{
  "metadata": {
    "id": "grace-before-meals",
    "title": "Grace Before Meals",
    "primary_category": "daily",
    "labels": ["daily", "meals", "family", "common"],
    "importance": "common",
    "type": "devotional",
    "description": "A blessing prayer recited before eating meals",
    "origin": "Traditional Catholic prayer for blessing food",
    "origin_date": "~0100",
    "usage": "Recited before meals in family or communal settings",
    "feast_days": [],
    "devotions": ["family-prayers"],
    "created_date": "2025-10-20",
    "last_modified": "2025-10-20"
  },
  "translations": {
    "la": {
      "language": "Latin",
      "text": "Benedic, Domine, nos et haec tua dona quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.",
      "notes": "Traditional Latin blessing before meals"
    },
    "en": {
      "language": "English",
      "text": "Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.",
      "notes": "Common English version used in Catholic households"
    },
    "es": {
      "language": "Spanish",
      "text": "Bendícenos, Señor, y estos dones tuyos que vamos a recibir de tu generosidad, por Cristo nuestro Señor. Amén.",
      "notes": "Spanish Catholic version for blessing meals"
    },
    "fr": {
      "language": "French",
      "text": "Bénissez-nous, Seigneur, ainsi que ces dons que nous allons recevoir de votre bonté, par le Christ notre Seigneur. Amen.",
      "notes": "French Catholic blessing before meals"
    },
    "de": {
      "language": "German",
      "text": "Segne uns, o Herr, und diese deine Gaben, die wir von deiner Güte empfangen sollen. Durch Christus, unsern Herrn. Amen.",
      "notes": "German Catholic version"
    },
    "it": {
      "language": "Italian",
      "text": "Benedici noi, o Signore, e questi tuoi doni che stiamo per ricevere dalla tua liberalità. Per Cristo nostro Signore. Amen.",
      "notes": "Italian Catholic blessing"
    },
    "pt": {
      "language": "Portuguese",
      "text": "Abençoai-nos, Senhor, e estes vossos dons que vamos receber da vossa bondade, por Cristo nosso Senhor. Amém.",
      "notes": "Portuguese Catholic version"
    },
    "pl": {
      "language": "Polish",
      "text": "Błogosław nas, Panie, i te Twoje dary, które mamy otrzymać z Twej hojności. Przez Chrystusa, Pana naszego. Amen.",
      "notes": "Polish Catholic blessing before meals"
    }
  }
}