Eating before praying

PMeg819

We don't pray in our house because we're dirty heathens.When we were kids though, it was a huge no-no to eat food before we prayed. In Sunday School or something, someone said that if you eat before you pray, you've eaten sin and it will make you sick. I translated this to mean that I was going to end up with cancer or something. To this day, if I eat and then someone prays I feel like that lump of food is sitting in my stomach like a lump of steel, waiting to kill me.Christian guilt, not as good as Catholic guilt, but still damn effective.

mrsconn23

We always prayed before we ate, but we were never told that we were 'eating in sin' if we didn't.  DH, the kiddo, and I also pray before meals. Interestingly, we *never* prayed before a meal when we went out to eat.

6fsn

We prayed before dinner at home.  Never any other meal and never out.  

katorigasuki

we only said grace before dinner if we were at our grandparents' house.  or at holiday meals.

LnR70707

we only prayed at holiday meals and at our grandparents house.

NOLABridesmaid

I do both. If I know that the people I'm eating with don't say grace, then I'll say grace to myself. If I'm with some of my more praying friends we will pray as a table.

Paulo's Menina Bela

We pray over meals at home and restaurants. It's not a big deal praying in public. It's not like we're screaming "Hallelujah" and saying 10 Hail Mary's.

Future Mrs Butterworth

I silently bless my food. I've never shared that with anybody, even FI. I don't see a need to.