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)
取材自 詠16
天主，求你保祐我，因為我只投靠你。我對天主說：「惟有你是我的上主，惟有你是我的幸福。」
我要讚頌引導我的上主，我心連夜間也向我督促。我常將上主置於我的眼前，我決不動搖，因他在我右邊。因此，我心高興，我靈喜歡，連我的肉軀也無憂安眠。
請你將生命的道路指示給我，惟有在你面前有圓滿的喜悅，永遠在你右邊也是我的福樂。
Prayer of a Future Wife
ADAPTED FROM PSALM 16
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the Lord, “My God are you.
Apart from you I have no good.”
I bless the Lord who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the Lord ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body abides in confidence.
You, O Lord, will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 252)
Heavenly Father, Creator of all life,
we praise you that you have given life to our child,
and we rejoice with our family and friends
as we prepare for its birth.
Protect (my wife,) N.,
as she carries our child in her womb,
and bring her to a safe delivery.
May our child be baptized into the life of Jesus,
and live in the community of your people,
and proclaim your praise and glory.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 235)
取材自 多8:5-7
我們祖宗的天主，你是應受讚美的！你的名號是世世代代應受頌揚的。諸天及你的一切造物，都應讚頌你於無窮之世。
是你造了亞當，是你造了厄娃作他的妻子，作他的輔助和依靠，好從他們二人傳生人類。你曾說過：一人獨處不好，我要給他造個相稱的助手。
現在我娶 (名字)，是出自純正的意向。求你憐憫我和她，賜我們白頭偕老。
Prayer of a Future Husband
ADAPTED FROM TOBIT 8:5-7
Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors,
and blessed too is your name forever.
Let the heavens bless you for evermore
and all the things you have made.
It was you who created Adam,
you who created Eve his wife to be his help and support;
and from these two the human race was born.
It was you who said,
“It is not good for the man to be alone;
let us make him a partner like himself.”
I take N.
in sincerity of heart.
Have mercy on her and on me
and allow us to live together to a happy old age.
Source: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (p. 251)
(I)
耶穌、瑪利亞、若瑟，我們在你們身上默觀真愛的光輝：我們以信賴之心投奔你們。
納匝肋聖家，求使我們的家庭成為共融的場所和祈禱的晚餐廳、 真正的福音學校和小型的家庭教會。
納匝肋聖家，求使家庭永遠不再有暴力、封閉和分裂：凡受傷和失足的人盡快獲得安慰和痊癒。
納匝肋聖家，求使我們眾人意識到家庭神聖而不可侵犯的特質，家庭在天主計劃中的美善。
耶穌、瑪利亞、若瑟、 請俯聽、垂允我們的祈禱。
亞孟。
教宗方濟各
Prayer to the Holy Family
(I)
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendour of true love; to you we turn with trust.
Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too
may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection and division; may all who have been hurt or scandalized find ready comfort and healing.
Holy Family of Nazareth, make us once more mindful
of the sacredness and inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Graciously hear our prayer.
Amen.
Pope Francis
(II)
耶穌、瑪利亞和若瑟
納匝肋的聖家，
今天，我們滿懷敬畏和信心，
轉面凝視你們
在真愛中的共融之美。
我們將所有的家庭託付給你們，讓恩寵的奇能在他們身上重現。
納匝肋的聖家，
救贖奧蹟的忠信守護者，
喚醒我們對靜默的珍視，
請讓我們的家庭成為祈禱的晚宴，
並轉化成小型的家庭教會，
重新燃起對成聖的渴望、
致力在工作、教育、
傾聽、相互理解和寬恕中耕耘。
耶穌、瑪利亞和若瑟，
我們滿懷信心地向你們祈禱、
我們滿懷喜樂地將自己託付給你。
教宗方濟各
來源：《世界各地家庭的聖德 – 八對聖人、真福、可敬者、天主之僕的婚姻聖召與成聖之路》(p. 195)
准印：天主教香港教區蔡惠民副主教 2024年5月3日
Healing Prayer
Jesus, I ask you to enter into my heart and release me from those life experiences that torment me. You know me so much better than I know myself. Therefore, bring your love to every corner of my heart.
