We share a prayer that you may wish to use through the month or as inspiration to include saying grace at your mealtimes.
Saying Grace – September
"Bless us O Lord, for the gifts we are about to receive from your bounty." -- Traditional Autumn Grace
Saying Grace – June
Lord, nature gives thanks, Your creatures give thanks. Your praise rises in us like the great river. West African Prayer
Saying Grace – September
You prepare a table before us, may we do the same. Psalm 23:5
Saying Grace – July
America! America! God shed His grace on Thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
Saying Grace – May
For all of creation and the majesty of its Creator, we rejoice in the beauty of spring.
Saying Grace – April
Look upon our work this season, and grant that the seeds we plant will produce plentiful crops, providing food and work for many. From "Prayers for Good Harvest"
Saying Grace – March
". . . keep us here all simply in the springing of the year...." From "A Prayer in Spring" by Robert Frost
Saying Grace – February
God, we thank you for this food. For rest and home and all things good. For wind and rain and sun above. But most of all for those we love.
Saying Grace – January
Thank you for this new year and for all the potential it holds.
Saying Grace – November
"... We thank you for the gift of life: for breath that sustains life, for the food of this earth that nurtures life, for the love of family and friends without which there would be no life." Vienna Cobb Anderson