Gracias Señor por el Pan
A Latin American table grace
We invite you to enter into this Latin American table grace, often used at MCC and MCC partner gatherings in countries from Guatemala to Colombia, and sung by Saulo Padilla, MCC U.S. immigration education coordinator.
Gracias Señor por el Pan
"At our Latin American tables, this song is a sign of gratitude, but also a remembrance of those who do not have bread at their table and to seek justice for them, so that they may have bread at their tables," says Saulo Padilla. Padilla is MCC U.S. immigration education coordinator. He fled war in his home country of Guatemala and grew up in Canada. (Read more about his migration journey.) This photo shows Padilla in 2012 in Sibinal, Guatemala. At his right is Juan Pablo Morales, who was serving as coordinator of MCC's rural work in Sibinal. MCC photo/Melissa Engle
Here are the English lyrics: Thank you, Lord, for this bread. And give bread to all those who hunger. And a hunger for justice to those of us who have bread. Thank you, Lord, for this bread.