• Prayers for Thanksgiving come from various cultures and faiths. Thanksgiving prayers reflect the holiday's theme of gratitude for the blessings in each of our life, and ask for blessings to be extended to us, our loved ones and the food you are about to enjoy. These prayers are not just for Thanksgiving, however; they can be said around the table for Thanksgiving dinner or any time of the year you feel thankful and blessed.

• 1. Canada and the United States can both claim early Thanksgiving rootsThanksgiving November: Thanksgiving Facts
  2. Americans have Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in NovemberThanksgiving November: Thanksgiving Facts
  3. Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of OctoberThanksgiving November: Thanksgiving Facts
  4. Thanksgiving 2009: November 26
  5. Thanksgiving originated as a day of thanks giving to thank GodSan Jose State University: The Origin of Thanksgiving

• The Giving of Thanks

  All throughout the history of the American colonization there were celebrations of thanks giving during which explorers and colonists alike set aside a day to give thanks to God after surviving exceptionally difficult experiences. From the trials of Canadian explorer Martin Frobisher to the Plymouth Rock Pilgrims, these groups gave name to the holiday we celebrate today known as Thanksgiving.Twilight Bridge: History and Origin of Canadian ThanksgivingScholastic: The First Thanksgiving Feast

• A Selection of Thanksgiving Prayers

  O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this feast today.American Catholic: [Thanksgiving Prayers

  
  

  On this Thanksgiving Day, we remember the poor and the needy. We pray for your mercy and love to surround them.Dr. Neil Chadwick Sermon: The Thanksgiving Prayer of Jesus

  
  

  Lord and Lady, watch over us, and bless us as we eat. Bless this food, this bounty of earth, we thank you, so mote it be.About.com: Saying Grace Pagan and Wiccan Style

  
  

  Be present at our table, Lord. Be here and everywhere adored. Thy creatures bless and grant that we may feast in paradise with Thee.http://www.godweb.org/thanksgivingprayers2.htm

  
  

  Come, Lord Jesus, Be our guest. And let Thy gifts to us be blest. Amen.http://www.godweb.org/thanksgivingprayers2.htm

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