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Thanksgiving Prayers and Reflections

1. The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth (Pilgrim Museum)

2. Thanksgiving Prayers (AmericanCatholic.org)

3. Top Prayers for Thanksgiving (GodWeb.org)

4. We Gather Together

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens his will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
Sing praises to his name: He forgets not his own.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
So from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, wast at our side, All glory be thine!

We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
And pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Amen
-Traditional Thanksgiving Hymn
(A translation by Theodore Baker: 1851-1934)

5. Psalm 100

A psalm of thanksgiving.
Shout joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
Worship the LORD with cries of gladness; come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God, our maker to whom we belong, whose people we are, God's well-tended flock.
Enter the temple gates with praise, its courts with thanksgiving. Give thanks to God, bless his name;
Good indeed is the LORD, Whose love endures forever, whose faithfulness lasts through every age.

6. Psalm 111

Hallelujah. I will praise the LORD with all my heart in the assembled congregation of the upright.
Great are the works of the LORD, to be treasured for all their delights.
Majestic and glorious is your work, your wise design endures forever.
You won renown for your wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the LORD.
You gave food to those who fear you, mindful of your covenant forever.
You showed powerful deeds to your people, giving them the lands of the nations.
The works of your hands are right and true, reliable all your decrees,
Established forever and ever, to be observed with loyalty and care.
You sent deliverance to your people, ratified your covenant forever; holy and awesome is your name.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who live by it. Your praise endures forever.

7. Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation 2006 (WhiteHouse.gov)