You're probably here because someone just asked you to say grace and you need something quick. We've got you. Or maybe you want to start a new habit at your table. We've got that too.
5-10 seconds. Family-friendly. Genuine.
Lord, thank you for this food and for the hands that made it. Amen.
God, thank you for this meal and for everyone sitting here. Bless what we eat and bless our time together. Amen.
Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thank you, Lord, for this food, and for each other. Amen.
A little more formal, a little more expansive — for the big table.
Lord, thank you for the food on this table and for the people around it. For the work of every hand that brought this meal together — those who grew it, prepared it, and served it. For the years behind us and the ones ahead. We don't take any of this for granted. Bless this meal. Bless every person in this room. And bring us back to this table again. Amen.
God, thank you for this season, for this table, and for everyone who made the effort to be here. For the ones we're thinking of who aren't. For the food in front of us and the people beside us. May this meal be a gift we give to each other. Amen.
When someone has to say it over a microphone, or for a crowd.
Lord, we are grateful — for this food, for those who prepared it, and for the chance to share it together. May this meal strengthen us and remind us why community matters. Thank you for every face in this room. Amen.
Short, rhythmic, age-appropriate — and worth teaching early.
Oh, the Lord's been good to me, and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need — the sun and the rain and the apple seed. The Lord's been good to me. Amen.
God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food. By His hands we all are fed, give us Lord our daily bread. Amen.
Thank you God for the food we eat, thank you God for the friends we meet. Amen.
For reading at the table, or for incorporating into your grace.
Short enough to say before anything gets cold. Covers what matters: gratitude for the food, honor for the work that went into it, care for the people at the table. A good starting place. Say it, mean it, pass the bread.