A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing, which sanctifies the meal. In English, reciting such a prayer is sometimes called "saying grace". The term comes from the Ecclesiastical Latin phrase gratiarum actio 'act of thanks'. Theologically, the act of saying grace is derived from the Bible in which Jesus and Saint Paul pray before meals. The practice reflects the belief that humans should thank God who is believed to be the origin of everything.

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Notable quotes

“Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.”
— Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (1265–1274), I, q. 1, art. 8, ad 4
“Let grace and goodness be the principal lodestone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.”
— Thomas Fuller, in The Holy State and the Prophane State (1642), this has sometimes been misattributed to John Dryden, as early as its occurrence in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) edited by Tryon Edwards
“Grace has been defined, the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.”
— William Hazlitt, in "On Manner", The Examiner (August 27, 1815); reprinted in The Round Table‎ (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1817), p. 120
“All our life is in three: in the first we have our Being, in the second we have our Increasing, and in the third we have our Fulfilling: the first is Nature, the second is Mercy, and the third is Grace.”
— Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (c. 1393), Chapter 58
“Grace […] is a participation in the Divine Nature.”
— Fulton J. Sheen, Three to Get Married (1951), Ch. 2
“The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.”
— Horace and James Smith, Punch's Holiday

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Notable quotes

“Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.”
— Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (1265–1274), I, q. 1, art. 8, ad 4
“Let grace and goodness be the principal lodestone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.”
— Thomas Fuller, in The Holy State and the Prophane State (1642), this has sometimes been misattributed to John Dryden, as early as its occurrence in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) edited by Tryon Edwards
“Grace has been defined, the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.”
— William Hazlitt, in "On Manner", The Examiner (August 27, 1815); reprinted in The Round Table‎ (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1817), p. 120
“All our life is in three: in the first we have our Being, in the second we have our Increasing, and in the third we have our Fulfilling: the first is Nature, the second is Mercy, and the third is Grace.”
— Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (c. 1393), Chapter 58
“Grace […] is a participation in the Divine Nature.”
— Fulton J. Sheen, Three to Get Married (1951), Ch. 2
“The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.”
— Horace and James Smith, Punch's Holiday

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Overview

A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing, which sanctifies the meal. In English, reciting such a prayer is sometimes called "saying grace". The term comes from the Ecclesiastical Latin phrase gratiarum actio 'act of thanks'. Theologically, the act of saying grace is derived from the Bible in which Jesus and Saint Paul pray before meals. The practice reflects the belief that humans should thank God who is believed to be the origin of everything.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A grace is a short prayer or thankful phrase said before or after eating. The term most commonly refers to Christian traditions. Some traditions hold that grace and thanksgiving imparts a blessing, which sanctifies the meal. In English, reciting such a prayer is sometimes called "saying grace". The term comes from the Ecclesiastical Latin phrase gratiarum actio 'act of thanks'. Theologically, the act of saying grace is derived from the Bible in which Jesus and Saint Paul pray before meals. The practice reflects the belief that humans should thank God who is believed to be the origin of everything.

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