{"id":4710,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/before-meals\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:26","slug":"before-meals","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/prayers\/before-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Before Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Father, who <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> in heaven, hallowed be <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> name. <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> kingdom come, <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pr-rubric\">Or:<\/p>\n<p>The eyes of all look to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> with hope, O Lord, and <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">givest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">give<\/span> them their food in due season. <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">openest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">open<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> hand, and <span class=\"pr-t\">fillest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">fill<\/span> every living thing with favor.<\/p>\n<p>Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.<\/p>\n<p>O Christ our God, bless the food and drink of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> servants, for <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> holy, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pr-rubric\">We then make the sign of the cross over the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blessing of the table before eating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4710","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}