Harvest Litany

Once you begin to do something a certain way once, it becomes a tradition for a child. "We ALWAYS put up the Christmas tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving!" or "We ALWAYS have hot chocolate after midnight Mass." These ALWAYS traditions might have only been started last year, but for a child, we always do it this way.

Thanksgiving as a national holiday is similar. Began as a way to give thanks for the previous year's harvest, today we might not have that practice since most of us are not cutting harvest from the field.

What other "harvests" can we give thanks for? Perhaps this thanksgiving litany will assist you in always giving thanks!

Harvest Litany of Thanks

For human life, both those given and those received, We Thank you Lord.

For the opportunity to labor for you, We Thank you Lord.

For loved ones both near and far, We Thank you Lord.

For the young who teach us wonder, We Thank you Lord.

For the old who teach us wisdom, We Thank you Lord.

For times of joy to balance times of sorrow, We Thank you Lord.

For You, We Thank you Lord.