Liturgies and liturgical prayers invite us to connect with ourselves, unite our prayers with others, and commune with God when we feel like it and when we don’t feel like it.⁣
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Below is the full Collect for Thanksgiving Day, Rite One from the Book of Common Prayer. It focuses on the fruits of this earth and our stewardship of those gifts. But this prayer is also helping me consider several gifts I’ve received and moving me to pray for greater stewardship of those gifts. ⁣
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May we recognize and give God thanks for the gifts we have received.⁣
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May we lament and confess our past failures to use our gifts for the common good. ⁣
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May God turn us toward using all of the gifts bestowed on us—our time, resources, and talents—in ways that honor God and help all of us flourish. ⁣
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May we believe God hears our prayers of gratitude, lament, and longing. ⁣
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And may our turkey be perfect and our pies be plentiful.

Collect for Thanksgiving Day, Rite One⁣
Almighty and gracious Father, we give thee thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those who harvest them. Make us, we beseech thee, faithful stewards of thy great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.⁣

*Image and words originally posted by Charlotte Donlon on Instagram.