Table Graces



Broken Bread

God, whom we meet in bread and wine,
in body broken and blood outpoured,
fill us with your compassion,
that we may hear the cries of the hungry
and reach out to those in need.

Engender in us a thirst for justice,
that the hungry will be satisfied
and the rich sent empty away.

Roll away our apathy
that, with arms outstretched,
we may offer life in place of death
and hope in the face of despair.
Amen.

— Copyright © Annabel Shilson-Thomas/CAFOD.
Used by permission.

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For Food in a World

For food in a world where many walk in hunger;
for faith in a world where many walk in fear;
for friends in a world where many walk alone;
we give you humble thanks, O Lord.

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God Bless us to our Bread

God bless to us our bread,
and give bread to all those who are hungry,
and give a hunger for justice to those who are fed.

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