Thanksgiving Prayers

For all religions, Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect and count all the blessings of the Almighty and be thankful for them. This day ought to be full of love and thanks and gives us an opportunity to praise God and appreciate all the little things He has given us. It is customary to say grace and offer thanks to the Lord before the Thanksgiving dinner and feast. We have brought you a collection of Thanksgiving prayers including the traditional Thanksgiving hymn, Catholic Thanksgiving prayer, short Thanksgiving prayer by Emerson and funny Thanksgiving prayer by Wesemann that is sure to attract the attention of everybody at the table.

On Thanksgiving, it is a tradition to first thank the God and praise Him for his innumerable blessings. Then, people usually wish 'Happy Thanksgiving' to their families or their hosts and their family. According to the custom, people offer thanks for their family, spouse, children and health. You may teach your children to appreciate all the good things in their lives and be thankful for them, by holding a family discussion for a few minute, where each member of the family household enumerates things for which they are thankful and then worship together.

Some people say grace daily before the meals such as Catholics or give thanks to God in a prayer form before going to bed on a daily basis. However, Thanksgiving provides us an opportunity to encourage unity and bonding in the family as all the members may hold hands while saying the grace, thanking and praising God on this Day. Thanksgiving has recently been accepted by Catholics as a holy or religious holiday and some churches hold Mass on this day as a new Thanksgiving tradition.