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Grace before the Meal, by Fritz von Uhde, 1885. A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. [1] The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing which sanctifies the meal. In English, reciting such a prayer is sometimes referred to as "saying ...
This part of the prayer is prayed either right after the first part of the prayer before a meal or separately from the first part of the prayer at the end of a meal. A common North American variation of this prayer generally goes as follows: "Come Lord Jesus be our guest and let these gifts to us be blessed." [2]
Use one of these simple Thanksgiving prayers and blessings at the dinner table this year. Find psalms from the Bible, poems of praise and short benedictions.
Related: 40 Scriptures on Peace 10. "Good bread, good meat, good God, let's eat." — Anonymous 11. "In a world where so many are hungry, may we eat this food with humble hearts; in a world where ...
Psalm 100. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and ...
Note that the first two lines are different from either the contemporary version or the "Wilderness" version. This original version is copied here verbatim from a handwritten copy of The Worth Ranch Grace written on a small piece of note paper by James P. Fitch, Region Nine Scout Executive, during a trip to Worth Ranch in the 1930s.
1 Thessalonians 3:9: "For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God." Psalm 118:1: " Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for ...
In the Latin Asclepius, the Prayer follows Hermes Trismegistus' admonition to his disciple Asclepius that "[G]od finds mortal gratitude to be the best incense". [4] The Prayer is evidence for the existence of ritual kissing and communal meals among the liturgical practices of the Hermetic community in Roman Egypt. [3]