Dinner prayers?

[Gregory24]

I am writing this post for other to post what prayer they say before dinner?

 

[Stephen-Maguire]

Gregory24:

I am writing this post for other to post what prayer they say before dinner?

Bless us oh Lord
And these thy gifts
Which of thy bounty
We are about to recieve
Through Christ Our Lord
Amen.

 

[space_ghost]

Gregory24:

I am writing this post for other to post what prayer they say before dinner?

Oh God whose only begotton son, by his life, death and ressurection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, and with that in mind, Bless us or Lord and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Jesus Christ our Lord… Amen

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[tkdnick]

Stephen-Maguire:

Bless us oh Lord
And these thy gifts
Which of thy bounty
We are about to recieve
Through Christ Our Lord
Amen.

I second this prayer! (I think this is pretty much the “standard” Catholic meal prayer)

 

[SPOKENWORD]

Heavenly Father I thank you for bringing us to this table safetly today. I ask you Lord to bless the hands that has prepared this meal for us and those who have helped. I ask Lord that you take all sickness and diseases from our food and our bodies.I pray Lord that the conversation at this table will be pleasant to your ears.I thank you Lord for hearing my prayer in Jesus name .AMEN.

 

[Funky_Cedars]

hey, do y’all pray when you eat out?
i’ve had several people commend me for it, but my family’s always done it. i can still hear my dad say, ‘what, you don’t think God made the food in resturants, too?’

anywho, we said, and still say, the “standard” Catholic meal prayer version.

peace and love, terry

 

[ATeNumquam]

I still say these prayers AFTER a meal which we recited when I was a Carmelite nun (17 years ago)

I/we give you thanks, Almighty God, for all Your benefits, Who live and reign forever. Amen.

Lord, be pleased to award everlasting life to all who do good to us in Your name. Amen.

May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

And I say the “standard” Catholic grace beforehand. In public I pray under my breath, being a coward, and always in the company of non-Christians.

 

[StephanieC]

Only a slight difference in phrasing, but our grace before meals goes like this:

(+In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit)
Bless us, O Lord
And these thy gifts
Which we are about to receive
From thy bounty
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
(special intentions are added here)
(+In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit)

Another grace I learned & love from an Episcopal camp:
Bless, O Lord
This food to our use
And us to thy service
And make us always mindful of the needs of others.
Amen.

Yes, we do pray in restaurants.

 

[SFAgal03]

Bless us, O Lord
And these thy gifts
Which we are about to receive
From thy bounty
Through Christ our Lord. Amen

We pray at restaurants most of the time, and it’s the same prayer.

 

[jimmy]

Sign of the Cross

Bless us o Lord
for these thy gifts
which we are about to recieve
from thy bounty
through Christ our Lord. Amen

Sign of the Cross

 

[Augustine]

Gregory24:

I am writing this post for other to post what prayer they say before dinner?

We started to say grace before meals just this past Lent (I like to aquire holy habits during Lent ), so we say variations on the words below, depending on whom says it (we take turns):
*+Thank you, Lord, for our daily bread and for gathering us around this table.
Amen.+
*

 

[RobedWithLight]

**

Bless us, O Lord

And these thy gifts
Which we are about to receive
From thy bounty
**Through Christ our Lord. Amen ****
Me and my family always say that prayer before meals.

Gerry

 

[whit]

Bless us, O Lord
And these thy gifts
Which we are about to receive
From thy bounty
Through Christ our Lord. Amen

We pray at restaurants most of the time, and it’s the same prayer.

As a family many years ago we added the prayer for the soulds in Purgatory probably at the instigation of our parish priest.

“And May the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace, Amen”

And then I will ask God to place the souls prayer either with my special intentions(parents, family, friends, etc.) or to accept it for the person(s) who have no one to pray for them in purgatory, for their relief and forgiveness.

It has become so normal that when I am with others who pray the prayer before meals I expect them to say the prayer for the souls too and I often get looks when I am starting it up when they are finished. It’s funny. It has just become a part of the prayer before meals for me.

God bless.
Whit (sfo)

 

[YuRa]

I see that it is no use arguing with the common day Catholic. You rely on your own righteousness to get you into Heaven. You believe your deeds surpass the deeds credited to you when you receive Christ’s righteousness by faith. Paul calls it a false gospel that isn’t a gospel at all. That was his whole letter to the Eph.

I know now my blunt statement will get deleted as well as my account, but the word of God will never see decay! It is clear faith alone saves without any effort of man, everything else derives from faith including works. I hope God will bless you and you will except the gospel and also have a place in eternity. Until then you are damned to the eternal flames of Hell.

Sola gratia, sola Christo, sola fide, and sola Scriptura equals Soli Deo Gloria!

By grace alone through Christ alone by faith alone, and also Scripture alone as authority will equal all the Glory to Him alone! God fulfils His purpose for the vessels of mercy and the vessels of destruction without fail. May you be a vessel of mercy and except His sacrifice on the cross and through faith alone be saved.

God bless you all.

 

[Michael_s_Sword]

whit:

As a family many years ago we added the prayer for the soulds in Purgatory probably at the instigation of our parish priest.

“And May the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace, Amen”

We recently started to pray for vocations at meal time. In addition to the standard Catholic “grace”.

 

[Theodora]

SPOKENWORD:

Heavenly Father I thank you for bringing us to this table safetly today. I ask you Lord to bless the hands that has prepared this meal for us and those who have helped. I ask Lord that you take all sickness and diseases from our food and our bodies.I pray Lord that the conversation at this table will be pleasant to your ears.I thank you Lord for hearing my prayer in Jesus name .AMEN.

I like this prayer. It is very appropriate for a mealtime prayer, except I would preface it and finish it with the Sign of the Cross while saying, “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

 

[turboEDvo]

Funky Cedars:

hey, do y’all pray when you eat out?
i’ve had several people commend me for it, but my family’s always done it. i can still hear my dad say, ‘what, you don’t think God made the food in resturants, too?’

anywho, we said, and still say, the “standard” Catholic meal prayer version.

peace and love, terry

I cross, bow my head, and say grace quietly if I’m out with friends or something.

Eamon

 

[Fashina86]

Stephen-Maguire:

Bless us oh Lord
And these thy gifts
Which of thy bounty
We are about to recieve
Through Christ Our Lord
Amen.

well, this prayer is pretty common… but we also say a prayer after meal
-we give thee thanks almighty God for these and all thy benefits who lives in reign, world without end AMEN-
then we say a prayer for vocations(before dinner)… YES! I even say them around friends before meals… they have just learned to respect my minute of silence…
God Bless–JMJ
Laura

 

[dnar]

I also would like to find more meal time prayers.

Our family doesn’t use the words like ‘bounty.’ Which would leave the child to always say “why do you say bounty?”

 

[Ad_Altare_Dei_1]

Good bread,
Good meat,
Good Lord!
Let’s eat!!

Just kidding! We say the standard Catholic grace, even in restaurants.