Thanksgiving Prayers

If you are asked to say a prayer at your Thanksgiving table, consider one of these, or write your own. Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Prayers

Our Father in Heaven,
We give thanks for the pleasure
of gathering together for this occasion.
We give thanks for this food
prepared by loving hands.
We give thanks for life,
the freedom to enjoy it all
and all other blessings.
As we partake of this food,
we pray for health and strength
to carry on and try to live

as You would have us.
This we ask in the name of Christ.

Amen.
- Harry Jewell

O God, when I have food,

help me to remember the hungry;

When I have work,

help me to remember the jobless;

When I have a home,

help me to remember those who have no home;

When I am without pain,

help me to remember those who suffer,

And remembering,

help me to destroy my complacency;

bestir my compassion,

and be concerned enough to help

those who cry out for what we take for granted.

Amen.

-Samuel F. Pugh