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    Home » Blog » Motherhood

    Meal Time Prayers and Blessings

    Published: May 2, 2021 · Modified: Jun 18, 2022 by Christy Faber · Leave a Comment

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    This was the first mealtime prayer I introduced to my toddler. I’ve said these words so many times and I can picture his pudgy little hands folded over his plastic plate of lunch food as clear as day as we said these words: 

    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.

    -
    E. Rutter Leatham

     

    As my children got a little older we transitioned to this prayer.  We say it every evening before dinner: 

    To God who gives our daily bread 

    A thankful song we’ll raise 

    And pray that He who sends our food 

    May fill our hearts with praise

    -
    Thomas Tallis

    Below is a collection of other prayers that I have collected from books and blogs and friends that I love so much. Pick your favourite!

    Bread is a lovely thing to eat. 

    God bless the barley and the wheat, 

    A lovely thing to breathe is air, 

    God bless the sunshine ev’rywhere.

    The earth is a lovely place to know, 

    God bless the folks that come and go. 

    Alive is a lovely thing to be. 

    Giver of life, we say, ‘Bless Thee!’ 

    -
    Colin Price

    “Father, round this table, here to pray

    First, we praise you for the day,

    For our family and our friends.

    Gifts of grace that heaven lends

    Living water, daily bread,

    Countless blessings our God sends.

    Thank you, Lord, for them all

    For the big ones and the small

    When we’re happy, when we’re sad

    On the good days and the bad

    We are thankful, we are glad.

    Amen.”

    God our Father, Lord and Saviour

    Thank you for your love and favour

    Bless this food and drink we pray

    And all who share with us today

    -
    Unknown

    We thank you Lord

    For the food before us

    The shelter around us

    The family beside us

    And the love between us

    Amen

    -
    Unknown

    (to the tune of the Superman Theme)

    Thank you Lord for giving us food!

    Thank you Lord for giving us food!

    For the friends we meet, and the food we eat!

    Thank you Lord, for giving us food!

    Amen

    -
    Unknown

    (to the tune of Frere Jacques)

    God our Father, God our Father

    Once Again, Once again

    We would ask a blessing, we would ask a blessing,

    Amen, Amen

    -
    Unknown

    God is great, God is good.

    Let us thank Him for our food.

    By His hand must all be fed

    Give us Lord our daily bread.

    -
    Unknown

    - For the Whole Family -

    May this meal serve to remind those who share its pleasures

    Of the goodness and the hope that infuses all creation

    (Amen)

    -
    Every Moment Holy

    Thou that hast given so much to me,

    Give one thing more ---a grateful heart;

    Not thankful when it pleaseth me,

    As if thy blessings had spare days,

    But such a heart whose pulse may be.

    Thy praise.

    -
    George Herbert

    Where two or more of us are gathered, O Lord,

    There you have promised to be.

    And here we are.

    And so, here are You.

    (Amen)

    -
    Every Moment Holy

    Even as we hunger for the tastes

    and textures and aromas of

    This meal now graciously spread before us,

    We pray you would also daily increase

    Our deep hunger for your words and your truth,

    That our own words

    And choices

    And actions

    This week would be shaped

    By your gracious revelation

    Feed us, O Bread of Life.

    Amen

    -
    Every Moment Holy

    For your tender care displayed

    In the food and friends now before us,

    We offer you our praise

    (Amen)

    -
    Every Moment Holy

    And so now we bow our heads in thanks,

    Gratefully receiving from Your great hand

    The provision of this meal,

    And the still greater provisions

    Of your mercy, your compassion,

    Your grace, your love.

    (Amen)

    -
    Every Moment Holy

    For health and strength and daily bread

    We praise thy name Oh Lord

    Hallelujah, Amen

    -
    Traditional

    May God bless our daily bread

    So that our souls with life be fed.

    (Amen)

    -
    Unknown

    Blessed be thou Lord, God of the Universe

    Who brings forth bread from the Earth

    And makes glad the hearts of men.

    Amen

    -
    Hebrew blessing

    We break this bread together with hearts aware

    Not bread alone, but God’s life and love we share

    -
    A. C. Hartwood

    For this new morning with its light,

    For rest and shelter of the night,

    For health and food, for love and friends,

    For everything His goodness sends,

    Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

    -
    William Bennett

    For the golden gourds, for the fruit on the trees

    For the harvested corn and the sap from maple trees

    For grains and nuts and berries

    For honey from the hive

    We give our thanks to the Earth

    For all that it provides

    -
    Meagan Rose Wilson

    If I didn’t include one of your favourite meal time prayers please leave a comment below to share it!

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