Gratefulness:
A Prayer of the Heart
Church Ladies Retreat to the Campion Center in Weston
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Thanksgiving cornstalks once tall and green are now brown, dried, surrendered, ears of corn with full kernels shaped and turned golden in a summer of sunshine and rain. the fill to fullness wide wagons, falling now into tall, round bins, copious in their generosity, abundant in unrestrained harvest. this plentitude of the land signal my own gathering of grain as I turn to the bounty found in the field of my heart. all those daily gifts that grace my humble path, come rumbling forth, like a corn harvest of golden goodness. they are my bin-full, my thanksgiving treasure, my wide wagon of richness. they are my sureness that the god of the harvest still hurrahs. (By Joyce Rupp) |
I ask the
grace for "an intimate knowledge of the many
blessings received, so that, filled with
gratitude for all, I may in all things love and
serve God." |
 Beaders busy at work. |
| Loving God, you so generously lavish our lives with your goodness; create in our hearts a deep center of gratitude, a center that grows so strong in thanksgiving that our lives are a song of praise. 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 extravagant love. Amen |
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