Prayer for a family
GIAQUINTO, Corrado
Justice and Peace
- Oil on canvas, 216 x 325 cMuseo del Prado, Madrid
O dear Jesus,
I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family. May our home be the shrine of peace, purity, love, labor and faith. I beg You, dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us, absent and present living and dead.
O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, pray to Jesus for our family, for all the families of the world, to guard the cradle of the newborn, the schools of the young and their vocations.
Blessed Saint Joseph, holy guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life. Ask of Jesus that special grace which He granted to you, to watch over our home at the pillow of the sick and the dying, so that with Mary and with you, heaven may find our family unbroken in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Amen.
Amen, amen, amen.
Comment by gypsy — May 29, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
The longer version is:
O dear Jesus,
I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family. May our home be the shrine of peace, purity, love, labor and faith. I beg You, dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us, absent and present, living and dead.
O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, pray to Jesus for our family, for all the families of the world, to guard the cradle of the newborn, the schools of the young and their vocations.
Blessed Saint Joseph, holy guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life. Ask of Jesus that special grace which He granted to you, to watch over our home at the pillow of the sick and the dying, so that with Mary and with you, heaven may find our family unbroken in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Amen.
Comment by Patrick Kinsale — May 30, 2007 @ 8:03 am
Thank you Patrick, I’m going to add the rest of the prayer to my post! It is beautiful with the addition of asking for the intercession of St. Josepeh. As St. Teresa of Avila says, “Go to Joseph, he will never let you down!”
Comment by aeternus — May 30, 2007 @ 9:02 am
A very beautiful prayer indeed. It is amazing how many times in the last month or so I have come across blogs that have promoted prayer and devotion to Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Comment by Ann — May 30, 2007 @ 9:35 am