A mealtime thanksgiving for reunion and the enduring love of home and family.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O LORD, our hearts are full of gratitude and praise, for after the long days of separation thou hast brought us together again to look into the dear faces and read their love as of old. As the happy memories of the years when we were young together rise up to cheer us, may we feel anew how closely our lives were wrought into one another in their early making, and what a treasure we have had in our home. Whatever new friendships we may form, grant that the old loves may abide to the end and grow ever sweeter with the ripening years.