[ears_to_hear]

God forbid we be forced to eat cold food because we are worshipping and thanking Him

Much better to say "Bless us Oh Lord and these thy gifts we have received through thy bounty through Christ Our Lord"
Amen

Ok lets eat!

[AnAmericanMother]

I've nothing against a reasonable grace before meals.

But when the gravy congeals on the platter because the minister continues his prayer for 10 minutes (and that is a really long time for a grace!) the Church Ladies get irritated because their cooking is spoiled.

It is VERY important to keep the Church Ladies happy.

[GoLightly]

Much better to say "Bless us Oh Lord and these thy gifts we have received through thy bounty through Christ Our Lord" Amen

True, but I think that's a lot better than the one that usually pops into my mind first.

Good food, good meat, good God let's eat. (told y'all I'm way less than eloquent)

[higgmeister]

"Bless us Oh Lord and these thy gifts we have received through thy bounty through Christ Our Lord"

LOL...        You would not believe how shocked I was to hear that blessing the first time. My next thought was that we would probably have to go around the table offering a blessing from each person to use up the alloted time. I sat there for a few minutes looking around at people for any sign that there was a false start and the real blessing would resume after a penalty flag.

Finally, after a week or two, I decided that Catholic's just must not like cold meals.