Compendium of Masonic Prayers and Graces

In Compendium of Masonic Prayers and Graces, author Revd Neville Barker Cryer focuses on the

ancient practice of saying grace before dining. An act of expressing thanks to God for the food,

drink and fellowship in which to share them, grace is a practice that is observed on many occasions.

 The same is true at all meetings of British Free and Accepted Masons, adopting the ancient Jewish 

custom of saying grace both before and after dining.