God of mercy and compassion,
you promise to give us all that we need.
As we face this time of financial struggle,
help us to trust in your providence
and keep our hearts fixed on the treasures of heaven.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 341)
天主，你是純潔的根源，你喜歡人潔身自愛。你曾把貞潔和殉道的榮冠，賜給了年青的葛萊蒂；藉她的轉求，求你使我們也能堅守你的誡命。因你的聖子、我們的主耶穌基督，他和你及聖神，是唯一天主，永生永王。亞孟。
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慈愛的天父，
你知道我心底裡，最深切的渴望，
是遇上可與我分享生命的人。
我堅信你在我身上的慈愛計劃，
並可以早日遇見你為我準備好的人。
因著聖神的德能，請倘開我的心懷，
讓我可以看見我的伴侶。
請排除任何阻擋這份相遇的障礙，
以至我可找到新的滿全，喜樂與平安。
若你為我有其他計劃，請賜予我恩寵，
讓我知道和接納。
我將我的過去，現在和未來，
交給耶穌那溫柔的心，
我堅信你會俯聽並垂允我的祈禱。亞孟。
耶穌聖心，我全心信靠你，
聖瓦倫丁，為我等祈。
God of wisdom and might,
we praise you for the wonders of our being,
for mind, body, and spirit.
Be with our children as they begin
a new school year (or semester/term).
Bless them and their teachers and staff.
Give them strength and grace as their bodies grow;
wisdom and knowledge to their minds
as they search for understanding;
and peace and zeal to their spirits.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 301)
God,
you are like a mother to us all,
nourishing all creatures with food and with blessing.
Strengthen my child with (my milk/this food)
and with the warmth of our nearness.
Or:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation: you nourish all your children.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 238)
Good Lord,
you have tenderly loved us,
and given us this home and good friends.
May we make a true home for this child
where he/she will learn trust in us and in you.
(May his/her brothers and sisters rejoice in their own growing up
as they help to care for this child.)
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 238)
O God, we give you thanks for N.,
whom you have welcomed into our family.
Bless this family.
Confirm a lively sense of your presence with us,
and grant us patience and wisdom,
that our lives may show forth the love of Christ,
as we bring N. up to love all that is good.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 237 – p. 238)
(For couples who hope to conceive or adopt a child, this psalm and prayer can be joined to table prayers or used at other times.)
PSALM 145:13-21
The LORD is faithful in all his words
and holy in all his works.
The LORD lifts up all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
and you give them their food in due season;
You open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him,
he hears their cry and saves them.
The LORD keeps all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
May my mouth speak the praise of the LORD,
and may all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
PRAYER
God our Creator,
by your love the world is filled with life,
through your generosity one generation
gives life to another,
and so are your wonders told and your praises sung.
We look to you in our love and in our need:
may it be your will that we bear (adopt) a child
to share our home and faith.
Loving God, be close to us
as we pray to love and do your will.
You are our God, nourishing us forever and ever.
R/. Amen.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 224 – p. 225)
Lord God,
you made us out of nothing
and redeemed us by the precious Blood of your only Son.
Preserve the work of your hands,
and defend both me and the tender fruit of my womb
from all perils and evils.
I beg of you, for myself,
your grace, protection, and a happy delivery.
Sanctify my child
and make this child yours forever.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 234)
