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Grace Before and After Meals

A family praying grace with Jesus at their table, painting by Fritz von Uhde
Fritz von Uhde, Grace before the Meal (1885)

The traditional Catholic blessing before meals and thanksgiving after meals, for families to pray together.

Listen: grace before meals

Listen: thanksgiving after meals

Before meals

Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

After meals

We give Thee thanks, almighty God, for all Thy benefits, who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

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