Go Ahead Bless Yourself, Say Grace At A Diner.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Ed Normile' date='05 January 2010 - 10:23 PM' timestamp='1262748203' post='2030547']
I do not know about the manner they say grace in a monastery, but here is a simple one in english.

Bless us O Lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to recieve, through thy bounty and through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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But it's so much cooler to say, "Benedic, nos, Domine, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen."

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[quote name='Resurrexi' date='06 January 2010 - 02:41 PM' timestamp='1262749309' post='2030572']
But it's so much cooler to say, "Benedic, nos, Domine, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen."


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[tojo]

[quote name='Resurrexi' date='05 January 2010 - 10:41 PM' timestamp='1262749309' post='2030572']
But it's so much cooler to say, "Benedic, nos, Domine, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen."


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I've been wondering how it goes in Latin!

[zunshynn]

[quote name='Resurrexi' date='05 January 2010 - 08:41 PM' timestamp='1262749309' post='2030572']
But it's so much cooler to say, "Benedic, nos, Domine, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen."


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Is that it? I seem to remember it being "Benedic, Domine, nos, haec tua dona, quae de tuae largitate sumus sumpturi." But that may have just been how I thought we were saying it. lol.

I actually like the prayer for Grace after Meals better: Agimus, tibi gratias, omnípotens Deus, pro universis beneficiis tuis, qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Amen." with the prayer for the poor souls to follow. (We give you thanks, Almighty God, for all your benefits, who lives and reigns forever and ever.)

[tojo]

[quote name='zunshynn' date='05 January 2010 - 10:58 PM' timestamp='1262750326' post='2030597']
I actually like the prayer for Grace after Meals better: Agimus, tibi gratias, omnípotens Deus, pro universis beneficiis tuis, qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Amen." with the prayer for the poor souls to follow. (We give you thanks, Almighty God, for all your benefits, who lives and reigns forever and ever.)
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I've wondered about that one too.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='zunshynn' date='05 January 2010 - 10:58 PM' timestamp='1262750326' post='2030597']
Is that it? I seem to remember it being "Benedic, Domine, nos, haec tua dona, quae de tuae largitate sumus sumpturi." But that may have just been how I thought we were saying it. lol.
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You're right; it is "Benedic, Domine, nos" at the beginning. It's "tu[b]a[/b] largitate" though.

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='Resurrexi' date='05 January 2010 - 10:41 PM' timestamp='1262749309' post='2030572']
But it's so much cooler to say, "Benedic, nos, Domine, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen."


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Cooler still is - Through the lips and past the gums, look out guts here it comes. Not much grace involved with this one however.

ed

[Lil Red]

+JMJ+
[quote name='Terra Firma' date='05 January 2010 - 12:14 PM' timestamp='1262718882' post='2030269']
My friends who have been in the service industry tell me they cringed when they saw people in restaurants praying before a meal, because it often meant they got very small tips compared to the non-grace sayers. I've heard this from several people (the majority of whom are Christian) in several states.
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that's because a lot of Christians are poor.

[quote name='Resurrexi' date='05 January 2010 - 08:41 PM' timestamp='1262749309' post='2030572']
But it's so much cooler to say, "Benedic, nos, Domine, et haec tua dona, quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen."


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but i don't know how to pronounce that.

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[quote name='Lil Red' date='07 January 2010 - 03:53 AM' timestamp='1262796785' post='2030885']
+JMJ+

that's because a lot of Christians are poor.


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You're not far wrong there!

And I like this grace "For what we are about to receive, may we be truly thankful." I don't know if it Catholic or not, but I have heard it before and I like it.