prayer before the meal
"Our Father, Give us this day our daily bread"
A Christian family united in prayer before the dinner table every day.
the background, the fireplace and a small altar set against the wall.
Publisher: Pintard à Lyon
France, first half of XIX century
Private Collection Galanz
An elevation spontaneous and sincere to our God and Creator to make it through with hearts full of gratitude for the bread that makes love with on our tables every day The words of the Lord's Prayer, spoken in Latin by the early Christians in pagan Rome of the great emperors, first softly and then in the twilight shadows favorable chorus, finally free and united, God raised
addition to fundamental and important symbolic and spiritual sense - " I am the Bread of Life "(John 6.35) - because Jesus Christ is for us Christians the Bread of Eternal Life - The Pater Noster relies on the benevolence of God every day because this is the bread on our tables, food, along with water, essential for survival.
Similar to Christian tradition, the Jewish tradition and various other religious cults, and cover an area dedicated exclusively to the particular relevance and prayer addressed to God the Creator before you eat a meal daily .
In sad and very regrettable global scenario of serious and profound ethical and spiritual regression, which clearly distinguishes our optical Vico century as an era of moral decadence and dark serious setback to the barbarism, these antique-and-now unfortunately obsolete practices must emerge spontaneously and with strong momentum in all of us who lights illuminating the darkness of despair and doubt of becoming.
I remember in my childhood spent in the beloved land of Tuscany, with love as my maternal grandmother Angie "before dinner" (ie, before eating), I marked with the Cross, clasping her hands and asked to repeat this simple prayer: "Lord , we thank you for this bread on the table and the daily food that you give us. Amen " .
We must all give thanks to God the bread on our tables every day this , especially thinking about those who, even today, in the twenty-first century, suffering from hunger and hardship of living ....
I Santini and ancient devotional image sometimes attest to the ancient and beautiful Christian prayer of thanks for their daily bread, embossing on paper for future reference the important moment when the family gathered in the room of the home, and before sitting at the table, the reassuring warmth of a fire and in front of a bowl of soup or steaming soup, fragrant rose, in the incomparable, the sacred values \u200b\u200bof family unity, sincere ode of gratitude to the Lord .
Santino The accompanying this article, a steel engraving of the first half of XIX century on the basis of paper, with silver leaf frame with elegant lace punch, celebrates this ancient and important tradition is represented in the illustrations, just for the uncommon depiction of the theme shows as well as a valuable record of great religious and cultural value , undoubtedly, in a strictly collectible, even a precious rarity.
addition to fundamental and important symbolic and spiritual sense - " I am the Bread of Life "(John 6.35) - because Jesus Christ is for us Christians the Bread of Eternal Life - The Pater Noster relies on the benevolence of God every day because this is the bread on our tables, food, along with water, essential for survival.
Similar to Christian tradition, the Jewish tradition and various other religious cults, and cover an area dedicated exclusively to the particular relevance and prayer addressed to God the Creator before you eat a meal daily .
In sad and very regrettable global scenario of serious and profound ethical and spiritual regression, which clearly distinguishes our optical Vico century as an era of moral decadence and dark serious setback to the barbarism, these antique-and-now unfortunately obsolete practices must emerge spontaneously and with strong momentum in all of us who lights illuminating the darkness of despair and doubt of becoming.
I remember in my childhood spent in the beloved land of Tuscany, with love as my maternal grandmother Angie "before dinner" (ie, before eating), I marked with the Cross, clasping her hands and asked to repeat this simple prayer: "Lord , we thank you for this bread on the table and the daily food that you give us. Amen " .
We must all give thanks to God the bread on our tables every day this , especially thinking about those who, even today, in the twenty-first century, suffering from hunger and hardship of living ....
I Santini and ancient devotional image sometimes attest to the ancient and beautiful Christian prayer of thanks for their daily bread, embossing on paper for future reference the important moment when the family gathered in the room of the home, and before sitting at the table, the reassuring warmth of a fire and in front of a bowl of soup or steaming soup, fragrant rose, in the incomparable, the sacred values \u200b\u200bof family unity, sincere ode of gratitude to the Lord .
Santino The accompanying this article, a steel engraving of the first half of XIX century on the basis of paper, with silver leaf frame with elegant lace punch, celebrates this ancient and important tradition is represented in the illustrations, just for the uncommon depiction of the theme shows as well as a valuable record of great religious and cultural value , undoubtedly, in a strictly collectible, even a precious rarity.
Paola Galanz
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