Food and Relationships

Blessed Trinity,
Thank you for the gift of food and of community. Help us to see the people involved in this food. We are dependent upon others for our food. Make us to know that we do not sit at the table alone, just as we do not sit at your table alone. Give us faith to trust in the communion of the saints and the courage and love to live it out in our lives. May we welcome all people to our tables, just as you welcome us. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

I've been thinking about the need for awareness and mindfulness in food choices and their impact upon communities for a few weeks, since our conversation with Shannon Jung. Ellen and Nan's presentation about the ways that food can build community was a helpful resource for encouraging people to be mindful of food and community. Food can bring us together, if we think about all of the people involved in food production, and are willing to step out of our social location to encounter and feed the other.