Penitential rite:
Lord Jesus - you call us to have grateful hearts - Lord have mercy.
Christ Jesus - you call to open our hearts to your will - Christ have mercy.
Lord Jesus - you give us many blessings - Lord have mercy.
Prayers of the faithful:
Celebrant: With grateful hearts and with confidence in God’s constant care for us, we place our needs before him:
1. In gratitude for God’s loving care, we pray that he that he will guide our Holy Father, Pope Francis, our Bishop of the Diocese of Jackson, Joseph Kopacz, and all of our Church leaders, we pray to the Lord.
2. In gratitude for our nation, we pray God’s help for our President and all our national, state and local elected officials, we pray to the Lord.
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, we pray to the Lord.
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, that we might mutually support one another, we pray to the Lord.
5. In gratitude for our loved ones who have gone before us, that God might grant them eternal life in his presence, we pray to the Lord.
6. In silence we recall our personal personal in the recesses of our hearts (pause) we pray to the Lord.
Celebrant: Loving Father, on this Thanksgiving Day, we present our prayers through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, forever and ever.
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