A Prayer for Thanksgiving - Dominican Sisters

To pray as a litany… respond after each line…
Gracious God, give us generous hearts

To share whatever gift it is that you have given us…
To acknowledge you as the giver of all good gifts…
To give without counting the cost…
To share without expecting something in return…
To be wise in the way of caring for ourselves and others…
To hold all of our treasures and values with open hands…
To have gospel priorities and to align our life, love, and time in their light…
To be gracious and unbegrudging in our giving…
To recognize the abundance of blessings in each passing day…
To know the freedom that comes with true generosity…
To experience the heart of the widow giving her mite…
To accept our talents, whether many or few, and to use them in service of the Kindgom…
To grow in giving thanks for everything…
To be happy with having what we need and to be wise enough to know what it is that we want and do not need…
To fall more deeply in love with the God of all generosity so that our hears are strong enough to give away freely whaever is asked…

O gracious God, who so generously lavishes ou lives with goodness,
create in our hearst a deep center of gratitude, a center that grows so strong in its thanksgiving that sharing freely of our treasures becomes the norm and the pattern of our existence. Remind us often of how much you cherish us, of how abundantly you have offered gifts to us, especially in the hours of our greatest need. May we always be grateful for your reaching into our lives with surprises of joy, growth, and unearned love. Amen.