An Engaged Couple’s Prayer

In my heart, Lord, love has been kindled for a creature whom you know and love. You yourself have brought us together and presented us to each other. I thank you for this gift which fills me with deep joy, makes me like you, who are love, and makes me understand the value of the life you have given me. Teach me that love is a gift and that it cannot be mixed with any selfishness; that love is pure and that it cannot abide in any baseness; that love is fruitful and that from today on it must produce a new way of living in both of us. I pray to you, Lord, for the one who waits for me and thinks of me; for the one who has placed all their trust in me for their future; for the one who walks beside me; make us worthy of each other; may we be a help and a model for one another. Help us in our preparation for marriage, its greatness, its responsibility, so that from now on our souls may rule our bodies and lead them in love.

Spouses’ Prayer

Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, we give you thanks and we bless your holy Name. You have created man and woman so that they may be a help and support for one another. Remember us today. Protect us and grant that our love may be a selfless gift, in the likeness of Christ and the Church. Enlighten and strengthen us in the task of forming our children, so that they may be authentic Christians and hard-working builders of the earthly city. May we live long together in joy and peace, so that our hearts can always raise praise and thanksgiving to you, through your Son, in the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Wedding Anniversary Prayer

O God, Lord of the universe, who in the beginning created man and woman and instituted the conjugal bond; bless and confirm our love, that we may always express in our lives the sacrament we celebrate in faith. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the Vocations of Children

Lord, I pray to you for the vocations of my children, that whatever vocation you have determined for each one of them, they may obtain the grace to discover it and accept it according to your will, and give themselves to it with docility and generosity, faithfully fulfilling the duties that it imposes on them.

And if in your infinite goodness you wish to call them to your service, form in me, Lord, a generous and willing heart that appreciates the greatness of the incomparable gift of the priestly vocation and the consecrated life.

Give me, Lord, the joy and humility to recognize and be grateful for such a rich blessing. Amen.

Prayer While Waiting for a Child

O Lord, our Father, we thank you for the marvelous gift by which you make us sharers in your divine fatherhood. In this time of waiting, we ask you: protect this child of ours, still full of mystery, so that he/she may be born healthy to the light of the world and to the new birth of baptism. Mother of God, to your maternal heart we entrust our child. Amen.

Prayer for our Children

Lord, enlighten the minds of our children so that they may know the way you have willed for them, so that they may give glory to you and attain salvation. Sustain them with your strength, so that they may foster in their lives the ideals of your Kingdom. Enlighten us too, their parents, so that we may help them to recognize their Christian vocation and to fulfill it generously, collaborating with your interior inspirations. Amen.

Children’s Prayer

O God, who have commanded us to honor our father and mother, graciously hear the prayer we address to you for them. Grant them long days of life on earth and preserve them in health of body and spirit. Bless their labors and their endeavors. Reward them for all they have done for me. Inspire them to love and practice your holy law. Help me to do all that I can for them. And grant that after having enjoyed their affection on earth, I may have the joy of living eternally with them in heaven. Amen.