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O God, from whom all good things come, grant that, by your inspiration, we may discern what is right, and by your merciful guiding may do it; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

O God, from whom all good things come, grant that, by your inspiration, we may discern what is right, and by your merciful guiding may do it; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

LIGHT OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN Seeking Answers A retelling of a recent event in Valley Center. Son: “I think I may lose the job I have had for several years.” Mother: “I will pray for you and your job concerns.” Several weeks later. Son: “ I lost my job…I am now one of the unemployed.”

O God, from whom all good things come, grant that, by your inspiration, we may discern what is right, and by your merciful guiding may do it; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sometimes arcane language is more precise than modern language.  The General Thanksgiving is found in the service of Morning Prayer. In Morning Prayer, Rite II, the prayer begs God to create in us an awareness of God’s mercies, that we might therefore be “truly” thankful. The same prayer in Rite I asks God to give us a “due sense” of God’s mercies, that our hearts might therefore be “unfeignedly” thankful. Unfeignedly thankful is not quite the same as truly thankful. To feign s...