Correct. There are some recognized Graces, e.g. the Selkirk Grace, but it's really up to the person saying Grace as to what they say and who and what they thank God for.

Round the teeth and round the gums, look out stomach here it comes. Amen

Thanks EL

So we are both right...

I will tell him.

I just asked mine and he just said 'Eh? Grace who?'

You never know when you might be at a dinner party and you are asked to do the honours

It cracked me up Karma - I thought for a minute he had had a religious experience

When I was little we were made to say this by my granny

*clears throat*

Bless us oh Lord and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty through 'Christ our Lord Amen.


I imagine there are other variations   pictures granny's face saying Black Pud's version which is infinitely better 

Oh  now as children, we used to sing..

"Thank you for the world so sweet
Thank you for the food we eat
Thank you for the birds that sing
Thank you God for everything.

According to my OH this is the right one..
I think he makes it all up as he goes along..

Best way to do Grace is chuck water around but obviously use the Holy variety.

see I've heard this one but at school this wasn't considered 'religious enough'  I went to a convent school and the penguins would have had a fit if we'd said this   but I think it's sweet 

I was taught the 'For what we are about to receive, may we be eternally grateful' one.

sorry the first ones that sprang to mind were "The thought of you still makes me see red you horse faced bitch"

That's a long time to be grateful, specially if the food sucks 

Rub a dub dub fanks for the grub.....

Shut up, you moose?

 

Gratitude is the best attitude 

Yes - that (or variations of it) is a standard school grace.


However, when done in a "home" setting, it's very common to ad-lib a grace, usually thanking the person(s) who prepared the meal, thanking God for the company of any guests, mentioning any recent important (to the group) events, etc.


It would be extremely odd for a Minister like Dave not to tailor the grace in such ways, and Ben would have expected Dave to do so - that's part of the reason why he would have asked him in the first place.

Good food
Good meat
Good God
Let's eat

Always a winner!

The only time I've ever heard that was in the movie The Stand. Is that where you got it from?

I think we all need to say a quick prayer to try and get this forum working properly again...

I never went to a Church school, I was taught that my mother's family to say at home. My dad's lot taught me how to light the Sabbath lights in English and Hebrew 

What did they insist on then?

"Oremus. Benedic, Domine, nos et hæc tua dona, quæ de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum, Dominum nostrum. Amen"

Rubba Dub Dub.
Thanks for the grub.

Mine were similar!

"For what we are about to receive, may the lord make us truly thankful"....

Suzy - did you ever go to church school? I'm not quite clear on that

Thank you Lord for all this fodder,
in one end and out the other.

That was ours Lal, but if we wanted to be bad it was Scatter Matter Custard 

Pass the sauce.

Dolmio?

 I can't really criticize though - you should have seen all the duplicate posts I've had to delete tonight...

No I didn't sooozy...I wanted to make it absolutely clear  (I've tidied it up now...silly forum )....I kept thinking it hadn't gone through Eugene...should have just seen it as a sign  and given up 

That's the one our family used over the years and is short and to the point. Wikipedia has a list of commonly used graces here

The Scottish Selkirk Grace stands out:
Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.
Although it is attributed to Robbie Burns, it predates him.