A Thanksgiving Prayer

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, November 19, 2000

As we gather together at this holiday season
around the table heaped with unspeakable abundance,
may we taste the divine essence in every bite.
May blessed pearls of continuity and change
enter into our bodies and become transformed
into wisdom and truth, love and beauty,
all within this most earthen, earthy vessel.

Each act of nourishment is holy,
divine grace, ours for the asking,
free of all judgment of whom we happen to be or not.
Remember this: When we look upon the holy light
in the eye of the other we see the reflection
of the God who gave us life.
When we taste the divine essence in every morsel,
we commune with the God who made us and all earth;
we rejoice in the sacred song of Life,
and sing back our gifts of a spirit even unafraid to die.

So, as we join to share this meal and this holy day,
let us bow our heads in prayer
over these sacred grains and holy morsels:
they are no puny inheritance,
they are our sustenance:
yes, even of our souls as of our bodies. Amen.

jbs
9/23/00 - 11/19/00

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