Tuesday, September 08, 2009

A prayer I am sharing...


Catholic Prayer For Teenagers


O Lord, omnipotent Father, we give you thanks for having given us children. They are our joy, and we accept with serenity the worries, fears and labors which bring us pain. Help us to love them sincerely. Through us you gave life to them; from eternity you knew them and loved them. Give us the wisdom to guide them, patience to teach them, vigilance to accustom them to the good through our example.


Support our love so that we may receive them back when they have strayed and make them good. It is often so difficult to understand them, to be as they would want us to be, to help them go on their way. Grant that they may always see our home as a haven in their time of need. Teach us and help us, O good Father, through the merits of Jesus, your Son and our Lord. Amen.

3 comments:

molly said...

I just read this on the boards, and thought WOW, I need to copy that one.

BTW-I LOVED your advice, you are very leveled headed. A trait I greatly admire:-)

Leonie said...

Aw, thanks, Molly! Being a mum is hard sometimes - but a great vocation, nevertheless!

Hopewell said...

Oh how I needed this today.....Thanks, Leonie.