Grace before meals & After

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Before meals:

‘Bless us Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty. Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.’

After Meals:

‘We give the thanks, almighty God, for all thy benefits, who liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen’.
 
What you said, except I dont always say grace, sometimes I’ll say it mentally in prayer or just trace the cross on my forehead sometimes. Not all the time.

I dont say the grace after because I honestly forget alot of the times. Although I like to end the meal off with a simple “thanks Lord for such good food!”
 
before the meal:
“Oh Lord, please bless those gifts which [we/I] receive from you, everyone who partakes in them and everyone who contributed to [us/me] receiving them, Amen.”

after:
“Oh Lord, thank you for those gifts [we/I] have received, may they help [our/mine] body but also soul, and may they help [us/me] do your will”

(above is both translated from my native language, Slovak)

Since no one in my family says grace, I tend to use singular form most of the time, only saying it mentally most of the time. Even if I am out with my friends who are Catholic, chances are that we are with some atheist friends and hence we do not say grace before meals out loud. I honestly did not know what “saying grace” is for very long time.
Timeflies2me said:
I dont say the grace after because I honestly forget alot of the times. Although I like to end the meal off with a simple “thanks Lord for such good food!”
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I do too, it happens almost too often to me… something I should definitely work on.
 
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I’ve had a few variations of the above for years. When doing the pagan thing, it was accompanied by a drop of drink, and crumb of food placed on the ground where appropriate.
Funny side note I read: Light moving, is the fastest thing. A hungry Catholic saying grace comes in close second.
Dominus vobiscum
 
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That was one of the things I noticed most on my first visit to the church. Figured there would be “fellowship in the parking lot” as I was used to seeing in a Christian (reformed) church.
Not hardly. After first mass ended at about 907am, the church was empty at about 915. I had nice alone time for a bit. Priest came in to turn off the lights between masses.(second at 1030am). I stayed in the sanctuary with the lights off for a bit. After noticing that by 925-930 everyone had left.(save the priest, and a couple office people)
Very refreshing to have that time alone without any disruption. Since it was my first visit, I wanted to avoid the, “Lets welcome the weird new guy!” time. I am thankful.
Dominus vobiscum
 
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Even though I’m Eastern Catholic, I use the Roman prayer “Bless us, O Lord and these thy gifts…” but then add the following:

“Grant rest, O God, to our departed, forgive the sins we have committed, and have mercy on those who have no one else to pray for them.”
 
I’m Ukrainian Greek Catholic but we grew up learning the RC grace before & after meals, so I (hope @dochawk doesn’t get mad at me for this) combined the two. This is how I do grace before meals:

O Christ our God, through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, bless us and this food and drink for Thy servants which we (have received and) are about to receive because Thou art holy, now and ever and forever. Amen. May the divine assistance always remain with us. Amen. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Usually I do the RC grace after meals because I can’t remember the Byzantine version.
 
Before meals – the usual. Sometimes if I’m in a large group I will add, “And bless the hands that prepared it.” If it’s left-overs – "And bless the hands that repaired it.

After meals – “Thank you, Lord, that was GOOD!”

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Margaret_Ann said:
I’m Ukrainian Greek Catholic but we grew up learning the RC grace before & after meals, so I (hope @dochawk doesn’t get mad at me for this)
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Me?

heck, I’ve never learned the byzantine for either, although my daughter uses one.

It would be a parish or other whatever attempting to impose the RC version on its members that would set me off, not anyone’s own choice . ,. ,
 
Short and to the point:

Benedictus benedicat.

Benedicto benedicatur.
 
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