Saying Grace

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Just curious about in what situations people say Grace…🙂
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We had a previous thread about saying grace in restaurants, and that prompted me to start doing that. And at home. In fact, everywhere. I will admit, as an RCIA Candidate, that I haven’t got it memorized, so I sometimes replace it with a prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. I hope this substitution is acceptable to God:o

(And I still haven’t got the rosary’s Hail Holy Queen memorized either)😦
 
At work - after my daily offering and before I eat my bagel & coffee

At lunch (still at work) - in the breakroom, in a potluck (had one today), or out on the lawn in the sunshine.

At dinner - when I get home, even though everyone else has eating (I get home late)

With the family at the dinner table - all of us do it

At Souplantation last week…

…at KFC…

…at my mom & dad’s house…

…ok, every single time I sit down and have a meal! 👍
 
We say a prayer before and after meals at home and before meals at any other location. We also make sure and thank others (Catholic or non) who pray before meals in public.
 
I say grace where ever I am. If I’m with people who don’t say grace normally, esp. if they are not Catholic, I just say it silently but make the Sign of the Cross still. I figure it’s a good witness. I had a co-worker who told me she appreciated me doing that b/c it was good to know someone else who is religious (she’s not Catholic).
 
I had gotten out of the habit of saying grace, as had my SO while he was deployed. However, since his return, I’ve started RCIA, and he is going through it with me, resulting in both of us focusing much more on strengthening our faith. As it turns out, one of the manifestations of our focus has been that we tend to say grace at pretty much every meal – regardless of where we are or who we are with. Of course, I can’t speak of his habits while he is on post during the week (and away from me), but for me, the habit has carried throughout the week. Though it’s a short prayer, I still sometimes forget the words, so I’ll say an impromptu prayer thanking God for the food and asking him to bless it. Occasionally, I’ll still catch myself taking my second or third bite before remembering, but I’ll then stop, ask forgiveness, and say grace before continuing.
 
My husband is in Beijing, China on business and when he called this morning he said he really got the looks yesterday at lunch when he made the Sign of the Cross.
 
When eating alone, I say it privately in my mind. In groups, spoken out loud.
 
I used to be afraid to say grace in public especially at the engineering firm I intern at. Reading the Catholic Answers Forum thread on saying grace and confessing my failure at Reconciliation helped me to start caring more about what God thought of me than what my coworkers did (Matthew 10:33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven). I’ve been saying grace at every meal since. Thanks for the encouragement and may God bless you all! 👍
 
all the time…even when I’m out with my friends. They appreciate it though.

-J
 
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