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Thanksgiving Collect

ALMIGHTY and gracious Father, we give you 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.
Published at 2:48 pm on Thursday 27 November 2008. Categories: Church Tags: .
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Hi Cusack. What’s the prayer from?

— PAH 29 Nov 2008 2:47 pm

I think it’s from the American BCP.

— Andrew Cusack 29 Nov 2008 7:42 pm

Worth a look: the unreconstructed collect for Thanksgiving Day, from the 1928 (and earlier) American Prayer Books.

“O MOST merciful Father, who hast blessed the labours of the husbandman in the returns of the fruits of the earth; We give thee humble and hearty thanks for this thy bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving-kindness to us, that our land may still yield her increase, to thy glory and our comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

— AAK 23 Dec 2008 10:02 am
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