Here’s a thanksgiving litany from the Book of Common Worship (1993). It was
posted on the website of the Annandale United Methodist Church.
Thanksgiving Litany
Give thanks to the Lord who is good.
God’s
love is everlasting.
Come, let us praise God joyfully.
Let us
come to God with thanksgiving.
For the good world;
for things great and small,
beautiful and awesome;
for seen and unseen splendors;
Thank
you, God.
For human life;
for talking and moving and thinking together;
for common hopes and hardships shared from
birth until our dying;
Thank
you, God.
For work to do and strength to work;
for the comradeship of labor;
for exchanges of good humor and
encouragement;
Thank
you, God.
For marriage;
for the mystery and joy of flesh made one;
for mutual forgiveness and burdens shared;
for confidences kept in love;
Thank
you, God.
For family;
for living together and eating together;
for family amusements and family pleasures;
Thank
you, God.
For children;
for their energy and curiosity;
for their brave play and startling frankness;
for their sudden sympathies;
Thank
you, God.
For the young;
for their high hopes;
for their irreverence toward worn-out values;
for their search for freedom;
for their solemn vows;
Thank
you, God.
For growing up and growing old;
for wisdom deepened by experience;
for rest in leisure;
and for time made precious by its passing;
Thank
you, God.
For your help in times of doubt and sorrow;
for healing our diseases;
for preserving us in temptation and danger;
Thank
you, God.
For the church into which we have been
called;
for the good news we receive by Word and
Sacrament;
for our life together in the Lord;
We
praise you, God.
For your Holy Spirit,
who guides our steps and brings us gifts of
faith and love;
who prays in us and prompts our grateful
worship;
We
praise you, God.
Above all, O God, for your Son Jesus Christ,
who lived and died and lives again for our
salvation;
for our hope in him;
and for the joy of serving him;
We thank
and praise you, Eternal God,
for
your everlasting love. Amen.
~ from the Book
of Common Worship, 1993. Posted on the website of the Annandale United Methodist Church. http://www.annandale-umc.org/filerequest/2687
