Our
Father, by whose name all parenthood is known,
in
love divine you claim each fam’ly as your own.
Bless
mothers, fathers, guarding well, with constant love as sentinel,
the
homes in which your people dwell.
O
Christ, yourself a child within an earthly home,
with
heart still undefiled to full adulthood come:
our
children bless in ev’ry place, that they may all behold your face
and,
knowing you, may grow in grace.
O
Holy Spirit, bind our hearts in unity,
and
teach us how to find the love from self set free;
in
all our hearts such love increase, that ev’ry home, by this release,
may
be the dwelling-place of peace.
May this be our prayer for the world - that every home would be a dwelling place of peace. This is truly beautiful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYes, let that be our prayer. Too many people get hurt in homes. Love and kindness has to reign.
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