The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
We sing a little song before we eat a little blessing before we eat and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way.