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1. "Father, for our food we thank You, and for our joys. Help us love You more. — Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops 2. "From the smallest morsel to this mega feast, we are forever grateful.
"Lord God, our hearts are crowded with gratitude as we celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving. We have come to this our feasting table with great joy and eagerness, for we are truly grateful to you ...
Bless your Thanksgiving feast with any one of the short Thanksgiving prayers—from poems to psalms—to make your feast even more special.
Grace before the Meal, by Fritz von Uhde, 1885. A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. [1] The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing which sanctifies the meal. In English, reciting such a prayer is sometimes referred to as "saying ...
This part of the prayer is prayed either right after the first part of the prayer before a meal or separately from the first part of the prayer at the end of a meal. A common North American variation of this prayer generally goes as follows: "Come Lord Jesus be our guest and let these gifts to us be blessed." [2]
Share the gratitude you feel on Thanksgiving with these Thanksgiving prayers and blessings. The post 11 Thanksgiving Blessings to Read at the Table This Year appeared first on Reader's Digest.
St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274) composed a Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion that became a classic: I thank You, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who have deigned, not through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:9: "For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God." Psalm 118:1: " Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for ...