what is the prayer that catholics say before they eat ?
2007-02-28 16:23:27 · 8 answers · asked by motivated0311 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pastor Billy says: why it's called Grace, Bless us o'Lord for these thy gift which we are about to receive from thy bounty through Christ, Amen.
re: Miss Momma 's comments
A friend of mine says that in Matthew 6:7, Jesus condemns repetitious prayers, which proves that it is wrong to pray the rosary. How do I respond?
A: Your friend read the passage a little too quickly. Jesus isn’t condemning repetition in prayer; he’s condemning vain prayer. When Jesus said, "Do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words" (Matthew 6:7, NAB), he was referring to a belief of the pagans that a god would not listen to your prayer unless you used his correct title, and the title would change every day. Thus, the pagans would begin their prayer with every title they could think of in order to make sure their prayers would be heard (e.g., "O Great Zeus, O Master of Olympia, O Great Father Zeus. . . .") Jesus tells us this is vain because pagan gods don’t exist, and when we pray to God he hears all our prayers. We don’t have to worry about getting the right title.
In fact, Scripture gives us many examples of repetitive prayer. For example, in Matthew 26:36-46, Jesus prayed the same prayer three times. In Revelation 4:8, four living creatures are around and within the throne, and day and night they do not cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty." And then there’s the tax collector in Luke 18:9-14 who is beating his breast repeatedly and praying, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" And let’s not forget Luke 11:1-4, where Jesus tells us how to pray: He gives us the Lord’s Prayer. Since most Christians pray the Lord’s Prayer from time to time, they are all "guilty" of repetitious prayer. But it is not vain prayer-after all, we merely are doing as Jesus taught us.
2007-03-01 01:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another simple prayer before meals is:
God is great, God is good.
Let us thank Him for our food.
Amen.
With love in Christ.
2007-03-01 01:11:32 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bless us O Lord and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.
2007-03-01 00:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by kenrayf 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Bless us, oh Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen
God bless,
Stanbo
2007-03-01 00:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Grace?...:
Bless us,
O Lord,
and these your gifts,
which we are about to receive
from your bounty.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
2007-03-01 00:29:28 · answer #5 · answered by Borinke 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
God bless this nice breakfast (lunch) (supper) that we are about to eat, amen.
2007-03-01 00:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's vain and repititious but it is:
Bless us oh Lord, in these thy gifts, which we are about to receive. From thy bounty through Christ our Lord, amen.
2007-03-01 00:27:38 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Momma 4 · 1⤊ 7⤋
oh no! rice again! damn!
...sorry, i'm catholic chinese filipino you see.
2007-03-01 00:27:56 · answer #8 · answered by Cory Kong 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