Grace at meal times

[Inmy50s]

Do you/your family ever say Grace?

We do for Sunday lunch and Christmas lunch.

No, never, the first time I came across grace (and this is with a grandma who never missed going to mass!) was at brownie pack holiday.

Never- we did at school but then again I went to a catholic primary and we seemed to have a prayer for everything!

The last time I said Grace I was nine years old at school. For what we are about to receive may the Lord make us truly thankful.

DH looked at me like I was bonkers when I said we had to chant that before lunch every day. I hated my school lunches, so years of daily prayer didn’t work. I still wouldn’t be truly thankful for a sandwich.

No, never. In fact, I've never seen anyone do it in real life.

Not since FIL died. I'm an atheist, but I'm still a little sad about that.

We do.

I'm a Christian so I say grace before every meal.

No. We are atheists. I quite liked the Latin grace at dinner at university (Oxford college) though, and can still remember it!

Only when there are potatoes.

Sometimes. I'm a Christian.

Yes, my Dad was a believer, and my mother believed in form.

So we said grace before Sunday lunch, and special meals.

No because I'm an atheist

Father, Son & Holy Ghost,
He who eats the fastest gets the most ...

Always at Christmas, although not that version!

No, we used to before school dinners (and they were awful so it was hard to be truly thankful). Have occasionally at the houses of Christian friends and relations.

We don't in our house as none of us are religious.

We do often thank whoever made the meal when we've finished, which is quite nice.

I've only ever said grace at Brownie pack holiday and Guide camp ( there were loads of different ones )

• the lord is good to me and so I thank the lord
• bees of paradise , do the work of Jesus Christ

and quite a few more - haven't said them in over 30 years

Sometimes. My girls have just randomly got into it. They aren't religious. But they make us all hold hands and one of them will say grace. It's really nice.

Yes we do. When we eat together. Pretty much every day. And def when there is a bigger family event

Nope. I’m an atheist and god didn’t cook my dinner.

My dad was a vicar. We never did. I am an atheist, I don’t

No. I am a Humanist so no goddess or god to thank.

Some of my in laws seem to do it regularly, even at a picnic once. I busy myself sorting out cutlery or whatever, I don't join in.

No. My son often eats at a friends house and they do. I'm atheist and like the idea of grateful reflection but we don't do it.

We do, most of the time. We're Christian.

At school we had to chant : "For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful" but I remember some kids changing the last bit, muttering "May the Lord help us to recover!"

That's so interesting, did you ever know why he didn't?

I wonder if he had so much God at work that his quota was full by the time he got home 🙂