In the United States Thanksgiving falls on the Fourth Thursday in November. In Canada it falls on the Second Monday of October. The latter means that in Canada Thanksgiving Sunday falls almost every year on "Ordinary 28 / Proper 23" of the Lectionary Cycle, while the former means that in the USA Thanksgiving is most often celebrated on the last Sunday of each year's Lectionary Cycle, which is "Ordinary 34 / Proper 29" (Christ the King Sunday)

The following table gives the readings for Thanksgiving for the three years of the lectionary cycle. You will note that the Gospel Reading does not conform to the main Gospel used for the year of the Lectionary (ie - Luke is used in Year A rather than Matthew, Matthew in Year B rather than Mark or John, and John is used in Year C rather than Luke). Note as well that the Philippians passage in Thanksgiving, Year A is used for Ordinary 28 / Proper 23 Year C while the Gospel for Thanksgiving, Year A is used for Ordinary 28 / Proper 23 Year C.

The following are links to various of our Thanksgiving Sunday Sermons and Liturgies.
All the links here are to materials on our own site.

• Thanks Living: A sermon and liturgy for Thanksgiving using Deuteronomy 8:7-18 and Luke 17:11-19
  
• Remembering To Give Thanks: Blessing God: A sermon on Deuteronomy 8:7-18 and Luke 17:11-19
  
• The Ten Lepers - A Narrative Sermon: A narrative sermon based on Luke 17:11-19
  
• The Ten Lepers - A First Person Narrative Sermon: A Narrative Sermon by Rev. Jim Batchelor based on Luke 17:11-19 and our "The Ten Lepers" Sermon (above)
  
• Creative Closings - Thanksgiving - Year A: Based on Deuteronomy 8:7-18
  
  
• Introduction To The Scripture For Thanksgiving Year A: Deuteronomy 8:7-18; Psalm 65; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15; Luke 17:11-19

• Stone Soup: A Sermon and Liturgy based on Joel 2:21-27; Psalm 126; and Matthew 6:25-33
  
• Thoughts On Thanksgiving: A Sermon and Prayer based on Joel 2:21-27; I Timothy 2:1-7 and Matthew 6:25-33
  
  
• Introduction To Scripture for Thanksgiving Year B: Joel 2:21-27; Psalm 126; I Timothy 2:1-7; Matthew 6:25-33
  

• Gratitude - A Necessary Attitude A sermon and liturgy based on Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 65 and Philippians 4:4-9
  
• ...With Thanksgiving As sermon on Philippians 4:4-7 by Foster Freed. The text is also for Ordinary 28 - Year A
  
  
• Introduction To The Scripture For Thanksgiving Year C: By John Shearman

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