Guidelines For An Extemporaneous Prayer Of Thanksgiving

Traditions that do not use fixed prayers may follow the suggestions below: Begin with thanks for the goodness of God made available to us in Creation. Recall the people of faith such as Abraham, Moses, David, prophets, Miriam, Deborah, Ruth, Hulda, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Priscilla, or others through whom the continued witness of God's activity in the world has been made. Make thanks for God's salvific action in Jesus Christ, in his incarnation, death, and resurrection. Repeat Christ's words at the institution of the Lord's Supper. Pray a prayer to the effect that participation in Communion is an offering of praise and an offering of one's life to God. Briefly proclaim the death, Resurrection, and the coming again of Christ at the end of history. Invoke the Holy Spirit to come upon people and gifts to confirm their faith in truth. Lead the people in the Lord's Prayer.…