A Prayer For Families
O God, in the beginning
You brought together man and woman in holy marriage that they might share
Your work of creation and bring enriching life to one another.
We commend to Your constant
care, the homes where Your people dwell.
Knit together in growing
affection those who have been made one flesh so that their love may never
fail.
Turn the hearts of parents
to their children and children to their parents.
Take away the roots of
bitterness, vanity, and self-seeking that bring dissension where family
peace should reign.
Inspire them, rather,
with loyalty, faith and sacrifice, that in all the changes and circumstances
of life they may stand strongly together in mutual service and love.
We ask this through Jesus
Christ,
our Lord,. Amen
©FirstRose 1998
I Said a Prayer
For You Today
I said a prayer
for you today
And I know
God must have heard-
I felt the answer
in my heart
Although
He
spoke no word.
I didn’t ask for
wealth or fame,
I knew you
wouldn’t mind.
I asked Him to
send treasures
Of a far
more lasting kind.
I asked that He’d
be near you
At the start
of each new day
To grant you health
and blessings
And friends
to share your way.
I asked for happiness
for you
In all things
great and small-
But it was for
His loving care
I prayed
for most of all.

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