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Father, sometimes the family gets me down. The children are noisy and the bills pile up. Relatives and friends make demands on my time and attention. I try to keep first things first and create an atmosphere where Your name is honored, Your word observed. But, I get tired and a hard edge creeps into my voice. Help me to cope with the daily strains of living in a family. Help me to sustain a climate in which my partner can grow in Your Love, to encourage my children to develop fully the talents You have given them and to make of my family the community of Love that Your Son came to bring. Amen.

Almighty God, You have called us to the holy state of Matrimony and have shared with us Your gift of creation. We thank You for making our love fruitful. May we be worthy representatives of You, dear Lord, in forming our children in Your knowledge and Love. You have given us children, Almighty God, to teach in Your ways which will lead to their eternal home of heaven. May our children ever walking in the ways of Your commandments and live according to the teachings of Your holy Catholic Church. May our example, dear God, be such as to inspire our children to grow into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus Christ. May we be firm but kind in discipline. May we stand as one united in authority so as to be consistent. May we never confuse permissiveness with Love. May we teach our children respect for Your authority in ourselves and in all Your representatives upon earth. May our home be as a Church, for You, Lord Jesus Christ, are present whenever two or three are gathered together in Your Name. May praises of God frequently rise from the lips of and hearts of our family and may we all one day be united in our eternal home. Amen.

Heavenly Father, I thank you for My Father and Mother, and for our home. Bless us all, and help us to love You; And in Love to serve one another as Jesus taught us to do. Give me strength to do what is right today, and to do unto others as I would want them to do to me. Amen. I thank You, Lord, for my Father. Grant me to realize the depth of his Love for me so often left unspoken, and to appreciate his great and continuous Sacrifices. His fatherly care reflects Your divine care; his strength, Your power; his understanding, Your wisdom. He is Your faithful servant and image. Bless him with peace of soul, health of body, and success in his life. Amen.