Grace at Meals Prayers
Grace at Meals Prayers
Grace at Meals Prayers
“And Jesus took the loaves; and when He had given thanks, he
distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were sat down;
and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.”
-John 6:11-
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Feast of Mary----------------------------------------------------------------
Feast of Saint Joseph-------------------------------------------------------
Feast of Our Father Saint Augustine-----------------------------------
Feasts of the Saints of the Order----------------------------------------
Religious Professions & Anniversaries---------------------------------
Birthdays-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Beginning of the Year or Course-----------------------------------------
Blessing in Spanish----------------------------------------------------------
Blessing in Latin--------------------------------------------------------------
FOR ORDINARY DAYS
BLESSING:
Let us pray…Our Father…
Bless us, O Lord, and these + your gifts, Which we are about to
receive, from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We give you thanks, almighty God, for all your benefits, who live
and reign forever and ever. Amen
***
BLESSING:
Let us pray…Our Father…
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Bless, + O Lord, these gifts which we are about to receive, and grant
that,gathered together for this fraternal meal, we may experience the
delight of living together united as brothers. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank, you Lord, for the gifts we have received and we beg that
we who are gathered in community may have but one mind and one
heart directed toward you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
***
BLESSING:
Let us pray…Our Father…
Lord, giver of life, bless + these gifts which we are about to receive,
so that we may benefit by what you give us. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for these your gifts. We ask that you draw us to
yourself so that we may ever live with you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
BLESSING:
Let us pray…Our Father…
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
***
BLESSING:
Let us pray…Our Father…
Grant, O Lord, that we may eat this food in fraternal unity, so that
your blessing + may come down upon us and upon the gifts you give us.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Lord, you have called us to peace and harmony. As we thank you for
these gifts, we pray that you will help us achieve perfect peace. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen
BLESSING:
Let us pray…Our Father…
Bless O Lord, and these + gifts, which we daily receive from your
bounty. Grant that we may praise you ceaselessly for your benefits and
acknowledge you as the one true good. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for this meal and for our continuous gifts from
your providence. We pray that we may not let ourselves be enslaved by
creatures and may love you as their creator. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
You Lord have said: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you.” Bless us
and bless + this food and grant that, with love for all, we may live the true
peace of the sons of God. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord our God, for partaking of this meal. We beg that, as
we eat at the same table, we may also lead a life of charity in a perfect
community of goods. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
Lord, our God, Creator and Redeemer, bless us + and these your
gifts. You yourself give us our being and our salvation; grant that you may
be the one who daily guides, governs and sustains us. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
Lord, our God, bless us and bless + this food. Grant that,
strengthened by your gifts, we may live our Christian and religious life in
perfect fidelity to Christ and his Spirit. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, giver of all good. You, who have strengthened
us in body, renew us interiorly with your grace, preserving and increasing
in us your continual benefits. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
Lord, you nourish us with material and spiritual bread. Bless us and
bless + this meal, grant that, strengthened by your gifts, we may always
follow in your way. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for this food we have received and for the
things created for the good of men. We pray that our whole life may join
the creation in the praise of your name. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
To you, O lord, we owe our existence and our life. Bless us and bless
+ this food, of which we are about to partake, and grant that, aided by
your fatherly providence, we may live in justice and fidelity. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
In thanking you, our Lord and Savior, for these gifts and for the gift
of our religious vocation, we beg that with a filial spirit we may always
love God our Father and the Church our mother. You who live and reign
forever and ever. Amen
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
Lord, you are the living bread and eternal food. Bless + this meal
which we are about to receive; and as you satisfy our human needs, aid us
also to attain our eternal aspirations. You who live and reign forever and
ever. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Lord, you are living bread and the eternal food. Bless + this food
which we are about to receive. And as you fulfill our human need, help us
to attain our eternal aspirations. You who live and reign forever and ever.
Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for the food which we have received from your
bounty. Grant that, following Mary’s example, we may ever proclaim your
wonders. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
FOR ADVENT SEASON
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
Bless, + O Lord, this food which sustains us in the way. Grant that it
may serve as a salutary remedy until we reach you, the fount of life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
O Lord, you are the fount of life. Receive the homage of our
gratitude, and grant that our thirst for love and for truth may be satisfied
in you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
O Lord, you have sent us your Son so that through his humanity we
might come to the knowledge of the Godhead. Bless + these gifts that
through the temporal benefits we may arrive at those that are eternal.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for this fraternal meal. We beg that, in our daily
journey towards heaven, we may grow in your love and in the love of our
neighbor. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
O God, Truth and Life, you make yourself man for our salvation.
Bless + these gifts and nourish us with the truth that we may arrive at
immortality, Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
O God, by means of your Son, you show us the way to come to you.
