| Prayer for the Family |
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O God of goodness and mercy, we commend our family, our household and all our belongings to your fatherly guidance. We commit all to Your love and keeping; fill this house with Your blessings even as You filled the holy House of Nazareth with Your presence. Keep far from us, above all other things, the blemish of sin, and reign alone in our midst by Your law, by Your most holy love and by the exercise of every Christian virtue. Let each one of us obey You, love You and model our lives after the life of Mary, Your Mother and our Mother most loving, and that of Your blameless guardian, Saint Joseph. Protect us and our house from all evils and misfortunes, but grant that we may always do Your will. Finally, give to all of us the grace to live in perfect harmony and in the fullness of love toward our neighbor. Grant that we may deserve the comfort of Your holy Sacraments at the hour of death. O Jesus, bless us and protect us. O Mary, Mother of grace and of mercy, defend us against the wicked spirit, reconcile us with Your Son, commit us to His keeping, that we may be made worthy of His promises. Saint Joseph, foster-father of our Savior, guardian of His holy Mother, head of the Holy Family, intercede for us, bless us and defend our home at all times. Saint Michael, defend us against all the evil cunning of hell. Saint Gabriel, help us to understand the holy will of God. Saint Raphael, preserve us from all sickness and from every danger to our lives. Our holy Guardian Angels, keep our feet safely on the path of salvation both day and night. Our holy Patrons, pray for us before the throne of God. Bless this house, O God, our Father, who has created us, O God the Son, who suffered for us upon the holy Cross, and Holy Spirit, who has sanctified us in holy baptism. May the one God in three divine Persons preserve our bodies, purify our minds, direct our hearts, and bring us all to everlasting life. Glory be to the Father; glory be to the Son; glory be to the Holy Spirit! Amen.
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