[Uucf-bible] Graces, part two

[John & Sarah Tindal]

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the blessings. I've adapted the one by Maryleona Frost and 
will use it today in a mixed group:

Spirit of Life and Love, gracious God,
We thank you for this food,
For rest and home and all things good;
For wind and rain and sun above,
But most of all for those we love.
In your Holy Name we pray. Amen.

John Tindal
Sumter, South Carolina




On 11/19/2010 5:17 PM, RevRonRobinson at aol.com wrote:
> Part Two: Graces Said Together
> (remembering the year of publication, 1963, re: inclusive language, et  al)
>
> God is great, and God is good.
> Let us thank Him for this food.
> source unknown
>
> Back of the loaf is the snowy flour,
> Back of the flour is the mill;
> Back of the mill is the wheat and the shower,
> And the sun and the Father's will. Amen.
> source unknown
>
> Each time we eat
> May we remember God's love. Amen.
> from China
>
> God, we thank you for this food,
> For rest and home and all things good;
> For wind and rain and sun above,
> But most of all for those we love. Amen.
> Maryleona Frost
>
> For this new morning with its light,
> For rest and shelter of the night,
> For health and food, for love and friends,
> For everything Thy goodness sends:
> Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
> Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
> Some have meat and cannot eat,
> And some would eat that lack it.
> But we have meat and we can eat,
> And so the Lord be thank-ed.
> The Selkirk Grace, from Robert Burns
>
> For every cup and plateful,
> Lord, make us truly grateful. Amen.
> A.S.T. Fisher
>
> Father: The Lord is good to all:
> Family:And his mercies are over all his works.
> Father: The eyes of all wait upon thee;
> Family: And Thou givest them their met in due season.
> Father: Thou openest thine hand,
> Family: And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
> Father: The Lord is righteous in all his ways.
> Family: And holy in all his works.
> Father: The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon Him,
> Family: To all that call upon Him in truth.
> Psalm CXLV: 9, 15-18
> (this may be followed by a prayer spoken by the Father)
>
> Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,
> all ye lands.
> Serve the Lord with gladness,
> come before his presence with
> singing.
> Know ye, that the Lord, He is God:
> it is He that hath made us, and
> not we ourselves; we are his people
> and the sheep of his pasture.
> Enter into his gates
> with thanksgiving and into his
> courts with praise: be thankful
> unto Him and bless his name.
> For the Lord is good:
> His mercy is everlasting;
> and His truth endureth
> to all generations.
> Psalm C.
>
> Thank you, God, for this food,
> and help us to preserve our freedom,
> that we may eat in peace. Amen.
> source unknown
>
> Thank you, God, for milk and bread
> And other things so good;
> Thank you, God, for those who help
> To grow and cook our food.
> Elizabeth McE. Shields
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