A General Thanksgiving [with some additions]
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us.
We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love.
[For the wonderful seasonal weather and fall colors,
for the bountiful harvest that we shared this Thanksgiving]
We thank you for the blessing of family and friends,
and for the loving care which surrounds us on every side.
[For the successful pie auction, with over 40 pies, $800 raised for our ministries,
and bountiful fellowship shared among many]
We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best efforts,
and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy and delight us.
[For the challenges of worshiping digitally during the pandemic,
and continuing to be Church in these trying times]
We thank you also for those disappointments and failures
that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.
[For those times we could not be with those who were sick and dying due to isolation restrictions, or could not gather as we normally do,
and resting in the knowledge that you were there always]
Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast obedience, by which he overcame temptation;
for his dying, through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life again,
in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.
Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know Christ and make him known;
and through him, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen. (BCP pg836)
Peace
Fr. Henry+
