Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 5:49PM
R. Mansfield in Faith & Reason, Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. We have so very much.

‏תּוֹדָה‎, toḏāh thank offering; thanksgiving, confession of thankfulness; song of thanksgiving; thanks is the speaking of the excellence of a person or object, with a focus on the personal gratitude of the speaker

 

εὐχαριστία eucharistia gratitude; actively, grateful language (to God, as an act of worship):  thankfulness, (giving of) thanks(-giving).
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