Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Blessings and Graces for Meal Time

1.  To the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Thank, thank, thank you Lord
For our food this day.
For our friends whom we enjoy
Oh keep us in Christ's way.

2.  To the tune of "The Addams Family"
We thank you Lord for giving
This food we need for living
So bless us while we eat it
Because we really need it
Amen, (snap fingers )
Amen, (snap fingers )
Amen, Amen, Amen - Let's eat!
 

2.  To the tunes of "Amazing Grace," Jeopardy, "Rock Around the Clock" or "The Addams Family"

God is great,
God is good.
Let us thank
Him for our food.
By his hand
we all are fed,
Give us Lord our daily bread.
Amen

3.  To the tune of "The Johnny Appleseed Song"

Oh, the Lord's been good to me,
and so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need:
the Sun and the rain and the appleseed,
The Lord's been good to me!

4. Pastor Maynard's Blessing

Bless our food
that it may nourish our bodies;
Bless our friendship
that it may nourish our souls.
Amen.

5
For Bacon, Eggs and Buttered Toast,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost

6.  From the Huron Hunger Fund, Anglican Church of Canada

For food in a world where many walk in hunger;
For faith in a world where many walk in fear;
For friends in a world where many walk alone;
We give you thanks, O Lord. Amen.

7.
In a world where so many are hungry,
may we eat this food with humble hearts;
in a world where so many are lonely,
May we share this friendship with joyful hearts.

8.
Behind the bread, Dear Lord, you made the flour and the cook.
Behind the flour, Dear Lord, you made the grain and the farmer.
Behind the grain, Dear Lord, you made the sun and the rain.
bless us with an awareness that behind all good gifts we enjoy
stands your love and creativity.
Amen.

(Used at a homeless breakfast program)
We love our bread,
We love our butter,
 But most of all,
We love each other,
Thank you LORD for food and family and friends. Amen 

10 (From a Shrimp Boat Captain I once knew)
As thou blessed the loaves and fishes
Bless this food upon our dishes.
As the sugar in our tea
May our lives be stirred by thee.
Amen

11  (To the tune of Jingle Bells)
Bless this food,
Bless this food,
Bless this very meal.
God you are so good to me,
This is how I feel.

12  
Bless these sinners
And our dinners.
Amen.

13  (to the tune of "A Pirate's Life For Me")
Yo ho!  Yo ho!  A Christian Life for me!  (ARGH)
Yo ho!  Yo ho!  A Christian Life for me!  (ARGH)
 Be present at our table Lord
be here and everywhere adored!
Grant us through the mercies we
Be strengthened for thy service be.
Yo ho!  Yo ho!  A Christian Life for me!  (ARGH)
Yo ho!  Yo ho!  A Christian Life for me!  (ARGH)

14  Family prayer
Bless the food before us,
The family beside us,
And the love between us.

1 comment:

  1. Not many folks pray at meals any more. This gives them no excuse to skip it. Lovely.

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