Here’s a very simple act that we can all perform each day: offer up the “Thanksgiving Prayer.” Not just at Thanksgiving, but all year long. Because prayer transforms us, allowing God to transform the world through us.
Oh, God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work, help me to remember the jobless;
When I have a warm home, help me to remember the homeless;
When I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer;
And remembering, help me to destroy my complacency and bestir
my compassion.
Make me concerned enough to help, by word and deed, those who
cry out for what we take for granted.
—Samuel F. Phgh