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FAITH FORMATION FAMILY PRAYER

A Family Prayer
Lord God, we thank you for the gift of family.
We acknowledge that our image and name as family come from you.
We believe that within our family lies a homemade holiness.
We affirm that it is in this household of faith that we
Experience your presence, your forgiveness and your love.
We are family.
We give thanks to you, for the many joys and blessings that have come to us through our family.
As family, we sometimes feel pain.
And so we offer to you our disappointments, frustrations and hurts.
Help us to forgive those members of our family, including ourselves,
who have caused pain.
We pray for the strength to be a light within our family.
May we open our hearts, our eyes and ears
and carry our light to those in need.
God, Creator of the earth and all people,
Help us to be mindful that, as members of one global family,
we are equal in your eyes.
Help us to continue to appreciate the diversity of persons
in our homes and in our world.
As members equal in human dignity, may we build a better world
and proclaim our willingness
to be the holy people you call us to be. Amen

National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers
Archdiocese of Detroit Office for Family Ministry

Blessing for a Family
God, bless our family. Make it like the family of your Son.
May our moments of sorrow give way to seasons of joy.
May the memory of harsh words fade before the warmth of a loving touch.
May there never be pain that a kind embrace cannot lessen.
May the tears of sorrow always be replaced by the music of laughter.
May resentment be banished from our home and forgiveness reign in our hearts.
Today and every day.
Let the only living thing that is stronger than the love that binds our family together be your love,
O God, which makes all creation one.
Let it be, God, until that day when your gentle guidance brings each of us to our eternal home and your loving arms. Amen
Rev. Paul J. Keller, CMF

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