Giving Thanks, a Prayer

FATHER GOD, THE FAMILY COMES BEFORE
YOU

HUMBLY THANKING YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE BROUGHT US THROUGH.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE GENERATIONS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE TIME THAT WE AGAIN BECOME PART OF THAT NEVER ENDING
CIRCLE.

YOU HAVE MADE A WAY FOR EACH OF US AND WE THANK YOU FOR
THAT. 

WE ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR ANY WRONG WE’VE DONE. 

YOU WELCOMED PEOPLE WHO CAME TO YOU AND JOINED IN THEIR
FAMILY PARTIES AND THEIR MEALS.  BE WITH
US THIS DAY AND BLESS OUR FAMILY GATHERING WITH YOUR PRESENCE. 

KEEP US ALWAYS IN YOUR LOVE AND GRANT US THE JOY OF
CELEBRATING THE MYSTERY OF YOUR LOVE IN EACH OTHER AS MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY
AND THE GRIMM BOHANAN PICARDI FAMILY. 

BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER AND MAKE US THANKFUL FOR THE FOOD
AND LOVE WE SHARE.

BLESS THE STRENGTH YOU GIVE US AND LET EACH OF US USE OUR
LIFE TO HELP OTHERS EACH DAY. 

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST WE PRAY.  AMEN.

From a prayer written by my father-in-law, Jesse Grimm, for a family reunion.