A Season of Graces

With the Canadian Thanksgiving celebration this next weekend followed by the United State's Thanksgiving celebration at the end of November, I thought it might be a good time to explore graces - the blessings before (or after) meals. Over the next few weeks - this Season of Graces - I'll share some from the collection of table blessings we have collected over the years.

As last week, I shared a sermon/reflection on covenants, here is a grace to be prayed around weddings:

Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Grace

Welcome to our party, oh Lord of water-into-wine feastings. For poised at the edge of a great venture are these two people we hold in our hearts as special. Be with them on this the final eve of their separateness, for soon they will become a union. Be present at their daily table as you are with them tonight. And be, Lord, with us, too, their friends and family, as we share a meal, a memory, a toast for new beginnings.

~ Margaret Anne Huffman

Blessed Be

Joel


Resources:
One of the great resources we've found is June Cotner's collection: Graces: Prayers and Poems for Everyday Meals and Special Occasions. (1994) of which this prayer is found on page 63.