Editing St Benet's Hall, Oxford (section)

==Refectory==
[[File:St Benet's Hall Refectory.jpeg|thumb|250px|Refectory]]
Again unlike the university's constituent colleges, the hall did not have a [[high table]] but one common dining table shared by all members. Members of the hall were entitled to invite guests to all meals,<ref name="autogenerated1"/> with the result that fellows, lecturers, monks, students, and their guests mixed freely. The dining hall was known as the [[refectory]], in accordance with monastic tradition.

The following [[Grace (prayer)|grace]] was said in Latin before every formal Hall meal, which at St Benet's was latterly held on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. It was recited by the Master or a person he designated. In addition, after grace, an undergraduate student would read a short passage from the [[Rule of St Benedict]] in English.

::''Gratiarum actio ante cibum''
::Benedic Domine,
::nos et haec tua dona
::quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi,
::per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen

::''Grace before the meal''
::Bless us, O Lord,
::and these thy gifts
::which we are about to receive from thy bounty,
::through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Grace after the meal was said in Latin after formal hall by the chaplain in the following form:

::''Gratiarum actio post cibum''
::Agimus tibi gratias,
::omnipotens Deus,
::pro universis beneficiis tuis,
::qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

::''Grace after the meal''
::We give thee thanks,
::O almighty God,
::for all thy benefits,
::who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}