Thanksgiving

It is the season of giving thanks:

• for life, family, friends.
• for children, birth and by marriage, and grandchildren, birth and by marriage, present and future.
• for gatherings where blended families celebrate each other's presence.

It is a time for remembrance for those not present:

• for ancestors gone before and relationships broken.
• for those whose lives are at a physical distance - for Jennifer and Riley, for Andrew, for Tom and Kathy and Andrea.
• for those whose responsibilities keep them working - for Sarah and Kat.

It is a time of prayer

• for those unemployed and those in fear of unemploment - for Ryan and us all.
• for those in pain - physical and not.
• for those touched by the mystery of life and death.

For this, O Lord, we pray.