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The family and guests stand
or sit around the table upon which there is
an unlighted candle.
Opening Prayer:
We come to our table to welcome
this feast of Thanksgiving with joy and with
gladness. We
have prepared this common meal with good food
and drink. We
have gathered together and come around this table
to celebrate the many things for which we are
grateful.
Light the Candle.
Giving Thanks
Each person is asked to
state one thing that he or she is thankful
for this Thanksgiving.
"I am thankful for ______________________________________."
Blessing
The final blessing is read
by family members, each one reading a paragraph
until the prayer is completed.
Lord of all blessings, from
you has come a full harvest of gifts to us. With
our uplifted hearts, we come today around this
table to give thanks to you.
We are grateful for the gifts
of our lives. We
are grateful for the family and friends you have
given us. We
remember and give thanks for all of them today.
On this Thanksgiving Day, we
thank you for showing us how to return thanks
by lives of service, by acts of hospitality,
by kindness to others, and by concern for each
other.
We are most grateful, today,
for the way you, our loving God, have become
visible to us - in one another, in our families,
in our friends, and in the beauty of creation
itself.
Come
Lord of Gifts. Bless
our table and all the food for our meal.Let
us thank the Lord today and all days. Amen. |
