The following was sent to me by a cousin, and I wanted to send it on to you. Freida The beginning words of a Thanksgiving Day prayer by Peter Marshall, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, 11/26/47   Our Father in heaven, if ever we had cause to offer unto Thee our fervent thanks, surely it is now, on the eve of our Thanksgiving Day, when we, the people of this Nation, are comfortable, well-fed, well-clad, and blessed with good things beyond our deserving.  May gratitude, the rarest of all virtues, be the spirit of our observance.