Trinity College Dublin

		Text for the grace before and after dinner - Trinity College Dublin.
		At Commons in the Dining Hall, according to ancient usage, grace shall be said both before and after meals by one of the Scholars or students appointed for the purpose by the Board, and in the following form: BEFORE MEAL:- ‘Oculi omnium in te sperant, Domine. Tu das iis escam eorum in tempore opportuno. Aperis tu manum tuam, et imples omne animal benedictione tua. Miserere nostri te quaesumus Domine, tuisque donis quae de tua benignitate sumus percepturi, benedicito per Christum Dominum nostrum’ AFTER MEAL:- ‘Tibi laus, tibi honor, tibi gloria, O beata et gloriosa Trinitas. Sit nomen Domini benedictum et nunc et in perpetuum. Laudamus te, benignissime Pater, pro serenissimis, regina Elizabetha hujus Collegii conditrice, Jacobo ejusdem munificentissimo auctore, Carolo conservatore, caeterisque benefactoribus nostris, rogantes te, ut his tuis donis recte et ad tuam gloriam utentes in hoc saeculo, te una cum fidelibus in futuro feliciter perfruamur, per Christum Dominum nostrum.’

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Last Updated: 01-Feb-2010

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