Here is a litany of praise for the country of Canada. It
was posted on the website of the CCDSB Religious Education & Family Life
Resource Office.
Litany of Praise on Canada Day
For
the gift of the Pacific Ocean, its salmon, orcas, and seals
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of the Yukon Territory,
Land
of the Midnight Sun with all its riches:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
gift of the Northwest Territories,
the
MacKenzie, the Nahanni, Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Nunavut’s Arctic islands,
polar
bears, narwhals, colourful tundra and boreal forests:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of British Columbia’s majestic mountains
and
towering firs:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Alberta’s grain and oil,
for
the Athabasca, Peace and Saskatchewan rivers:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Saskatchewan’s rivers, lakes,
open
prairies and sweeping sky:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Manitoba’s lakes and forests,
from
its southern border to Hudson’s Bay:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
gift of Ontario’s Great Lakes, waterways,
lush
farmlands and forests:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Quebec’s St. Lawrence lowlands,
the
Gaspé and Canadian Shield to Hudson’s Bay:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of New Brunswick,
from
Fundy’s tides and its forested heart, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Nova Scotia, the Annapolis Valley,
Cape
Breton Highlands and Lobster fisheries:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Prince Edward Island,
its
Cavendish dunes, fertile fields and peaceful breeze.
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of Newfoundland and Labrador,
its
rocky forests, whales, icebergs, fisheries, and fjords:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of the Atlantic Ocean
and
its riches that supply us with food:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
For
the gift of the Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay,
Hudson
and James Bay and their bounty of marine life:
We praise You and thank
You, O God!
Blessed
are you, O God, for the wonderful gifts
you
bestow on us across this beautiful land!
~
posted on http://religiouseducation.rccdsb.edu.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2010/06/Prayer-for-Canada1.pdf
