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Grace before the Meal, by Fritz von Uhde, 1885

Grace As A Prayer

Grace As A Prayer A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing which sanctifies the meal. In English, reciting such a prayer is sometimes referred to...

Isaac Blessing Jacob, painting by Govert Flinck (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)

Blessing

Blessing In religion, a blessing (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the infusion of something with holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will. Etymology and Germanic paganism The modern English language term bless likely derives from the 1225 term blessen, which developed from the Old English blǣdsian (preserved in the Northumbrian dialect around 950 AD)....