Author Topic: grace at meals (Read 603 times)

Conspiracy_Factist · « **on:** May 04, 2016, 06:33:24 PM »

I just figured out when we say grace it should always be standing, my wife who isn't a full traditionalist is having a hard time with it..is there anyone here who says grace while sitting?

songbird · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2016, 07:15:50 PM »

We say prayers before meals sitting and when many are with us, standing. Thank God your wife does the sign of the cross and folds her hands. My mother taught us this, but when she remained in the New Order, she tried holding hands like the "Waltons". I had to instruct our children what is Catholic and what is not and to keep their grandmother in prayer to go back to the sign of the cross and the folding of hands.

When it came time for the meal prayers, we and the children did what was proper and surprised my mother and step dad, that we did that and did not hold hands.

StarOfTheNorth · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2016, 07:59:57 PM »

Unless you are including the Angelus or the Regina Coeli with your meal prayers, you could pray your meal prayers sitting.

AMDGJMJ · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2016, 06:06:20 AM »

We sit about half the time when praying meal prayers, especially when we are in restaurants so as not to make a HUGE SCENE. ;-)

If you wife has a hard time standing, she would technically even have a dispensation from kneeling or standing when receiving Holy Communion! So, yes, you don't need to worry! :-)