p>\n A comfort, a beacon, a shepherd, a rabbi, a healer, a hope<\/p>\n The salt of the earth, the light of the world \u2026<\/p>\n v \u2026 we thank You and praise You, O Lord.<\/p>\n Amen<\/p>\n Gospel Acclamation:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n Response: In gratitude and praise, O God<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n For every breath that I take for granted\u2026<\/p>\n For every moment of insight and inspiration\u2026<\/p>\n For every conversation that leads to reconciliation\u2026<\/p>\n For every kind word that offers healing\u2026<\/p>\n For every unexpected encounter of friendship\u2026<\/p>\n For every morning of prayer that leads to gratitude\u2026<\/p>\n For every child that is surrounded with emotional safety and love\u2026<\/p>\n For every person who works in a field or factory to bring us food\u2026<\/p>\n For every grandparent that tells the tales of the past\u2026<\/p>\n For every leader that knows new possibilities\u2026<\/p>\n For every teacher who reveals creativity and wonder\u2026<\/p>\n For every worker who betters the landscape of our lives\u2026<\/p>\n For every moment we realize that we cannot control life and outcomes\u2026<\/p>\n For every sentence that is whispered against violence\u2026<\/p>\n For every meal that is served among people who do not have the basics of life\u2026<\/p>\n For every glass of milk that is offered to a child who goes thirsty\u2026<\/p>\n For every family table that brings forgiveness\u2026<\/p>\n For every shelter that houses people from the cold and violent streets\u2026<\/p>\n For every word that harvests peace within us\u2026<\/p>\n For every act of faith that reveals hope to the marginalized\u2026<\/p>\n For every encounter with a stranger that harvests thanksgiving\u2026<\/p>\n For every morning where peace is real and not taken for granted\u2026<\/p>\n For every possession and a life of simplicity\u2026<\/p>\n For every moment of prayer\u2026<\/p>\n For every act of hope\u2026<\/p>\n For every breath today\u2026<\/p>\n Amen<\/p>\n Happy Thanksgiving,<\/p>\n Fr. Ron<\/p>\n —————-<\/p>\n To look toward another bountiful year<\/strong><\/p>\n We thank you, Lord, for food and friends Thanks to you, Lord, for another good year; Unite us Lord, and free us from all deception<\/p>\n
\nunseen splendors;<\/p>\n
\nand hardships shared from birth until our dying;<\/p>\n
\ngood humor and encouragement;<\/p>\n
\nburdens shared; for secrets kept in love;<\/p>\n
\npleasures;<\/p>\n
\nfrankness; for their sudden sympathies;<\/p>\n
\ntheir search for freedom; for their solemn vows;<\/p>\n
\nleisure; and for time made precious by its passing;<\/p>\n
\nus in temptation and danger;<\/p>\n
\nWord and Sacrament; for our life together in the Lord;<\/p>\n
\nprays in us and prompts our grateful worship;<\/p>\n
\nour salvation; for our hope in Him; and for the joy of serving Him; We thank and praise You, Eternal God, for all Your goodness to us.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd for all of the joy this holiday lends;
\nIt\u2019s Thanksgiving Day and we can see
\nThe blessings you\u2019ve provided our family.<\/p>\n
\nWhen you watch over us, there\u2019s nothing to fear.<\/p>\n