Do You Say Grace?

English: Saying grace before carving the turkey at Thanksgiving dinner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is my family’s grace

For health and strength

And daily food

We give thee thanks O Lord

Amen

This was the grace I said when I was a little girl:

God is great, God is Good

Let us thank him for our food

Amen

Short and sweet and to the point and something even a little kid could remember.

Since this is Canadian Thanksgiving and saying grace seems to be the grateful thing to do—do you have a grace you can share?

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on October 13, 2013 at 11:49 am Comments (27)
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On October 13, 2013 at 11:53 am Carl D'Agostino said:

Mother always said grace but she died last Sept. So past 13 months I kinda just spit it out as I don’t enjoy the task.

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- On October 13, 2013 at 12:17 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  I hope for you that someday the task becomes more palatable–so sorry about the loss of your mother
  
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On October 13, 2013 at 12:25 pm The Presents of Presence said:

Bless us o’ Lord for these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord Amen.

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- On October 13, 2013 at 12:28 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  If I remember correctly I think this may have been the grace my big brothers said–Big Brother John if you are reading this–let me know if I am right
  
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- On October 14, 2013 at 1:30 am RoSy said:
  
  That is the same one that we learned & say.
  
  When were were in Catholic school our priest taught us this one during one of his visits to the school. I taught it to my kids too. They do know the “proper” one too though.
  Rub a dub dub
  Thanks for the grub
  YAY God
  🙂
  
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  - On October 14, 2013 at 11:33 am The Presents of Presence said:
    
    I’ve heard that one too! 🙂
  - On October 14, 2013 at 3:52 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
    
    it is a good one!
  - On October 15, 2013 at 1:30 pm The Presents of Presence said:
    
    I agree! 🙂
  - On October 14, 2013 at 3:48 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
    
    I love it — and it is perfect for a kid’s sense of humour
On October 13, 2013 at 2:43 pm edebock said:

We always say grace before we eat but we don’t recite a specific verse. We just talk to God, saying whatever is on our mind including thanking him for the food.

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- On October 13, 2013 at 3:13 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  I like that–sincere and from the heart
  
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On October 13, 2013 at 3:19 pm dianasschwenk said:

I like when everyone gets a chance to say what they’re grateful for around the table.

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- On October 13, 2013 at 4:12 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  me too- though my family tends to want to dig in right away–sometimes we do it before dessert
  
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  - On October 13, 2013 at 4:38 pm dianasschwenk said:
    
    that’s a good time, it gives you time to digest your meal!
On October 13, 2013 at 4:29 pm unfetteredbs said:

Happy Thanksgiving.

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- On October 13, 2013 at 5:17 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  thanks Audra–the turkey is in the oven–there is also one on the couch – ha ha
  
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  - On October 13, 2013 at 5:33 pm unfetteredbs said:
    
    Haaaaa. Stuff em both
On October 13, 2013 at 6:42 pm writerwannabe763 said:

Well, one we use was already mentioned…and sometimes we also just say what comes to mind… but another is “Make us truly thankful for this food today and all other blessings… in Jesus name”

Lately I’ve been thinking that ‘we’ (me and husband) should be saying grace… (thanks) at other than only Thanksgiving/Christmas … not really ‘should’ but want to…. Diane

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- On October 13, 2013 at 7:08 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  we say grace whenever we eat at the table–unfortunately most of the time the dining room table is used as a desk so we eat in the living room–today I cleared it off for Thanksgiving dinner–I plan to do this more often
  
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On October 14, 2013 at 1:57 am Denise Hisey said:

My parents never said grace when I was growing up, but hubby and I did with our kids and still do. For thanksgiving we go round the table and everyone says something they’re thankful for. We all AMEN at the end!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours up north!

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- On October 14, 2013 at 3:51 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  thanks so much Denise–we had our big meal yesterday and I had pumpkin pie for breakfast–a good start to the day!
  
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On October 14, 2013 at 2:58 am livingsimplyfree said:

Happy Thanksgiving

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- On October 14, 2013 at 3:51 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  thank you – had the big meal yesterday — so good
  
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On October 14, 2013 at 12:54 pm She's a Maineiac said:

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

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- On October 14, 2013 at 3:55 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  thanks — had some pumpkin pie for breakfast
  
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On October 15, 2013 at 5:12 am Sheila said:

Saying grace is a lovely pause that gives time to connect to others and to heaven. I like saying it, although we don’t always. But a good thing to do, I think! ~ Sheila

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- On October 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  it is a nice pause–I seem to rush through it so everyone can eat–but I am still glad we do it
  
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