Penitential Rite:
Lord Jesus - you call us to have thankful heart - Lord have mercy.
Christ Jesus - you join us in giving thanks to our Heavenly Father - Christ have mercy.
Lord Jesus - you bring us new life - Lord have mercy.
Priest: With grateful hearts and with confidence in God’s care and mercy, we place our prayers before him this Thanksgiving morning:
1. In gratitude for God’s loving care, we pray that he that he will guide our Holy Father, Pope Francis, our Bishop, Joseph Kopacz, and all of our Church leaders.
2. In gratitude for our nation and our state, we pray God’s help for our president, our governor, and all our national, state and local elected officials.
3. In gratitude for our family and friends, we pray God’s blessing upon them today – especially those most in need of God’s assistance at this moment.
4. In gratitude for the gifts of health and material blessings, we pray for those who do not have these gifts, that God may aid them and that we might mutually support one another.
5. In gratitude for the faithful departed and for our loved ones who have gone before us, that God might grant them eternal life in his presence.
6. In gratitude for those who keep us safe: our first responders and the men and women in the military, especially those who are not able to spend Thanksgiving with their families. May the Lord lead them and guide them in their service.
7. In thanksgiving for the missionaries who bring God’s word both near and far, may the Lord inspire them in their ministry.
8. For all those who have been negatively affected by the pandemic. For help and healing for those in need.
9. In the silence of our hearts, we present our personal prayer petitions.
Celebrant: Hear our prayers, loving Father, on this Thanksgiving Day. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord for ever and ever. Amen.
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