The Catholic prayer before meals goes like this:
Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord. Amen.
While it is a beautiful prayer, I feel like it is greatly under used.
If you look at it closely you notice that it first asks God to bless us. Who can't use that on a regular basis?
Secondly it asks Him to bless the gifts we are to receive from Him. This is not always food!
I had the opportunity to go to Mass with my mom and dad the other day. While we were in the car I said, "Josh is taking his final Calculus 3 exam right now."
The first words out of my dad's mouth were the grace prayers. He laughed when he realized what he said but then we talked about it. He prayed for us, including Josh, to be blessed and he asked God to bless the gifts he was anticipating getting, namely for Josh to do well on his exam.
We decided it was the perfect prayer for the moment.
It's perfect for other moments, too. Give it a try.
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