Grace at meal times

[Inmy50s]

Do you/your family ever say Grace?

We do for Sunday lunch and Christmas lunch.

We do not do it while out or when visitors are round.

Mum and dad have always done it on Sundays and Christmas, as have I when with them.

Not done this since I was a child. (40 years ago!) Family were quite religious.

It seems very old fashioned now, and not anything I would expect anyone to do unless the whole family are Churchgoers.

No never. To be completely honest it makes me quite uncomfortable, it feels a bit culty.

We still do it occasionally on high days and holidays, and I think it's useful to know the form and the ritual.

Occasionally, I once suggested it as a joke, we don’t sit down as a family all the time so when we do it’s become a bit of a tradition. When I suggested it as a joke my DDs all pipped up, they go to catholic schools so we’re use to it, they also learned to do it at Brownies. Young Sheldon is a firm favourite TV viewing so they see Mary do it too. Now we do it but it’s not particularly religious it’s more we all say our own funny versions, we thank Daddy for working to buy us food and mummy for spending daddy’s money on the expensive ice cream behind his back… We don’t knock any religious aspect if the DDs want to thank god, but we don’t do it out of religious reasons.

No, because I have zero religious faith. I'm not a firm atheist (I don't know whether there is a god or not), but I'm sure all religion is man-made nonsense.

No, we're atheists. I quite like the idea of a moment of reflection and thanks for a meal, but it's not something we've ever done.

What was this? Love a bit of Latin

Often. We are Christians so usually say grace if we have a proper Sunday dinner, or if our adult kids are home for a meal (they also are Christian) or if we have friends round for dinner. Don't usually say grace when it's just the 2 of us, but make a point of doing so when we are at a restaurant, I think because we really are thankful for the opportunity to spend extended time with each other over a meal.

I said it at my convent school, ( Bless us o Lord and these thy gifts which we are about to receive, through thy bounty… can’t remember the rest.
would have been embarrassed if we’d said it at home though!
I also loved the sung Latin grace at university

We don't but we are church going and actually I'd quite like to introduce it now you've mentioned it!

Yes, for almost every meal. Individually and not audibly usually. Maybe altogether and audibly for Sunday lunch or with like minded visitors. If visitors weren't that way inclined, would say it inaudibly, hope they could cope with that.

it feels a bit culty
It's what Jesus did

The children go to a Catholic school and they say grace before and after their lunch.

I wish we could but DH and DCs are atheist so I only say it when with Christian friends
My favourite is: "For food when others are hungry, for drink when others are thirsty, for friends when others are lonely, we thank you God" as it expresses gratitude for the things we are lucky to have

At primary school:
Thank you for the food we eat, thank you for the world, so sweet, thank you for the birds that sing, thank you, God for everything

At grammar school:
for what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful

After amalgamation with the secondary school to become a comprehensive, grace was discontinued.

We never said it at home but in the early-mid 1960sci had a few friends where grace was said before the main meal of the day.

No. We are atheists. We thank whoever has cooked it at the end of the meal.

Never, although grew up saying Grace.