Thanksgiving at the Cathedral

“Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise
for all that you have done for us.”

2024 National Thanksgiving Day Service

Thursday, November 28 • 10 am eastern

Join us in-person or online on Thanksgiving Day amidst the beauty of God’s abundance as it fills the Cathedral nave. We gather to give thanks through word and song for the blessings of our lives. ASL interpretation is offered for this service. Please note: this service is not a Holy Eucharist. 

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Season of Giving

Cathedral Cares
The Cathedral community is joining our local partners to support families in the community who need a helping hand to enjoy this holiday season. Season of Giving focuses on two waves of support: first providing Thanksgiving meals for families, and later providing Christmas gifts and gift cards for children and teens. Learn more how to help or donate directly. Learn more

Alphabet of Gratitude

digital ministry
The Cathedral Close Online—the Cathedral’s growing digital community—is offering a guided practice of gratitude during the month of November. Each day we'll expand our vocabulary of gratitude with a new concept, including a definition, a quote, and a scripture passage. Join the Reflection space to participate. learn more
A Prayer of General Thanksgiving

Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have
done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole
creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life,
and for the mystery of love.

We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for
the loving care which surrounds us on every side.

We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best
efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy
and delight us.

We thank you also for those disappointments and failures
that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.

Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the
truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast
obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying,
through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life
again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.

Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know Christ and
make him known; and through him, at all times and in all
places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.

—The Book of Common Prayer