Grant that, strengthened by the gifts we have received, we may attain the
truth and the life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
CHRISTMASTIDE
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
In our joyful celebration of the birth of our Lord, we ask that you
bless + this fraternal meal. As Mary bore the Christ in her flesh, may we
bear him in our hearts. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Lord Jesus Christ, by taking on our flesh (this day), you have made it
immortal. We thank you for the gifts which we have received and pray
that, imitating the humility of your incarnation, we may come to rejoice
with you in glory. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
O God, you sent your Word to enlighten the world. Bless + these
gifts and grant that, walking in your light, we may rejoice in your splendor.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Lord, you renew all things by means of your Word. Receive the
homage of our gratitude and grant that our interior man may be
constantly renewed in Christ. You who live and reign forever and ever.
Amen
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
In taking up our flesh, O Lord, your Son made himself our way. Bless
+ these gifts and grant that, by following Christ the man we may ever
remain in Christ our God. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
In thanking you, Lord, for these gifts, we ask that he who became man for
us may make us sons of God. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
***
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
Lord, your Son took on our flesh to make himself our brother. Bless
+ these gifts and grant that in our needy brother we may recognize the
face of Christ. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Restored by this food, we thank you, Lord for all your gifts. We beg
you to hear our prayer and increase our charity. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
BLESSING
Let us pray… Our Father…
On this day, O God, you revealed your Son to all the nations. We beg
you to bless + these gifts and grant that we may be witnesses to your light
before all men. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Accept our thanks, O Lord, for these gifts. Grant that as your sons we may
realize our vocation as heirs of your grace by seeking and finding Christ
the Lord. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen
LENTEN SEASON
BLESSING:
Let us pray. Our Father…
Bless us, Lord, and bless + these your gifts. And since fasting without
mercy is nothing, grant that mercy toward our neighbor may precede our
sobriety. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
BLESSING:
Let us pray. Our Father…
O God, bless + these gifts from your providence. Grant that we may
remedy our indigence with your wealth. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you Lord, for nourishing us with your word. We pray that
the fruit of our Lenten abstinence may benefit our brothers. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING:
Let us pray. Our Father…
O Lord, giver of all that is good, bless us and bless+ these gifts. Grant
that, with our energy restored, we may always seek you ardently.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS:
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
O Lord, you gratify the humble. We beg that, restored buy your gifts,
we may be enabled to thank you with humility of heart. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
***
BLESSING:
Let us pray. Our Father…
Lord, author of the eternal and of the temporal goods, bless + this
fraternal meal and grant us food for our body and for our spirit. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
BLESSING:
Let us pray. Our Father…
God, creator of all, bless us and bless + these gifts. Grant that, as we
are reserved by his creatures, we may praise their Creator. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
***
BLESSING:
Let us pray. Our Father…
O lord, your Son took our flesh to become our brother, bless + these
gifts and grant that in our needy brother we may recognize the face of
Christ. You who love and reign forever and ever. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Restored by this food, we thank you, Lord, for all your gifts, we beg
that you will hear our prayer and increase our charity. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you Lord, for this fraternal meal. We pray that, after the
example of Christ, priest and victim, we may live united with our brothers.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
GOOD FRIDAY
BLESSING
Let us pray. Silence.
Your Son, O Lord, made himself obedient unto death on the cross.
Bless us and these + your gifts, and grant that we may offer ourselves
along with him who gave himself up for us. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
BLESSING
Let us pray. Silence
Lord, your son commended his Mother to the beloved disciple. Bless
+ this meal, and grant us, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary,
always maintain fraternal unity. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for this fraternal meal. We pray that, joined
with Mary, we may remain faithful to our Savior. You who live and reign
forever and ever. Amen.
PASCHAL SEASON
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
Lord, the resurrection of your son Jesus fills our hearts with joy.
Bless + these gifts and grant that we may always walk in the newness of
life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for this fraternal meal. We beg that, following
in the footsteps of the risen one, we may arrive at perfect peace. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
***
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
Bless + these gifts, o Lord, and grant that we may never abandon the
table on which we find our true bread. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord; may our praise rise to you Grant that, by our
works, we may be witnesses of your love. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
O Lord, bless + this fraternal meal. And grant that, through the
death and resurrection of your son, we may patiently bear our present
trials and joyfully hope in the future. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Your Son, O Lord, suffered and rose for us. Accept the homage of
our gratitude and grant that, purified through his blood, we may be
justified through his resurrection. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
***
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
Lord, your Son died for our sins and rose for our justification. Bless +
these gifts and grant that, buried with him in his death, we may rise to
new life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Lord, may our thanks rise up to you. Grant that we proclaim with
our lips the joy of finding ourselves risen with Christ. Your who live and
reign forever and ever, Amen.
