Dear God our Father, you have called all
Christian families to be a sign of your love
to the world.
Help us to be generous with the gifts of life
and love that you have showered on our family.
May we share them so that our homes become
true signs of unitive and fruitful love.
Let us never forget to thank you each day for
all that sustains us and to look to Christ, who
comes to us in the evernts of family life, in the
sacraments of the Church, and in service to
the poor.
In all of this, our family becomes a living
expression of your church, a hallowed home of
life and love. By the power of the Holy Spirit,
may all of us--spouses, parents, and children--
share, as members of his Body, in Jesus' mission
to build a civilization of love. Father, we ask this
in Jesus' name in union with the Holy Spirit.
Amen