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Saying Grace

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Do you say grace before meals? We use to do it all the time and teach the kids but somehow we have gotten away from it.

It is an important part if teaching children to be faithful but somehow I my struggles with my own faith I have forgotten to nurture faith within my children. That is wrong, after all my struggles at my own and no matter what I feel about god it is my job to teach the who he is and what he does for us.

Grace is something that we are going to get back into but which grace to say? We are Roman Catholic and there is a pretty straight forward grace to be said at each meal.The thing is do my young children really need to say that grace or would one more age appropriate be better?

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  1. I think that any words of thanks are appropriate. If you are trying to teach younger children than I would say grace that they can understand now. If they cannot understand it, then it’s just a bunch of words. I do say grace with my meals.

  2. Personally I think there isn’t a specific prayer to be said for anything, it should come from your heart. Its supposed to be you talking to God thanking him for blessings including meals as well as asking for God to help you with what you are going through.

  3. My parents were at a fast food chain at lunchtime with their friends, they always say grace before every meal, they made the sign of the cross and started to say grace, the people next to them put their food down and bowed their heads, it was amazing!!

  4. We are also Catholic. So I know exactly what you are talking about. We have kind of switched ours to a cross of the standard prayer and of just saying something you are thankful for. When the kids were younger it was always easier to have them tell us something they were thankful for or the best part of their week. I love when they share the best part of the week. A lot of the time it is the simple things that made their week.

  5. I think an age appropriate grace is fine. My mom’s side of the family said grace (we ate most all holiday meals there) while my dad’s side did not, which was confusing to me as a kid. We didn’t at home but as an adult, I say a little prayer to myself

  6. I noticed at Thanksgiving how our family has changed from the typical grace to adding more on that the kids could all connect with. We said our regular grace, which all the kids knew thank goodness. Then we went around the table and each thanked god for something. It was nice that no one said anything that was a toy or anything like that. It was things that really meant something to them. Like health, a home to live in, good parents. Grace may have changed over the years. At the core it was still the same.

  7. My 5 yr old actually started saying grace at the table after church one day. Our lives get so hectic we never really thought to add it to our daily routine but after my 5 yr old requested it we do it every meal.