Gracious and faithful God,

We pause in gratitude for this meal and for the love that gathers us around it. Thank you for the food before us, for the hands that prepared it, and for the hearts that make this table a home.

We remember those who are not with us—loved ones who have died, and all whose absence leaves a quiet space today. May their memory bring comfort and their lives continue to bless us in ways unseen.

We hold in prayer those who suffer in our world: the hungry, the displaced, the weary, and the afraid. Let our gratitude move us to compassion and our abundance to generosity.

Bless this food, O Lord, and bless the conversations, the laughter, and the tenderness shared here. May peace find its way from this table into the world beyond it.

Amen.

Invite everyone to share what they’re grateful.

Source: Renew International