Family & Daily Life
Blessing on a Child's Birthday
Jeremiah 1:5 The Lord said to Jeremiah: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you. May God, in whose presence our ancestors walked, bless…
Open prayer: Blessing on a Child's Birthday
Blessing on a Child's Name Day
God of glory, whom we name in many ways, when we brought this child to your Church we were asked, "What name do you give this child?" We answered, "N." (or: "N. N."). May St. N…
Open prayer: Blessing on a Child's Name Day
Mother Teresa's Prayer for the Family
Heavenly Father, you have given us a model of life in the Holy Family of Nazareth. Help us, O Loving Father, to make our family another Nazareth where love, peace and joy reign…
Open prayer: Mother Teresa's Prayer for the Family
Parents' Thanksgiving
O God, we give you thanks for N., whom you have welcomed into our family. Bless this family. Confirm a lively sense of your presence with us, and grant us patience and wisdom,…
Open prayer: Parents' Thanksgiving
Prayer for Families
We bless your name, O Lord, for sending your own incarnate Son, to become part of a family, so that, as he lived its life, he would experience its worries and its joys. We ask…
Open prayer: Prayer for Families
Prayer for Married Couples
For one couple: O God, who in creating the human race willed that man and wife should be one, keep, we pray, in a bond of inseparable love those who are united in the covenant…
Open prayer: Prayer for Married Couples
Prayer for Safety
Strong and faithful God, keep our son/daughter safe from injury and harm and make him/her a blessing to all he/she meets today. ℟. Amen
Open prayer: Prayer for Safety
Prayer for Those Hoping to Conceive or Adopt a Child
Psalm 145:13-21 The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works. The Lord lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all loo…
Open prayer: Prayer for Those Hoping to Conceive or Adopt a Child
Prayer of a Couple on the Anniversary of Marriage
We praise you, O God, we bless you, Creator of all things, who in the beginning made man and woman that they might form a communion of life and love. We also give you thanks fo…
Open prayer: Prayer of a Couple on the Anniversary of Marriage
Prayer of Saint Teresa of Avila
Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.
Open prayer: Prayer of Saint Teresa of Avila
Prayer on Bringing a Child into the Home
Good Lord, you have tenderly loved us, and given us this home and good friends. May we make a true home for this child where he/she will learn trust in us and in you. (May his/…
Open prayer: Prayer on Bringing a Child into the Home
Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Lord, we thank you for the goodness of our people and for the spirit of justice that fills this nation. We thank you for the beauty and fullness of the land and the challenge o…
Open prayer: Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Thanksgiving for a Newborn or Newly Adopted Young Child
God, our Creator, cherish this child. Jesus, our Savior, protect him/her. Holy Spirit, our Comforter, strengthen him/her. or: Source of all blessings, protector of infants, loo…
Open prayer: Thanksgiving for a Newborn or Newly Adopted Young Child
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