Liturgy - Week 5: Tuesday

Thanksgiving Prayer

Let us give thanks to the beneficent and merciful God, the Father of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, for He has covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us to Him, had compassion on us, supported us, and has brought us to this hour. 

St. Basil the Great

Gratitude is due from man to God; not alone for the things which we see, but for those which we see not, which are felt rather than perceived. For we are surrounded by the unseen workings of God's providence, which are no less than those which are manifest; yet our thanksgiving for them is the stronger, because they are not open to the senses. Let us then praise Him for all things, which may be known and which may not, for the seen and the unseen, for what we understand and for what surpasses our understanding.