Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Let us remember to thank God today for the many blessings we have received. Remember to say a special Blessing before your Thanksgiving meal today.
Invite someone to dinner who has no place to go for Thanksgiving. If you have no other commitments volunteer to help serve Thanksgiving dinner at a place that is serving the poor.
We remember that Thanksgiving Day actually has origins in the Catholic arrival in the New World long before the Puritans arrived in New England.
We are thankful for our families, our health, our Faith, the Sacraments, the Church, the grace to be a Catholic, the opportunities given to us, and so much more. Thursday is especially honored each week in honor of the Institution of the Eucharist, and the word "Eucharist" is Greek for "Thanksgiving."
May we render to God each and every day - and especially today - our thanks since everything we have, do, experience, know, and love is a gift from God.
Collect:
O God of Whose mercies there is no number, and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite: we render thanks to Thy most gracious Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon us, always beseeching Thy clemency; that as Thou grantest the petitions of them that ask Thee, Thou wilt prepare them for the greater rewards that still await them.
Collect:
O God of Whose mercies there is no number, and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite: we render thanks to Thy most gracious Majesty for the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon us, always beseeching Thy clemency; that as Thou grantest the petitions of them that ask Thee, Thou wilt prepare them for the greater rewards that still await them.
Prayer Source: Votive Mass of Thanksgiving (1962 Missal)
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