Here’s
a litany of thanksgiving and commitment from Catholic Relief Services.
Litany of Thanksgiving
God
Most High,
Before
your son fed the multitudes, he first gave thanks.
Before
he raised his friend Lazarus, he first gave thanks,
that
all might know your glory.
And
so, as we are blessed to do your works in the world,
that
all, indeed, might know your glory
we
thank you and praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to feed the poor
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to heal the sick
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to lift up the broken
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to harbor the refugee
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to aid the endangered
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to speak on behalf of the marginalized and vulnerable
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord.
For
the grace to be
for
the prisoner, the addict,
the
lost, the outcast, the dying
what
your son has been for us:
a
comfort, a beacon, a shepherd, a rabbi,
a
healer, a hope
the
salt of the earth, the light of the world
we thank you and
praise you, O Lord. Amen.
