Meal Prayer
Grace Before Meals
Grace Before Meals with a Catholic reflection on gratitude, daily bread, and remembering God in ordinary family life.
Grace Before Meals is one of the most ordinary Catholic prayers, which is exactly why it matters. It teaches gratitude, dependence, and recollection in the middle of common life.
Prayer
Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts,
which we are about to receive from thy bounty,
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Reflection
A short table prayer keeps gratitude from becoming vague. Catholics pause to remember that food, work, family, and provision all come finally from God.