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............................................................................................................ Saying grace is an ancient and vital tradition the world over.

To begin with, it provides a space, a moment of stillness, in which to relinquish the activities of the day and allow the mind to settle. Then, as we acknowledge the source of our nourishment, we are filled with astonishment at the generosity of the Creator, with gratitude, and with praise.

In bringing the body, mind, and heart together, we come to know ourselves, and remember who we are and why we are here. For some families, a meal is the only time everyone is present, and so the opportunity to enjoy one another and really celebrate the occasion is not to be lost. For many, a meal is also the only time that there is any memory of the Divine.

Saying grace establishes an immediate connection with that memory. In such a moment, when our minds are clear and the truth is reinforced by being sounded aloud, we can dedicate the meal and the strength we receive from it to the service of whomever or whatever is before us.

(One Hundred Graces, published by Harmony Books, a division of the Crown Publishing Group. 1992.

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............................................................................................................ The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. (Mother Theresa)

I slept and dreamt that life was joy; I awoke and saw that life was service; I acted and behold, service was joy! (Rabindranath Tagore)

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"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway." (Mother Theresa)

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Lord, Make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; To be understood, as to understand; and To be loved, as to love. For it is in pardoning that we are pardoned. And it is in dying to the self that we are born to eternal life. Amen. (Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi)

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