Our family's Baptist pre-meal prayer was always relevant to the day's events or guests. My married family is Catholic and they have the same prayer for every meal that begins "In the name of the Father . . ." How do people of other religions pray before meals?
2006-08-30 07:11:52 · 17 answers · asked by cailbellavance 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes, in Islam there's a prayer for every single detail. Before eating, after eating, before sleeping, waking up in the morning, seeing yourself in the mirror, seeing the moon, when rain occurs, when you see anything beautiful, when you see anything bad, when you are scared, when you are happy for almost anything you can imagine.
Usually every muslim says.. In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful. But there is a real pre-meal prayer which i can translate to a certain extent... Oh Allah bless us with this food You have provided us and the rest is in arabic which i cannot translate in english.
2006-08-30 07:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by neddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You grew up Baptist, so you know they don't believe in "canned" prayers. Like you say, the blessing was relevant to the day's events. It causes one to concentrate on making a connection with God, rather than just chanting something..
Other religions blessings at meal time differ. I think that Jews use a "canned" prayer ceremony, but I don't know about any of the Eastern or Asian religions. I have seen incantations, but don't know if they are repetitions or not.
2006-08-30 14:18:07 · answer #2 · answered by seeitmiway32 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We Thank Jehovah God in The Name OF his Son Jesus Christ
And thank him for the blessings he continues to poor out on us
Talking to Him Like A loving Father,Showing Deep Respect For The Ransom He Payed,And the King He has Appointed In These Last Days to Lead the Congregations, Jesus Christ Our
King And Exemplar
2006-08-30 14:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're Catholic. "In the name of the Father, etc." is the sign of the cross that is done before & after any prayer. We say the "Bless us O Lord . . . " one. If there's lots of little kids at the dinner, we say "God is great, God is good, Let us thank him for this food. Amen." It's cute. But sometimes we change it up & just use whatever comes to mind, in our own words : )
2006-08-30 14:19:53 · answer #4 · answered by Steph 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Come Lord Jesus be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blessed. Oh give thank unto the Lord for he is good and mercy endures forever. Amen."
This is a Lutheran thing, as far as I understand it.
Some say the first sentence before the meal, and the second sentence after the meal. Other say them both at one time.
I like to give thanks for all of my blessings or current ones, at the evening meal.
2006-08-30 14:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our family has traditionally included "Bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies, and our bodies to Your service..."
and concluded the prayer with "...in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, amen."
We are Baptist but I don't know the origins of these phrases, though I have heard many people do the same thing.
I know we are to ask in the name of Jesus according to scripture.
2006-08-30 14:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by Just David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family and I are Protestants, and ours is silent and individual, if we choose to do so. Only at major get-togethers or Thanksgiving, does someone pray aloud, and the rest follow in silent prayer.
To us, it's not about the words recited... it's about the feelings of gratefulness within. And words tend to fail the description of emotion.
2006-08-30 14:17:41 · answer #7 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not standard, but as a Pagan family we thank the animals and plants that went into our dinner, sometimes out loud, more often privately just before eating
2006-08-30 14:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by welsh_witch_sally 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same way we pray for everything else, from the heart. Just think, if you were God wouldn't you get tired of the same repetative prayers over and over again?
2006-08-30 14:15:09 · answer #9 · answered by Disney Dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We thank God for the food and simply ask God to bless the food that we are about to receive for the nourishment of our bodies in Jesus' name we pray amen.
It's a good thing to give thanks to the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures forever.
Be Thankful!
2006-08-30 14:23:00 · answer #10 · answered by mrbeabee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