My grandfather used to end each blessing with "bless this food for the nourishment of our bodies." The first Christmas after my grandmother died, he said the blessing, but couldn't finish it because he was so upset, so I finished it and said, "bless this food for the nourishment of our bodies." My sister, who was 28 at the time and highley educated, said, "I always thought it was "bless this food from the nerves of our bodies."
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I used to think that when people died, their whole bodies were taken up to heaven, not just their spirits.— Karrie
- I used to believe that when people died, their bodies would immediately turn in to a skeleton— fv
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon
- I thought when you got food poisoning it might someone had put poison in your food— Bootlebat