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THE QUESTION
What are you grateful for?
In October 1789, President George Washington declared his support for a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God."
Do you have a Thanksgiving blessing or prayer? What are you grateful for?
Share your Thanksgiving prayer with us.
Posted by
Elizabeth Tenety on November 22, 2010 11:17 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Thanks be to you, O Lord
Our Father, you provide for our needs, and call upon us to aid the needy. As we enjoy the fruits of the good earth, help us to keep it good, make it better, and prevent its becoming worse. Grant to those in authority a right judgment in all things pertaining to the common good.
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on November 29, 2010 2:53 PM
Grateful for grace
Being grateful is remembering that we did not get here on our own.
Posted by Lyle Dukes, on November 25, 2010 12:03 AM
Thanksgiving: a path to happiness and health
The following eight simple steps will actually help us all to stay a little more thankful this Thanksgiving and find new happiness because we are.
Posted by Brad Hirschfield, on November 24, 2010 2:22 PM
A secular Thanksgiving
Many Thanksgiving gatherings have a mixture of secularists and religionists. There are ways to begin a meal with reflection and thanks that can be appreciated by everyone. After all, we owe thanks every day to real people who make a difference in our lives. Here's an example of a more graceful "grace," as we sit down to a nice dinner:
Posted by Herb Silverman, on November 23, 2010 3:14 PM
Thanksgiving as a habit of mind
An attitude of gratitude is not automatic. It only becomes a habit of mind through intentional and continual effort.
Posted by Valerie Elverton Dixon, on November 23, 2010 2:24 PM
Thanksgiving for freedom and life
This is what we celebrate at Thanksgiving - not just that we have food, but that we have freedom, rooted in God and the recognition that government cannot tamper with our human rights.
Posted by Fr. Frank Pavone, on November 23, 2010 1:13 PM
Thanks be to Our Gracious God
This year, I continue to be thankful for a gracious God who doesn't give me everything I might want, but always gives everything (and more) that I need. I thank God each day for the companionship of my best friend and the strongest woman I know in this world, my wife, Jean.
Posted by Jim Daly, on November 23, 2010 12:57 PM
Thanks . . . without presidential blessing
I am thankful for my two great children; the opportunity to do work I think is central to our future; and a wonderful marriage that has lasted over 40 years.
Posted by Barry Lynn, on November 22, 2010 4:17 PM
Grateful for God-inspired courage
Gratitude always engenders hope in me and so it does this Thanksgiving, 2010. May it do so as well for you.
Posted by Janet Edwards, on November 22, 2010 4:07 PM
Thankful to give thanks
In the Talmud one rabbi offers the comprehensive prayer that he is thankful to be able to give thanks.
Posted by David Wolpe, on November 22, 2010 11:44 AM
