Traditional Prayers
A General Thanksgiving (Book of Common Prayer)
Written by Bishop Edward Reynolds for the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, this is the classic Anglican thanksgiving, said at Morning and Evening Prayer.
Almighty God, Father of all mercies,
we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks
for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men.
We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life;
but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world
by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies,
that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful,
and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips but in our lives;
by giving up ourselves to thy service,
and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory,
world without end. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer, 1662
About the prayer
It is prayed at Thanksgiving services and whenever gratitude needs words larger than a single blessing.
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