Learn below what “thanksgiving” means, what prayers exist to carry out this act and where the holiday that takes place in various countries of the world comes from.
What does thanksgiving mean according to the bible
Thanksgiving in the Bible is related to worship, sacrifice and praise. For the Bible, thanksgiving is being thankful to God, as an act of worship.
This concept focuses on the relationship between man and God. Thanksgiving is done by acknowledging God’s faithfulness, followed by thanksgiving for God’s blessings.
There are a large number of verses that refer to the act of thanksgiving:
- With songs I will praise the name of God; with thanksgiving I will exalt him. Psalm 69:30
- Enter his gates with thanksgiving; come into your courts with hymns of praise; give him thanks, praise his name. Psalm 100:4
- Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; His great love endures forever. Psalm 106:1
The Thanksgiving Day holiday has diverse origins. On the one hand, it is a celebration that takes place in countries such as Canada, the United States, and Central American countries, to give thanks for the abundance of the harvest.
This ritual has been related to Christianity since ancient times as it was used to thank God for the blessings received. It is celebrated on October 27.
best thanksgiving prayers
If you want to know more about the act of thanksgiving, here I share various prayers for adults and children with which you can thank God for the good things you have in your life.
Thanksgiving Prayer for the Family
During the Thanksgiving celebration, there can be many reasons to be thankful. One of them is the family and the affections that surround you.
Here you will find a prayer of thanksgiving to God, to thank the people around you, who accompany you on your way and send them blessings.
You can pray the prayer of thanksgiving whenever you want to let God know that you are grateful for the family that has touched you:
Thank you, Lord, for my parents:
for your love and responsibility
to bring me into the world.
In his own way, giving his best
they have give me their love
and teach me to love.
Thank you, Lord, for my parents’ parents, my grandparents.
Their lives and testimonies are the best
reserve of patience, wisdom and love.
Thanks for all the members
of my big family.
Help us, Lord,
to grow in love and share it,
to grow in experience and share it.
Preserve my family and families
from all over the world united in love,
so that among all
Let’s build a world of peace and solidarity.
Amen
Thanksgiving prayer for life
Being grateful every day for what you have is a spiritual way of approaching God. It is recognizing the wonder of life and learning to recognize and create love within oneself.
Below I will share with you a Catholic thanksgiving prayer that you can pray when you need enlightenment. This prayer will remind you of the blessings that surround you.
Thank you because we can recognize how much we love each other, showing each day our appreciation through attention and respect for each other.
Thank you for your forgiveness, which you pour out on us as we strive to maintain an attitude of understanding and patience in this home and with those around us.
Thank you Christ for the lives and efforts of those who preceded us and who fought so that today we could live in freedom.
Thank you for the opportunities you have given us to love, serve, help, work and prosper in this place where we live, where you have brought us, not to go back but to conquer the blessings that you already have prepared by your holy will.
Thank you Jesus because your word is fulfilled and you have been here every day. We thank you that we have lacked nothing and because we have learned to value what we do have and not lose our peace by wishing for what we do not need.
Thank you because you will keep us in your holy hand, in your peace, and in health, and next year we will be able to meet again and bear witness that your love and your Spirit have reigned in this home; because you have and will have the first place in our lives.
Amen.
Prayer of thanksgiving for the gifts received
Here I will share a prayer for thanksgiving to pray throughout the day, especially if you have received a favor.
You can pray this prayer every day that you consider appropriate. If you have to thank a special blessing that God has granted you.
At the end of the prayer, pray three Our Fathers and Glory Be.
author and preserver of all things,
From whom come every perfect gift and precious gift,
and how much is good and optimal in the universe.
Blessed are you, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Father of mercies and God of all consolation,
because we owe our being to you, thanks to you
with which you have filled us in the course of life.
And confessing ourselves unworthy of so many graces,
of such high benefits and favors,
because we are the dust and the nothing,
and what is worse still, guilty and sinners,
we offer you, in thanksgiving for all your benefits,
your own only-begotten Son immolated for us on the altar,
where our Sacred Eucharistic Host is par excellence;
heartily united to this holy victim
we pay you tribute in reparation for our ingratitudes,
this humble tribute of praise and recognition
for the many benefits
that we have received from your loving and sweet splendor.
For the infinite perfection of your being, and your great glory,
We thank you, Lord!
For having taken us out of nowhere,
giving us the being and the life we have,
We thank you, Lord!
For having given us your beloved and Divine only-begotten Son,
We thank you, Lord!
By the gift of your Holy Spirit Paraclete,
We thank you, Lord!
For the infinite benefits of the Incarnation and Redemption,
We thank you, Lord!
Because in Jesus Christ our Lord, you have given us all things.
We thank you, Lord!
For the sanctification of souls
through the Precious Blood of our Divine Redeemer,
We thank you, Lord!
By the grace of divine adoption to which we have been called,
We thank you, Lord!
For the ineffable gift of Eucharistic life,
We thank you, Lord!
For having given us the Immaculate Virgin
for our loving Mother and protector,
We thank you, Lord!
For all the other benefits,
both general and special, of nature and grace,
that we have received from your liberality,
We thank you, Lord!
For having freed us from hell
that we deserved it for our sins,
We thank you, Lord!
For Heaven’s eternal reward,
that you have promised us, if we persevere in your love,
We thank you, Lord!
Praise the Lord, all you nations;
all peoples, sing his praises;
because his mercy has been confirmed upon us,
and the truth of the Lord remains eternally.
Fair, and due to the pair that healthy
is to pay taxes always and everywhere,
thanksgiving to you Holy Lord,
Almighty and merciful Father,
and there is no grace or gift
that it has not come to us from your divine generosity;
for which we unite our voices with those of the Angels
with the Saints and Blessed,
and with all creation, to acclaim:
Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving,
honor, virtue and strength to our God,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
thanksgiving prayer for kids
The prayer of thanksgiving at mass. It is usually long and made up of many parts.
Next I will share a short thanksgiving prayer, to teach the smallest of the house, the importance of the act of gratitude to God, for the blessings that they have.
your mercy is forever.
I ask that your peace rule in our hearts,
May we be grateful because you show us your goodness.
Teach us to live speaking wisely,
with thanksgiving on our lips,
instead of complaining about what we don’t have
or for the things that do not go well for us.
Thank you Lord for the life you give us,
for all your blessings that we see daily,
thank you for being our protector,
for taking care of us night and day.
Thank you God for being our source of love,
and for giving us the assurance that nothing
can separate us from that pure love.
Thank you God for the family, for the friends
by co-workers
and for all those people
that I can play on my way
through what you do.
I thank you so much for everything my God. Amen.
Here I share one Thanksgiving prayer for food, to also teach children to bless at the table, before eating.
Lord God, may our table be a place of fraternal exchange,
of human affection, of reciprocal consolation and of gratitude for all your gifts.
You are present among us because you are Love,
blessed forever and ever.
Amen.
More prayers of thanks and petition
If you liked these prayers of thanksgiving, here I share other Catholic prayers with which you can make your requests and give thanks for what God has granted:
- Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows: If you find yourself in an urgent situation and you need God and the Virgin to listen to you and help you, here I share prayers to Our Lady of Sorrows for serious and urgent matters.
- Prayer to the Lord of Miracles: knows the prayer to the Lord of Miracles and also learns his novena, to resolve difficult issues and find the blessing.
- Prayer to the Mighty Hand: learn the prayer to the Powerful Hand and pray them when you need illumination on your way before difficult, urgent or impossible problems to solve.
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