CHILDREN'S PRAYERS FOR THEIR PARENTS
 
Almighty and Everlasting God, in the secret counsels of Thy loving Providence, Thou hast called us into life by means of our parents who thereby share in Thy Divine power. Mercifully hear the prayer of childlike love which we offer to Thee for those with whom Thou hast shared Thy fatherly kindness, that they might lavish upon us throughout the years the consoling gift of Thy holy and generous love.

Dear Lord, fill our parents with Thy choicest blessings and enrich their souls with Thy holy grace. Grant that they may faithfully and constantly guard that likeness to Thy spiritual union with Thy Church, which Thou hast imprinted upon them on their wedding day. Fill them with Thy spirit of holy fear, which is the beginning of wisdom, and enable them to impart it always to their children. Thus may they ever walk in the way of Thy commandments; and may their children be their joy in this earthly exile and their crown of glory in their heavenly home.

Finally, Lord God, grant that both our father and our mother may reach a ripe old age and enjoy continuous health in mind and body. May they deserve to sing Thy praises forever in our heavenly homeland together with us, their children. May they give Thee abundant thanks for having bestowed upon them in this valley of tears the great privilege of sharing in Thine infinite fruitfulness and Thy Divine fatherhood. Amen.

My God, I thank Thee for the Sacrament of Matrimony, which provided me with a Catholic home. Thou didst give me my father and mother and made them an image of Thine authority and love and tender watchfulness. Thou commandest me to love, honor and obey them. Give me the grace to love my parents sincerely, to honor them and yield a ready obedience to their commands, to comply with their wishes, to accept their corrections with humility, and to bear their shortcomings with patience. Let me seek their happiness in everything. Thus make me worthy of the reward Thou hast promised those who honor their father and their mother according to Thy Fourth Commandment: that it be well with me in this life and in the next.

My God, bless my dear parents who have co-operated with Thy graces and have taken care of me. Bless them for the Catholic education they have provided for me. Bless them for the good example they have given me, for the prayers they have taught me, for the corrections they have given me. Bless them for the home-training I received at their hands. Bless them for all the prayers they have said for me and for the encouragement which they have given me.

Grant them Thy help and consolation in this world as a reward for their charity in this life, and, after a happy death, eternal glory in Heaven. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sweetest Jesus, as a child Thou wert obedient to Mary and Joseph at Nazareth. Thou didst leave to children a beautiful example of love and obedience to parents and of wonderful respect for all men. I most earnestly beg Thee, help me to try to keep my eyes upon Thee always and in all things, so that, as I grow older, I too may grow in Thy grace and love. Who livest and reignest forever. Amen.



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