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This is another post, slightly edited, from an old blog. From Pollyanna:
"Well, that's what father used to call 'em," she laughed. "Of course the Bible didn't name 'em that. But it's all those that begin 'Be glad in the Lord,' or 'Rejoice greatly,' or 'Shout for joy,' and all that, you know--such a lot of 'em. Once, when father felt specially bad, he counted 'em. There were eight hundred of 'em."

"Eight hundred!"

"Yes--that told you to rejoice and be glad, you know; that's why father named 'em the 'rejoicing texts.' "

I'm going to look for verses and texts about giving thanks to God. It should be easier now that I have the Concordance for the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. That Concordance is another thing I can be thankful for! :)