Grace Before Meals

Here is a small sampling of mealtime prayers:

May the Lord bless us with Sabbath joy.
May the Lord bless us with Sabbath holiness.
May the Lord bless us with Sabbath peace.
- Traditional Jewish Sabbath Blessing

Let us in peace eat the food that God has provided for us.
Praise be to God for all our gifts. Amen.
- Ancient Armenian Grace

God, Bless this food we are about to receive.
Give bread to those who hunger, and hunger for charity and justice to us who have bread. Amen.


Dear God, bless those who bear the hardship of famine and those who share their plenty with others.
Wrap your love around those who come to use in trust and take care of those who wander far from us in anger. Amen.
- Early Hawaiian food prayer

To the tune of the Addams Family:
Do-do-do-do (snap fingers twice),
do-do-do-do (snap, snap)
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do (snap, snap)
We thank You for our food, Lord,
And all the things You do, Lord.
We thank You for our food, Lord, and all our family.
Do-do-do-do (snap, snap),
do do do do (snap, snap)
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do -- A-MEN!