Via
Anxious Bench where Chris Gehrz wrote about the origin and meaning of these mealtime prayers:
Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest
And let these gifts to us be blessed
Amen |
Be present at our table, Lord
Be here and everywhere adored
These mercies bless and grant that we
May strengthened for thy service be.
Amen. |
G.K. Chesterton elsewhere:
You say grace before meals.
All right.
But I say grace before the play and the opera,
And grace before the concert and pantomime,
And grace before I open a book,
And grace before sketching, painting,
Swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing;
And grace before I dip the pen in the ink.