Grace, before meal, at a restaurant!

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It wasn’t sarcasm.

I assure you I was dead serious.

I will also routinely carry a rosary around the city and cross myself in public.

I used to carry a large Bible around with me.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel.

When people (usually teens) would snicker at me or mock, I would pray for them and smile at them and say “God bless.”
 
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Yea, I had to tone it down a little when the staff said I couldn’t bring in the aspergillum anymore.
 
I set off the smoke alarm by incensing my food before eating it… They have a picture of me up in the break room saying “Do not serve this man”
 
I don’t see anything wrong with it, I also do sign of the cross before eating or simply offer a silent prayer in my mind thanking God for the meal.
 
Yes we do where I am from. Even in a very public restaurant. It is not that strange. Maybe not a SOTC way but we hold hands and ask for grace together.
 
Our family does always. No one notices. Too busy with their phones or each other. Besides if they do it bothers me none. My concern is for thanking God for the gift of food.
 
I take a pause to pray silently and then dig in! I don’t bring attention to myself.
 
When I eat out I’m usually by myself so people would just see me making the Sign of the Cross before and after my silent saying of grace. If I ate out with my Catholic friends (I only know two other young Catholics lol not too many around these parts) I’d probably say it aloud.
 
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I do every time I go out to eat. I also do in the employee dining room at my job everyday I’m at work
 
Always - including in public places. Sometimes twice, just imagine that, stml; it is becoming part of me.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Catholic grace is short and simple, and can be done discreetly, if we do not want attention. The Sign of the Cross, can be done in a similar manner.

No problem with them though. Nobody look or make comment. When you are so used to it, saying grace becomes natural and infused into our body movement, you will not attract much attention. Probably someone would notice or making side glance but since it happens naturally and without lingering/interrupting anything, it would be just like a passing moment.
 
I don’t because I feel as if I am flaunting my Faith to be noticed. I pray silently.
 
Blessings
Yes, we say grace in public. We hold hands and one prays. Others do also.
In Christ’s Love
Tweedlealice
 
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still with us? Maybe you can instruct us on how to understand Spyridon’s public demonstrations of piety in light of Matthew 6:5-6.
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That verse was said to people who lived in a very devout, a singly religuous society, where everyone was Jewish and devoutness was glorified.

We now live in a society where devoutness is frowned upon and religious people, especially Christians, are routinely mocked.

If I was in, say, Vatican City, then I would be very quiet and private in saying grace so as to not be showing off and getting undue glory.

Since we live in a godless nation (America IS godless, in spite of the claimed 70% Christianity. The actual number of real Christians is probably 10%) and people don’t think highly of religious people, doing a religious act in public is a form of witness which builds humility.

Context.
 
My family does. We didn’t really start doing it until my in laws set the example but around the time my wife and I got married we started. If I am alone I just cross myself and saw a short prayer in silence before starting
 
I do, yes. I do at home, or among Catholic friends, so there’s no reason I wouldn’t at a restaurant. I think it’s good for people to see telltale signs that we’re practicing Catholics. It’s a way to live our Faith openly, and that’s a quiet and natural way to evangelize without browbeating.
 
My family says grace at restaurants. We do it simply to give thanks. I have no idea if other folks notice, nor do I care. We are giving thanks to God. But, we don’t make a big thing of it either, as we’re not doing it to be noticed.
 
Also I may add, that The Jewish people have three daily prayers that they say, sort of like the liturgy of the hours.
The hypocrites our lord is referring to in this passage are the pious Jews who made a big show of saying the daily prayers. That all the other Jews were saying as well, these hypocrites were going out of their way to make sure people witnessed them, sort of a a proof of adherence to the law. Kinda like “look at me i’m holier than the rest of you” sort of thing.
 
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