Day: November 22, 2012

Let All Things Now Living – Lebanon County Youth Chorus

Let All Things Now Living A hymn composed by Katherine Davis.
Sung in the video by Lebanon County Youth Chorus, from their album ‘Somewhere in the Skies.’

Litany of Thanksgiving – Book of Common Prayer

A Litany of Thanksgiving

Give thanks to the Lord who is good.
God’s love is everlasting.
Come, let us praise God joyfully.
Let us come to God with thanksgiving.
For the good world;
for things great and small, beautiful and awesome;
for seen and unseen splendors;

Thank you, God.

For human life;
for talking and moving and thinking together;
for common hopes and hardships shared from birth until our dying;

Thank you, God.

For work to do and strength to work;
for the comradeship of labor;
for exchanges of good humor and encouragement;

Thank you, God.

For marriage;
for the mystery and joy of flesh made one;
for mutual forgiveness and burdens shared;
for secrets kept in love;

Thank you, God.

For family;
for living together and eating together;
for family amusements and family pleasures;

Thank you, God.

For children;
for their energy and curiosity;
for their brave play and startling frankness;
for their sudden sympathies;

Thank you, God.

For the young;
for their high hopes;
for their irreverence toward worn-out values;
for their search for freedom;
for their solemn vows;

Thank you, God.

For growing up and growing old;
for wisdom deepened by experience;
for rest in leisure;
and for time made precious by its passing;

Thank you, God.

For your help in times of doubt and sorrow;
for healing our diseases;
for preserving us in temptation and danger;

Thank you, God.

For the church into which we have been called;
for the good news we receive by Word and Sacrament;
for our life together in the Lord;

We praise you, God.

For your Holy Spirit;
who guides our steps and brings us gifts f faith and love;
who prays in us and prompts our grateful worship;

We praise you, God.

Above all, O God, for your Son Jesus Christ,
who lived and died and lives again for our salvation;
for our hope in him; and for the joy of serving him;

We thank and praise you, Eternal God,
for all your goodness to us.
Give thanks to the Lord, who is good.

Morning Reading: Psalm 136 NLT

Psalm 136 NLT

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
   His faithful love endures forever.

Give Thanks

Give thanks to the God of gods.
   His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
  His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles.
 His faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully.
   His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters.
   His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights — the sun to rule the day, and the moon and stars to rule the night.
   His faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt.
   His faithful love endures forever.
He brought Israel out of Egypt.
   His faithful love endures forever.
He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm.
   His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea.
   His faithful love endures forever.
He led Israel safely through, but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
   His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness.
   His faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings.
   His faithful love endures forever.
He killed powerful kings — Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan.
   His faithful love endures forever.
God gave the land of these kings as an inheritance — a special possession to his servant Israel.
   His faithful love endures forever.

He remembered us in our weakness.
   His faithful love endures forever.
He saved us from our enemies.
   His faithful love endures forever.
He gives food to every living thing.
   His faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of heaven.
   His faithful love endures forever.