Prayer for the Family

O God,
you have created us in love and saved
us in mercy, and through the bond of
marriage you have established the
family and willed that it should
become a sign of Christ's love for his Church.

Shower your blessings on this family
gathered here in your name.

Enable those who are joined by one love
to support one another by their fervor of
spirit and devotion to prayer.

Make them responsive to the needs of
others and witnesses to the faith in all
they say and do.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

--From Catholic Household Blessings
and Prayers   NCCB/USCC 1989