Founding a family and receiving children in a home They are great joys that the Lord offers us. Praying for the family allows us to ask the Lord to protect it, to keep it united and strong in the face of life’s trials. In addition to asking God for things, we must not forget to thank him for the joy of being parents, for all these moments shared with our children and for the graces received.
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Prayer of thanks from a father or a mother for their children
“We thank you, Lord, for the gift of our children.
We know that you love them with a greater love,
more powerful, purer than ours;
That is why we entrust them to You.
Be Thou for them the Way, the Truth and the Life,
the true friend who never betrays.
Make them believe, because life,
Without faith it is a desperate night.
Make them pure, because without purity,
there is no love, but selfishness.
Let them grow up honest and industrious,
healthy and good as we dream of them and as you want them.
Deign to choose and call one of them
for the coming of your Kingdom.
Make us a shining example for them
of virtue and safe guidance.
Give efficiency to our word, constant force
to our formative action and witness.
And you, Mary, who knew the ineffable joys
of a holy maternity,
give us a heart capable of transmitting
a living and burning faith.
Sanctify our anxieties and our joys
make our children grow in virtue and holiness
for your work and for that of your Divine Son.
Amen”
Find other prayers of thanks.
Example of Thanksgiving for a Baptism
“Father, we express to you our joy and our gratitude for N…, a gift from heaven for our family and who has just received the sign of your grace. Be his guide in all the circumstances of life and join us in our role of parents. We thank you for our own baptism. Lord, keep us all united in your love. Amen.”
You can also find other examples of prayers of the parents for baptism and the prayer of the faithful for baptism.
Praise the Lord with !
Give thanks to the Lord and praise his name, whether for your children, your family, friends or for all the people who help you move forward. You can also give thanks for all the small and great joys in life, praise the Lord!
In order for our family to remain united and strong, it is important that we pray for them. That is why we invite you to join this novena of prayer and pray that Saint John Paul II, the Pope of the Family, enlighten them and fill them with love. Also, you can join this novena and ask Santa Ana and San Joaquín to guide us in each stage of family life.