Faith@Home: Table Graces

Compiled by Rosemary Beales

For what we are about to receive
May we be truly grateful. Amen.

Lord, thank you
for the food before us
and the love between us.
Keep us ever mindful
Of the needs of others. Amen.

For this new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For every gift your goodness sends,
We thank you, gracious God. Amen.

We close our eyes,
We bow our heads,
And offer thanks
For daily bread. Amen.

Thank you for the world so sweet,
Thank you for the food we eat,
Thank you for the birds that sing,
Thank you, God, for everything. Amen.

Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts
Which we are about to receive
From thy bounty,
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We thank you, Lord, for happy hearts,
For rain and sunny weather,
We thank you, Lord, for this our food,
And that we are together.

(sung)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise him, all creatures here below,
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen.

Without thy sunshine and thy rain,
We would not have the golden rain.
Without Thy love we’d not be fed,
We thank Thee for our daily bread.

Lord,
Bless this food to our use
And our lives to your service. Amen.

Food, oh God, is your love made edible.
May we be swept into your presence.

O God, bless this food
we are about to receive.
Give bread to those who hunger;
And hunger for justice to us who have bread.
Amen.

God of pilgrims,
Give us always a table to stop at
Where we can tell our story
And sing our song. Amen.

A Quaker grace:
(Everyone at the table joins hands for a silent moment.)