mealtime grace
Pre-dinner thanksgiving words
Mealtime grace is a short prayer of thanks offered before eating, common in religious households.
The practice appears across many faiths and traditions: Who wants to say grace?
We hold hands during mealtime grace.
The prayer typically thanks God for the food and those who prepared it, and may ask a blessing on those gathered.
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prayerAddress to deity
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- amenSolemn spoken agreement
- give thanksExpress appreciation verbally
gratitude · table · hands · bowed · folded hands · family · family tradition · dinner table · dinner · supper · thankful · reverence · silence · bread · gathering · ritual · devotion · daily bread
mealtime graceblasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
profanity · small talk · casual conversation · dinner conversation · idle chatter
mealtime graceingratitude
Lack of appreciation
thanklessness · ungratefulness · grumbling · entitlement · taking for granted
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