Gracious Lord,
we gather together for a feast of thanksgiving. We
prepare the food that you provide, food that was nurtured by your sunshine,
nourished by your vegetation, grown to the service of our bodies that will now
consume it in gratitude. Be in our preparations, that every morsel conveys
the love that we have for each other. Be in our conversations, that every
sharing adds to our joy. Be in our digestion that our bodies will be made
whole and healthy in our meal together. Strengthen us through this food
that we will grow to love more deeply, enjoy more genuinely and care more
profoundly for all that you have made. Thank you. Amen.
This grace is meant to be said before the preparations for a Thanksgiving meal. It is heavily influenced by J. Shannon Jung’s book “Sharing Food” and the discussion about jouissance. It seemed appropriate to say grace before the preparations since, in my family, we gather as a group to prepare together. The preparations are as much a part of the celebration for us as the actual meal, and just as meaningful, since our thoughts wander to those who will visit and our prayers surround them in whatever they face in life.
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