What Is Your Favorite "Grace Before Meals"

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[Churchillspirit]

With Christmas almost here I want to find a special "Grace" to say before dinner.

Apart from the one we said at catholic school - "Bless us O Lord for these Thy gifts..."etc., I found this one by Robbie Burns:-

O Thou who kindly dost provide
For every creature's want.
We bless Thee, God of nature wide,
For all Thy goodness lent:
And if it please Thee, Heavenly Guide,
May never worse be sent;
But, whether granted, or denied,
Lord, bless us with content. Amen!

Do Freepers have any favorites?

[LurkedLongEnough]

Dear God, thank you for the blessings you’ve heaped upon us: health, shelter, food and love, Amen.

[Charles Henrickson]

I use this Swedish table prayer sometimes:

I Jesu namn till bords vi gå
Välsigna Gud den mat vi få
Gud till ära, oss till gagn
Så få vi mat i Jesu namn.

(In Jesus' name to the table we go
God bless the food we receive
To God the honor, us the gain
So we have food in Jesus' name.)

[day10]

Pass the bread,
Pass the meat,
Thank you, Lord,
now let’s eat!!

[Charles Henrickson]

Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good,
and his mercy endureth forever.

[getitright]

To fabulous food and those who prepare it,
but mostly to those with whom we share it.

[Cardhu]

When I was young I went to a non demominatational grammar school. When it was the Latin Master´s turn to oversea the the school lunch he always said:

Benedictus, Benedicat per Dominum Nostrum Jesum Christum - Amen

[Jemian]

Father,

Bless this food to the nurishment of our bodies
As we give our bodies in your service.

In Christ’s Name,
Amen

I may not always say these exact words but the meaning never varies.

[The Comedian]

As we feast on the plenty supplied by the One True God,

May our enemies feast on the flesh of their dead.

(You didn't think this thread was going to be all sweetness and light, did you?)

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Revolting cat!]

Bless this food, dear Jesus,
Doncha ever tease us!
All together now:
NO MORE!

[Cardhu]

Non-denominational and oversee, sorry about that.

[humblegunner]

May never worse be sent;

Sounds like a complaint.

"Oh Lord, this food sucks, may this please be as bad as it gets.."

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m Lutheran, but raised by a pseudo-Catholic. That prayer (the real part) is basically Catholic - as usual for Lutheran.

Bless us, O Lord, with these, thy gifts
Which we are about to recieve
From thy great bounty
Through Christ, our Lord; Amen.

[cweese]

Bless this food to our use
And us to thy service
Make us ever mindful of the needs of others
Amen.

[Charles Henrickson]

Yes, that prayer (post 10) is not exclusively Lutheran or Roman Catholic. It belongs to our common heritage, of which Luther kept as much as he could.

The psalm verse that precedes it is Psalm 145:15-16.

[Jane Austen]

I will memorize this.

[Daffynition]

Don't leave out bowser. Amen. [link to viral/viral video]

[goseminoles]

“For this day of the dear Christ?s birth,for its hours of home gladness and world gladness,for the love within these walls, which binds us together as a family,for our food on this table,for our surroundings in a land of freedom,we bring to Thee, our Father, our heartfelt gratitude.Bless all these, Thy favours, to our good,in Jesus? name. Amen”

How the hell are you supposed to memorize that in two days?

[Daffynition]

I was waitin' for some wise@ass to do what I didn't dare. LOL>>>MERRY CHRISTMAS & thanks Mr. Comedian!

[ohioWfan]

I have that exact plaque above my kitchen sink! I love it.

When I was young, my Grandpa taught us a simpler version of that prayer, but I had a Swedish friend in college who taught the full version.

(btw, how do you get the font to put the markings above your letters?)

[Churchillspirit]

You didn't think this thread was going to be all sweetness and light did you?

Not with you around...LOL!

Merry Christmas.