Bless + this fraternal meal, O Lord. Grant that, as your son left his
peace when rising up to heaven, he will also grant it to us at the end of
time. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
In thanking you, O Lord, for these gifts, we beg that, having been
elevated in the humanity of your son, we may rise up to his divinity.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord, for this fraternal meal. Grant that whatever
individual talent we may be made common to all. We ask this through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
FEASTS OF MARY
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
Lord, you form your Church after the image of mary, Virgin and
Mother. Bless + these gifts and, by her aid, make us faithful to your
Church, which has regenerated us in Christ our Lord. You who live and
reign forever and ever, Amen..
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Let our prayers, O Lord, rise up to you. Grant that, accepting your
Word as Mary did, we may always put it into action. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Eternal Father, you entrusted the care of your son to St. Joseph.
Bless + this fraternal meal, and grant that, proclaiming him as our
protector, we may ever rejoice in his valuable patronage. Through Christ
our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Let our gratitude for these gifts, Father, rise up to you. As you
sought to be represented on earth by St. Joseph, the just and faithful
man, grant that through his intercession we may live in fidelity to the
vocation we have received from you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Accept, O Lord, on this our Father St. Augustine’s day, the homage
of our gratitude. As you made him a “diligent member of the Church,”
grant that we may always acknowledge and love her asw a mother, living
the Augustinian Charism with fidelity. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
We thank you, Lord and Father, for the food you bestow on us.
Grant that, through the intercession of St./Bld. (N.), we may constantly
preserve in our holy promise. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord, you have called us to follow you more closely. Bless us and
bless + this food; grant that these who have responded to the love of
Christ by profession of the evangelical counsels, may better show him
forth to men by the witness of their lives. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
In thanking you, O Lord, for these gifts, we pray that, following the
Master who called us, we may be of one mind and one heart directed
toward you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
BLESSING
Let us pray. Our Father…
Lord, you give joy to our lives by your gifts. Bless + this food and
grant that, as we joyfully celebrate the birthday of our brother (N.), with
him we may enjoy health of soul and body. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Or
Lord, you remain ever the same and your days are one “eternal
today.” Bless us and these + your gifts, and grant that, as we glorify you
for the gift of existence on the birthday of our brother (N.), our days may
receive their being and scope from you. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
Lord Jesus Christ, giver of our life and times, bless us and bless +
these your gifts. Grant that, celebrating today the beginning of the year
(course), we may testify by our lives to our belief in one and only true God
and our hope for life eternal. You who live and reign forever and ever,
Amen.
PRAYER OF THANKS
V. Blessed be the name of the Lord
R. Both now and forever
As we thank you Lord, for this fraternal meal at the beginning of the
year (course), we humbly beg that you will give us the wisdom rightly to
value the good of this world and intensely to live the goods of heaven.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING IN SPANISH
BENDICION
Oremos. Padre Nuestro…
ACCION DE GRACIAS
V. Bendito sea el nombre del Senor
R. Ahora y por siempre.
BENDICION
Oremos. Padre Nuestro…
ACCION DE GRACIAS
V. Bendito sea el nombre del Senor
R. Ahora y por siempre.
ACCION DE GRACIAS
V. Bendito sea el nombre del Senor
R. Ahora y por siempre.
BENDICION
Oremos. Padre Nuestro…
ACCION DE GRACIAS
V. Bendito sea el nombre del Senor
R. Ahora y por siempre.
Al darte gracias, Senor por estos dones tuyos, te pedimos que nos
atraigas a ti para que vivamos siempre contigo. Por Jesucristo nuestro
Senor, Amen.
BLESSING IN LATIN
ANTE PRANDIUM
V. Benedicite
R. Benedicte
Oremus
Benedic, Domine, nos ,et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus
sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen
Lector: Iube, Domine, benedicere
POST PRANDIUM
V. Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnia opera tua
R. Et sancti tui benedicant tibi
Gloria Patri…Sicut erat
V. Agimus tibi gratias, ominpotens Deus, pro universis beneficiic: qui vivis et
regnas in saecula saecolurum.
R. Amen
Oremus
Benedic, Domine, nos, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus
sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Lector: Iube, Domine, benedicere
POST CENAM
Aguntur gratiae ut post pandium, sed dicitur
V. Benedictus Deus in donis suis, et sanctus in omnibus operibus suis: qui vivit
et regnat in saecula saecolurom.
R. Amen
ANTE COLLATIONEM
Pater Noster(secreto)
Lector: Benedicite
POST COLLATIONEM
V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini
R. Qui fecit caelum et terram
V. Benedicamus Domino
R. Deo Gratias
Pater noster(secreto)