Also known as Prayer for the family, Prayer to the Holy Family
For the household — those in it, those who have left it, and those not currently speaking to one another.
O Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
bless this household and all who belong to it,
those who are here and those who are far off.
Keep peace among us;
and where peace has been broken, repair it.
Give us patience with one another’s faults,
honesty about our own,
and the grace to ask forgiveness first.
Watch over our children,
protect those who have gone from us,
and bring us all at the last to the same home in heaven.
Amen.
Also from Leo XIII, and traditionally prayed through March and in the month of October. Joseph is asked for as the patron of workers, of families, and of a good death.
The blessing said before eating, with the shorter thanksgiving that follows it. Both forms are given here because the second is the half most people were never taught.
For someone else who is ill — the prayer of the person sitting in the chair rather than lying in the bed.
GraceBook will connect Catholics with priests, religious, and trained lay mentors. It is still being built — no sessions can be booked, and no mentor is listed yet.
Before it opens, the platform has to work and the arrangements behind it have to be reviewed by the Church. We would rather not name a date we cannot keep.
Confirm your address and we will write the day we open. We may send something occasionally before then — never often, and never to anyone but you.
Never shared with anyone. Every message carries a link to remove your address for good.
We ask for one document: a letter or email from your bishop, religious superior, or parish priest saying they are content for you to serve. Nothing else.
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