Grace at meal times

[Inmy50s]

Do you/your family ever say Grace?

We do for Sunday lunch and Christmas lunch.

Yeah, Brownie Camp was the only place I ever said Grace, too.

He just didn’t believe in that type of Christianity I suppose. When he died, I think he totally stopped believing in God.

well I know he had. Hard to maintain for 80 years when it’s such a pile of crap

I was forced to at school and by a relative who was an evangelical pastor. Woe betide anyone who so much as laid a finger on the food or even their fork before his rambling prayers were done. Funny really, my aged auntie's food was never quite served hot as she spent a lot of time fannying about when bringing it to the table so by the time it was finished everything was stone cold.

DC say the school prayer at lunch times. We don't at home as I am a satanist.

No, because we are not religious at all. Our house is a god-free zone.

Atheist family.

Only time we hear or say it is Burns Night. The Selkirk Grace. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.

Only on Burns night!

No, we never ever said it. And was brought up as a practicing Anglican. Now catholic occasionally go to places where its said. My priest friend will occasionally say it. But usually forgets.

Great minds!

Both me and DH were brought up Christian and still are but didn't say grace except at school. I'm not sure why. Our kids are young adults now but we always said grace for Sunday lunch when they were growing up.
Now we only say it when we have Christian friends round and at church events. So fairly often but not every day.

Never , although my husbands granny was like this - all fire and brimstone . Never ate at her house ever .

Oh yeah, I don’t even really think of the burns night Selkirk grace as a “grace” if that makes sense! Maybe because it’s not religious as such.

I’ve always found the “may the lord make us truly thankful” to be such an ominous sounding wish.

I prefer to go in already as grateful as I can be and say a simple prayer of gratitude for the meal.

Only at Christmas and Easter if my brother is in attendance, he likes the tradition of grace.

Yep we all jokingly say “grace” out loud and tuck into our food

I like that it's about empathy and need. It does mention God though!

Never.
I remember being so confused as a kid going to a friends house where they did it every night.

No. I dislike it when others insist on it - except in their own home of course.

The only time come across grace is at Burns Suppers when the Selkirk Grace is recited.

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be Thankit!

At home, even though DH and the kids are catholics it's not something we'd consider.

No. Atheist household.

No
I was brought up Christian. But no we never did this

Can't recall if we did or not. Did always says the rosary before bed and that took an age.

Bart has the best grace:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=no79mmvg0a8&pp=ygUhcnViIGEgZHViIGR1YiB0aGFua3MgZm9yIHRoZSBncnVi

No. I don't believe and I dislike it when others force their belief system on me.

My dad always does regardless of where we are

I just keep my head down as this makes him happy that I show respect, he is very upset his children are non believers (well I’m agnostic)

My Grandad was a vicar. He would say 'Good food, good meat, Good Lord, Let's eat!'

No, we thank who ever has cooked I it and give thanks to hello fresh for delivering it!