It is 7:40 p.m. on September 25, 2015, and Mass has been celebrated with Pope Francis at Madison Square Garden. Allow me to point out a special quality of the recessional hymn, "Now thank we all our God."
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Martin Rinkart, a clergyman who followed Martin Luther, wrote this hymn about 1636 despite having suffered a fearful number of deaths among his companions, fellow citizens, and family. He wrote "Nun danket alle Gott" is heartfelt thanksgiving for God's good gifts. Please see this context in this Wikipedia article.
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Another article, linked HERE, describes the Biblical motivation for the hymn, following Ecclesiasticus 50:22-24.
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