Prayers (A-Z)

Grant us, O Lord Jesus,
to imitate faithfully the example of your Holy Family
and to make our home another Nazareth.
May peace, love and happiness prevail.
Grant us the grace to be the parents 
we should be for our children.
Grant that our child may find solid support 
for their human dignity 
and for their growth in truth and love 
within the embrace of our home.
When the time comes for each of us 
to go to the everlasting home you have prepared for us,
may your glorious Mother and St. Joseph take us to you,
after the final grace of a happy death.

Amen.

O Almighty God, you gave us the commandment to honour our father and mother. In your loving kindness hear my prayer for my parents. Give them long lives and keep them well in body and spirit. Bless their labours; keep them always in your care. Bless them generously for their loving care for me. Grant that, through your grace, I may always be their support and comfort, and that, after our life together on earth, we may experience the joy together praising you forever.

Amen.

O glorious St. Joseph,
to you God committed the care 
of His only begotten Son
amid the many dangers of this world.
We come to you 
and ask you to take under your special protection
the children God has given us. 
Through holy baptism
they became children of God
and members of His holy Church.
We consecrate them to you today,
that through this consecration
they may become your foster children.
Guard them,
guide their steps in life,
form their hearts 
after the hearts of Jesus and Mary.

St. Joseph,
who felt the tribulation and worry of a parent
when the child Jesus was lost,
protect our dear children for time and eternity.
May you be their father and counsellor.
Let them, like Jeus,
grow in age as well as in wisdom and grace
before God and men.
Preserve them from the corruption of his world,
and give us the grace one day to be united
with them in Heaven forever.

Amen.

All praise to You, Lord Jesus,
Lover of children:
Bless our family,
And help us to lead our children to You.

Give us light and strength,
And courage when our task is difficult.
Let Your Spirit fill us with love and peace,
So that we may help our children to love You.

All glory and praise are Yours, Lord Jesus,
For ever and ever.

Amen.

O Father of mankind, who hast given unto me these my children, and committed them to my charge to bring them up for Thee, and to prepare them for everlasting life: assist me with Thy heavenly grace, that I may be able to fulfil this most sacred duty and stewardship. Teach me both what to give and what to withhold; when to reprove and when to forbear; make me gentle, yet firm; considerate and watchful; and deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence, and the excess of severity; and grant that, both by word and example, I may be careful to lead them in the ways of wisdom and true pity, so that at last I may, with them, be admitted to the unspeakable joys of our true home in heaven, in the company of the blessed Angels and Saints.

Amen.

Lord God! Thou hast called us to the holy state of matrimony and hast been pleased to make us parents. We recommend to Thee our dear children. We entrust them to Thy fatherly care. May they be a source of consolation, not only to us, but chiefly to Thee, Who are their Creator. Be watchful, O Lord; help and defend them. 

Grant us the grace to guide them in the way of Thy commandments. This we will do by our own perfect observance of Thy holy law and that of our holy Mother, the Church. Make us conscious of our grave obligation to You and bless our efforts to serve You. We humbly ask this blessing from the bottom of our hearts, for ourselves and for the children whom Thou hast been pleased to give us. 

We dedicate them to Thee, O Lord. Do Thou keep them as the apple of Thy eye and protect them under the shadow of Thy wings. Make us worthy to come, at last, to heaven, together with them, giving thanks unto Thee, Our Father, for the loving care Thou hast had of our entire family, and praising Thee together through endless ages.

Amen.

O Heavenly Father, 
I commend my children unto Thee. 
Be Thou their God and Father; 
and mercifully supply whatever is wanting in me 
through frailty or negligence. 
Strengthen them to overcome the corruptions of the world, 
to resist all solicitations to evil, 
whether from within or without; 
and deliver them from the secret snares of the enemy. 
Pour Thy grace into their hearts, 
and confirm and multiply in them the gifts of Thy Holy Spirit, 
that they may daily grow in grace 
and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; 
and so, faithfully serving Thee here, 
may come to rejoice in Thy presence here after.

Amen.

O Jesus, Lover of Children, bestow Your Most precious graces on those whom You have confided to our care. Increase in them Faith, Hope and Charity. May Your love lead them to solid piety, inspiring them with dread for sin, love of work and an ardent desire of worthily approaching Your Holy Table. Preserve in them innocence and purity of heart; and if they should offend You, grant them the grace of a prompt and sincere repentance. From Your Tabernacle watch over them day and night; protect them in all their ways. Grant that they may acquire the knowledge that they need to embrace the state of life to which You have called them. Grant us a sincere love, constant vigilance and generous devotedness towards them. Grant us all consolation on earth and eternal reward in heaven.

O Lord, omnipotent Father, we give you thanks for having given us children. They are our joy, and we accept with serenity the worries, fears and labours which bring us pain. Help us to live them sincerely. Through us you gave life to them; from eternity you knew them and loved them. Give us wisdom to guide them, patience to teach them, vigilance to accustom them to the good through our example.

Support our love so that we may receive them back when they have strayed and make them good. It is often so difficult to understand them, to be as they would want us to be, to help them to go on their way. Grant that they may always see our home as a haven in their time of need. Teach us and help us, O good Father, through the merits of Jesus, your Son and our Lord.

Amen.

ˇOh dulcísimo Jesús, que habéis venido al mundo para dar a todas las almas la vida de la gracia, y, para conservar y aumentar en ellas esta vida, habéis querido ser el manjar de cada día y el remedio cotidiano de su cotidiana debilidad! Humildemente os suplicamos, por vuestro Corazón abrasado en amor nuestro, que derraméis sobre todas las almas vuestro divino Espíritu; haced que vuelvan a Vos y recobren la vida de la gracia aquellas que estén en pecado mortal, y que las almas dichosas que por vuestra bondad viven de esta vida divina se acerquen devotamente cada día, siempre que puedan, a vuestra sagrada Mesa, a fin de que por medio de la Comunión diaria reciban cada día el antídoto de sus pecados veniales cotidianos, y, alimentando en ellas cada día la vida de la gracia y hermoseándolas con ella, lleguen por fin a poseer con Vos la vida bienaventurada.