식사을 위한 기도 / Prayer before meals
Our Father in Heaven, thank You for providing this meal and bringing together in Your love.
May this food nourish our souls as well as our bodies.
We pray for health and strength in order to live in the way You desire.
May we never forget those who struggle to find the nourishment needed to sustain them.
We ask that Your blessing be especially upon them today.
May all of us gathered here today find Your peace and joy within our hearts that come
from You.
하늘에 계신 하나님 아버지! 우리에게 필요한 양식을 주시고 당신의 사랑 안에 함께 모이게 해주시니 감사합ㄴ다.
이 음식을 통해서 우리의 육체뿐 아니라 영혼도 건강해지게 하소서. 우리가 주님이 원하시는 방법대로 살 수 있도록
건강과 강건함을 허락하소서. 생명을 유지하는데 필요한 음식을 찾기 위해 몸부림치는 자들을 우리가 잊지 않게
하소서. 하나님 아버지의 축복이 그들에게 임하길 원합니다. 오늘 여기에 있는 모든 이들이 아버지로부터 오는
평화와 기쁨을 마음속에 가지게 하소서.
간결한 식사기도문들
1)
five short prayers for use at meal times)
God is great, and God is good, And we thank him for our food; By his hand we all are fed; Give us, Lord, our daily bread.
위대하시고 선하신 하나님 아버지 이시간도 저희에게 음식을 제공해 주시니 감사합니다.
언제나 우리에게 일용할 양식을 주시길 비오며 감사하며 이 음식을 먹길 원합니다. 아멘
God, we thank you for this food. For rest and home and all things good. For wind and rain and sun above. But most of all for those we love.
O Lord, we thank you for the gifts of your bounty which we enjoy at this table. As you have provided for us in the past, so may you sustain us throughout our lives. While we enjoy your gifts, may we never forget the needy and those in want.
Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bless this food to our use, and us to thy service. Fill our hearts with grateful praise. Amen.
2)
A blessing before our meal.
Blessed are you, God of all creation, whose very life permeates our world, and whose goodness fills our hearts with joy.
Blessed are you, who have brought us together as friends and colleagues.
Be present to us; continue to work in us the wonder of your grace, forming us as your people committed to justice and mercy, healing and compassion, in a world burdened by violence, injustice, and indifference.
Pour forth your blessing on us, renew and refresh us for our mission, making us effective leaders and wise stewards of your bountiful gifts.
Bless this food we are about to share, a sign of your goodness to us, bless those who prepared it, and who serve it, and keep us ever mindful of those who go hungry this night.
May our meal and our celebration nourish our bodies and strengthen the bonds that unite us in love and faithful service.
We ask this through Christ Jesus, Amen.
A blessing before our meal.
Lord, as we gather here before this table, we pause to give thanks for the bounty of the earth from which this meal came forth. Create in us a new spirit, that we may bear fruit for others and so share our life with the world. By that same power create human society anew, with justice as its measurement and compassion for a cornerstone, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Grace at meal 식사기도
We ask you, Lord God, to honor us with Your presence at our meal. You have graciously
provided the food we are about to eat and have given us the health to enjoy Your blessings.
Sancitfy our hearts to receive Your blessings to our profit and to Your great joy. Cause it to
nourish my body and soul I may be able to be better serve You and those around me
in the name of Jesus we pray amen.
