Dec
26
John Calvin’s suggested prayer for a family before a meal:
Lord God Almighty, you have made the world; you uphold all things in it by the word of your power. You sustained the children of Israel in the wilderness with food from on high. Will you also bless us, your humble servants, and sanctify to us these gifts which we have received from your generous hand? May we use them temperately; help us to devote them to their proper purpose. May we thus acknowledge that you are our Father and Source of all good things. Grant also that we may at all times and above all things yearn for the spiritual bread of your Word. May our souls thus be nourished unto everlasting life, which you have prepared for us through the precious blood of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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