Comments on: Prayer https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/08/06/prayer/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeff Milner https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/08/06/prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=247#comment-1354 In the last few years my dad has decided that instead of asking for the food to be “blessed” he just says a prayer of thanks for it.

As far as I know the average member of the church doesn’t actually consider the blessing on the food to do anything physically to it. Why then do people ask a blessing? Does the food somehow change spiritually when it’s blessed? I know from TV and movies that in the case of vampires blessed water… but I digress and think that being thankful for the food should be the most important part.

]]> By: J. Stapley https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/08/06/prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=247#comment-1355 Good call on the thankfullness instead. My theory is that it comes from the exhortation to pray morning midday and night.

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