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Family Meal Prayer
A Dinner Blessing is a
short prayer of thanks which can be said before, or after
a meal. These online, free words to this Dinner Blessing can be printed and used to
create a personalised Prayer book. A short Dinner Blessing,
Thanksgiving Prayer and saying grace are all different names for
prayers expressing gratitude for the food that we eat which can
be said before, or after a meal on a daily basis.
Family Meal Prayer
We hope that the
following words will provide inspiration for saying grace, a
thanksgiving prayer or a short dinner blessing expressing
gratitude or asking a blessing, before or after dinner or other
daily meals.
Blessings for Meals
We have clarified the meanings of the different terms or words to
describe saying short prayers at meal times - whether they are
Thanksgiving Prayers, Dinner Blessings or Saying Grace.
Dinner Blessings -
Saying Grace
Saying grace, applying to prayers said before or after meals,
derives from the Latin words 'gratia' meaning thanks or 'gratus'
meaning grateful.
Blessings
The word blessings, applying to prayers said before or after dinner,
relates to the verbal blessing of food pronounced in God's name by a
member of the family at mealtimes. The word bless is derived from
the Greek / Latin word 'benediction' meaning praise. The Spanish,
the word bendito literally means "to say good things or good words".
Thanksgiving Prayers
and Dinner Blessings
A simple definition meaning a short prayer expressing gratitude -
literally giving thanks for food on a daily basis. |
