Graces Christ Church, Oxford

christ church south- east across christ church meadow



christ church cathedral east across christ church meadow

the first part of grace read scholar or exhibitioner of house before formal hall each evening, ending words per iēsum christum dominum nostrum ( through jesus christ our lord. ) remainder of grace, replacing per iēsum christum, etc., read on special occasions:

there long postprandial grace intended use after meals, used. when high table rises (by time hall largely empty), senior member on high table says benedictō benedīcātur ( let blessed 1 blessed , or let blessing given blessed 1 ), instead of college postprandial grace:

(the bible clerk reads greek testament.)

:omnipotens et misericors deus, qui donis tuis nos exsatiasti, effice ut quicquid per nos fieri aut prætermitti velis, diligenter observemus, mandata tua universa prompto atque fideli obsequio obeuntes, per iesum christum dominum nostrum. amen.

versicle: domine, salvam fac reginam.


response: et exaudi nos, quando invocamus te.

:deus in cuius manu sunt corda regum; qui es humilium consolator, fidelium fortitudo, protector omnium in te sperantium, da reginæ nostræ elizabethæ populoque christiano ut te regem regum, et dominantium dominum, agnoscant semper et venerentur, et post hanc vitam regni tui æterni fiant participes ; per iesum christum dominum nostrum. amen.

deus, quo derivatur omnis munificentia et bonitas, debitas tibi gratias agimus, quod felicis memoriæ regem henricum eius nominis octavum, ad ecclesiam hanc fundandam animaveris; et rogamus pro sancta tua misericordia, ut cum nos hoc tanto beneficio adiuti, ad laudem tui nominis profecerimus, una cum omnibus qui iam in domino dormierunt, beatam resurrectionem, et æternæ felicitatis præmia consequamur, per iesum christum dominum nostrum. amen.




^ adams, reginald (1992). college graces of oxford , cambridge. perpetua press. pp. 62–64. isbn 1-870882-06-7.