"The Blessing of God
rest upon all those who have been kind to us,
have cared for us, have worked for us, have served us,
and have shared our bread with us at this table.
Our merciful God,
reward all of them in your own way.
For yours is the glory and honor forever.
Amen."
— Saint Cyril (AD 850)
"For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
"When we eat the good bread,
we are eating months of sunlight,
weeks of rain and snow from the sky,
richness out of the earth.
We should be great, each of us radiant,
full of music and full of stories.
Able to run the way clouds do, able to
dance like the snow and the rain.
But nobody takes time to think that he eats all
these things and that sun, rain,
snow are all part of himself."
— Monica Shannon (1905 - 1965)
"God be in my bread
God be in my head
God be in my body
God be in my arms
God be in me
God be all around me
God be in all things
God be."
— William C. Segal (1904 - 2000)
