A Mealtime Prayer

A practical prayer of gratitude for a meal which is both nourishment for the body, and an opportunity for those gathered to share awareness of the richness that is present for us in all ways.

This prayer is spoken in the first person. As you listen, you're invited to accept the words for yourself, also in the first person. Practical Prayer uses a formula proven effective in most of the world's religions.

Transcript

This is a mealtime practical prayer.

I'll say the words in the first person for myself and for everyone listening.

I'm grateful for the abundant good that surrounds and supplies me and each one here.

We live in an infinite universe filled with limitless richness.

It's one creation with immeasurable depth and variety.

This abundance that surrounds us is also within us.

I am part of this unlimited good and so is each one present.

This bread that we break,

This meal that we share is the one sharing itself,

Supplying itself and supporting itself.

I bless this meal and each one here.

This is both nourishment for the body and an opportunity for us to share awareness of the richness that's present for us in all ways.

I am grateful for this meal and this time of sharing.

I give thanks for the food and the preparers and each one involved in bringing it together for this blessed moment.

I am thankful for each one here.

This time is blessed and each one here is fed and filled and nourished in exactly the perfect way.

And so it is.

Reviews

Thank you so much, Rev. Bill for this beautiful thankful prayer.

Gratitude!! 🧘🙏🙌