Thanksgiving
We give thanks this day.
For the expanding grandeur of Creation,
worlds known and unknown,
galaxies beyond galaxies,
filling us with awe and challenging our imaginations:
We give thanks this day.
For this fragile planet earth,
its times and tides, its sunsets and seasons:
We give thanks this day. We give thanks this day. We give thanks this day. We give thanks this day. We give thanks this day. We give thanks this day. In Jesus name We pray
For the joy of human life,
its wonders and surprises, its hopes and achievements:
For our human community,
our common past and future hope,
our oneness transcending all separation,
our capacity to work for peace and justice in the midst of hostility and oppression:
For high hopes and noble causes, for faith without fanaticism,
for understanding of views not shared:
For all who have labored and suffered for a fairer world,
who have lived so that others might live in dignity and freedom:
For human liberty and sacred rites;
for opportunities to change and grow, to affirm and choose:
We pray that we may live not by our fears but by our hopes,
not by our words but by our deeds.
Amen.