Thanksgiving Prayers

A Simple Prayer for Thanksgiving

We begin our prayer in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Father in Heaven, Creator of all and source of all goodness and love, please look kindly upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in this time of giving thanks.
Thank you for all the graces and blessings. You have bestowed upon us, spiritual and temporal: our faith and religious heritage. Our food and shelter, our health, the loves we have for one another, our family and friends.
Dear Father, in Your infinite generosity, please grant us continued graces and blessing throughout the coming year. This we ask in the Name of Jesus, Your Son and our Brother. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayer for Families

We begin our prayer in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We bless your name, O Lord,for sending your own incarnate Son,to become part of a family,so that, as he lived its life,he would experience its worries and its joys.
We ask  you, Lord,to protect and watch over this family,so that in the strength of your graceits members may enjoy prosperity,possess the priceless gift of your peace,and, as the Church alive in the home,bear witness in this world to your glory.
We ask this throught Christ our Lord.Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

A Prayer of Gratitude on Thanksgiving

We begin our prayer in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Father, all of Creation rightly owes you thanks and praise. Your justice, love, and mercy abound. We thank you this day for all that you have given us:
For the Passion and Death of your Divine Son, we thank you Father, through the Cross, He redeemed the world.
For the Church, we thank you Father, it is our beacon for salvation.
For the martyrs and saints who give testimony to your Son, we thank you Father, their witness to your Son is our inheritance.
For our loved ones and friends who have died and gone before us, we thank you Father, their love abides with us forever.
For loving spouses, we thank you Father, together we seek you.
For the gift of children, we thank you Father, they are your precious gifts to us and to the world.
For the gift of our families, loved ones, and good friends, we thank you Father, Through them we see the reflection of your Son.
For jobs, our homes, and all that we have, we thank you Father, give us only that which we need, as we seek Your Kingdom.
For the bounty we are about to eat, we thank you through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. P

Psalm 100: A Psalm of Thanksgiving

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
A psalm of thanksgiving.
Shout joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God,
he made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the flock he shepherds.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, bless his name
good indeed is the LORD,
His mercy endures forever,
his faithfulness lasts through every generation.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Psalm 65: Praise of Creation

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
To you we owe our hymn of praise, O God on Zion;
To you our vows must be fulfilled, you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins; only you can pardon them.
Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring to dwell in your courts.
May we be filled with the good things of your house, your holy temple!
You answer us with awesome deeds of justice, O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off across the sea.
You are robed in power, you set up the mountains by your might.
You still the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.
Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
You visit the earth and water it, make it abundantly fertile.
God’s stream is filled with water; you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it: you drench its plowed furrows, and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft, blessing its young sprouts.
You adorn the year with your bounty; your paths drip with fruitful rain. 
The meadows of the wilderness also drip; the hills are robed with joy.
The pastures are clothed with flocks, the valleys blanketed with grain; they
cheer and sing for joy.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Aspirations of Cardinal Bona

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I beg of you, dearest Savior, come and reign over my heart. Far from me forever be all other loves but You, my supreme God. Burn me with the fire of thy beauty, O sovereign of my heart; to You, I sacrifice all, even my inmost being.
Jesus, Lord of my heart, mighty and strong, all hail! O Savior, reign absolutely over this heart of mine. Oh! How happy I am to think that thy reign can have no end. Thousands of hearts have loved You tenderly, thousands of heart will cherish you in time to come. Would that they were all united with mine to love and cherish you as you deserve. Would that I could make thee sought for and loved by all the sons of Adam, Lord who are all lovable!
Triumph, my love, my beginning, and my all! I want thee only, desire You alone! My joy, my great joy is that you oh God, a God that is good, perfect, immeasurable, infinite, just, wise, powerful. I love You for Your own sake, and I rejoice in your favors for the sole reason that they are yours! Pause I throw myself into your arms, Jesus, with all the fervor of my soul. I sing for joy that all the angels and saints adore and praise you. Oh! That I could love you in proportion as thou art lovable! But since this is impossible for any creature, let me at least love thee as much as I can and ought. Fill my soul with your love, my God, so that I may die in its embrace, wholly devoured and burnt up in its flame. How much I repent having loved anything else but thee! Oh! Would that I might have my life over again, and drown it in thy love!
Sweet life of my soul, let my heart faint away in You! What else can I desire in heaven, what else can I desire in heaven, what else can I seek on earth, but you? I have asked of You one favor alone, and it is all that I shall seek, Lord, at your hand: to dwell in thy house all the days of thy life. May my last breath be a sigh of love. May I die of your love, my God. May my life, if it did not begin with love, at least end in it; and let my last act be an act of love.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

Short Litany of Aspirations

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
May I prove to You my love, O heart of Jesus, by a spirit of self-sacrifice for your interests.
May I cheerfully make every sacrifice You demand of me, O heart of my Jesus.
May the sacrifices You ask of me glorify You, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice made for Your love draw me nearer to You, O heart of my Jesus.
By increasing in the spirit of self-sacrifice, may I become more like You O heart of my Jesus.
May the sacrifices I make be agreeable to You, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice win one soul to You, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice prevent one mortal sin, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice earn a special grace for some soul, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice merit a holy death for some soul, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice relieve a soul in purgatory, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice ascend as a prayer to You, O heart of my Jesus.
May each sacrifice be as a hymn of praise to You, O heart of my Jesus.
May Your Holy Spirit instruct me more and more in the spirit of self-sacrifice, O heart of my Jesus.
May the spirit of self-sacrifice increase in our family, O heart of my Jesus. 
May the same spirit be propagated throughout the whole Church, O heart of my Jesus.
And may it hasten the Church's triumph, O heart of my Jesus.
O Lamb of God, sacrificed for us, give us a spirit of self-sacrifice.
O Lamb of God, daily immolating Yourself upon the altar for us, give us grace to immolate our wills for Your sake.
O Lamb of God, dying for us, give us grace to die to all that wounds your Sacred Heart.
Let us pray,
O Lord Jesus Christ, whose whole life was one continual sacrifice for the glory of Your Father and the salvation of our souls, grant us the grace to find our joy in making sacrifices for You and for the interests of Your Sacred Heart. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.