Grace before meals
Benedic, Domine
Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. *After the meal:* We give you thanks, almighty God, for all your benefits, who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.
In Latin
Bénedic, Dómine, nos et hæc tua dona, quæ de tua largitáte sumus sumptúri. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
When this prayer is prayed
At table, aloud, even when there are guests — especially when there are guests. Half a million people will die of hunger this year; you are eating.