"Proseuchai tines christianikai, symbolon kai dekalogos"

PRAYER BEFORE
food is taken.

Our Lord, who art the inexhaustible fountain of all good things, impart to us thy blessing, sanctifying the things given to us by thee, so that we may use them purely, and only for necessary uses, according to thy will, and not abuse them for gluttony, and always confess that thou art our Father, the only author of good things. And meanwhile, while we use bodily food, recall to our memory always the spiritual eating of thy word, by which our souls may be fed into the hope of eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Deuteronomy, chapter 8.
Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word proceeding from the mouth of God.

THANKSGIVING
after food has been taken.

We give thanks to thee, O God, for all the good

PRAYER BEFORE
taking food.

Our Lord, who art an inexhaustible
storehouse of all kinds of good things, impart to us
thy blessing, sanctifying the things given to us
by thee, so that we may use them
purely, and only for necessary needs, according
to thy will, not to gluttony or
to abuse; confessing always that thou in truth
art our Father, the sole
provider of all good things. And meanwhile, while we
take bodily food, remind us
always most of all of the spiritual
eating of thy word, by which our souls
may be fed into the hope of eternal
life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

Deuteronomy.
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word proceeding
through the mouth of God.

THANKSGIVING
after food.

We give thanks to thee, O God, for all things with which
for