Prayers to Learn

Berkeley, Monday, February 16, 2026 3:09 PM

I am typing here a few prayers for the sake of, probably, memorizing them, but mainly, and hopefully to internalize them. Those are common prayers, so I also do not maye errors when recitating them by heart.

Meals

Grace Before Meals

Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

Grace After Meals

[I just got distracted a bit with other things] I must track time to not lose focus.

My grand ma, with my uncle grandma, Carmelita, used to pray something like this:

Gracias y alabanzas te damos Señor que nos has dado de comer sin merecer desde el primer instante del ser natural. Amén

At least that is what I recall as a children. Back to reference [1]

We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God, who lives and reigns forever. Amen.

It is always good to recall the departed souls, pray for the so the will be purged, cleaned, from the purgatory into Heaven. But why [1] have them included in the prayer of grace after meals. Is not only the first sentence the grace prayer. And the second one about the souls. I think that yes. Because I see that repeated in the second last prayer in the handout [1]. If you read [1] you would understand. I just edited the prayer now.

References

[1] Vocational Prayers and Devotions for the Family. https://www.usccb.org/resources/vocational-prayers-and-devotions-family.pdf