Wherever you discover the wounded child, touch, console and release me.
Walk back through my life to the very moment when I was conceived. Cleanse my bloodlines and free me from those things which may have exerted a negative influence at that moment. Bless me again as I was being formed within my mother’s womb and remove all barriers to wholeness which may have affected me during those months of confinement.
Bridge the gap between the love that I needed and never perceived receiving.
Jesus, I ask you to surround my infancy with your light and heal those memories which keep me from being free. If I needed more of a mother’s love, send me your Mother, Mary, to provide whatever was lacking. If I needed more of a father’s love and security to assure me that I was wanted and loved very deeply, I ask you to hold me and let me feel your strong, protective arms. Give me renewed confidence and courage to face the trials of the world because I know my Father’s love will support me if I stumble and fall.
Thank you, Lord!
Source: Catholic Family Prayer Book (p. 302 – p. 303)
為幸福與忠誠的婚姻祈禱的九日敬禮，為已訂婚人士及已婚夫婦均非常合適。聖施禮華有關婚姻的反省為指導那些正在辨識他們的生命方向的人也極有助益。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第一天 婚姻的聖召：一份超性的召叫)
主耶穌基督，當我們同心準備領受偉大的婚配聖事時（參照 弗5:32），請幫助我們認清婚姻是何等卓絕的召叫。求祢賜我們恩寵，使我們能藉著對彼此真誠和自作犧牲的愛情，勉力反映祢對祢教會的愛。願我們的心靈純摯，身體貞潔，並能慷慨地互相服務，好使我們對彼此的愛能真實地仿效祢為祢的新娘—教會—捨掉自己生命的那份愛情。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第二天 婚姻的神聖之處：二人成為一體)
主，耶穌基督，當我們正準備二人結合為一體時，求祢幫助我們更能互相尊重及瞭解。請幫助我們深化思想和心靈上的共融，好能更體認我們身體的結合，就是祢的聖神在我們身上成就的靈性結合的特恩。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第三天 夫婦被召走成聖之路)
主，耶穌基督，我們正準備步進婚姻的生活，在這期間，喜樂往往與憂苦與困難互相交織。求祢賜我們視這一切機遇為滋長聖德和忠誠的機會，幫助我們奮力為愛祢而接受一切。當我們在祢內結合一起時，願我們更不懈地追求成聖。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第四天 人性之愛的神聖之處：在婚姻中活出貞潔)
主，耶穌基督，為準備善度貞潔的婚姻生活，求祢幫助我們現在就活出貞潔之德。當我們努力自我節制時，讓我們永不忽視婚姻純潔的愛這份美麗的恩賜。讓我們時常謹記，我們伉儷之情的素質取決於我們 彼此甘願的自我犧牲。求祢賜我們力量，從現在開始就棄絕自己，好能肯定那份祢 召叫我們去善度的尊貴愛情。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第五天 自我交付和對生育子女開放)
主，耶穌基督，求祢擴闊我們的胸懷，準備我們去成為父母。請加深我們的愛與慷慨之心，好能欣然接受祢願意賜予我們的子女。懇求祢預備我們去作必要的犧牲，藉著我們的關愛照料，不單為確保他們的福祉，也為向他們保證祢對他們的愛。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第六天 痛苦與寬恕)
主，耶穌基督，請準備我們去活出那份婚姻向我們要求的自我交付。我們知道只有當我們仿效祢那份自我犧牲的愛時，婚姻生活才會是喜樂和滿全的。特別在遇上考驗和困難時，願我們以無比的愛與勇氣，擁抱祢所允許的困難。求祢光照我們的理智，堅強我們的心志，使我們充滿信心地 在祢的眷顧和慈愛中，接受一切婚姻生活的困苦。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第七天 藉信德和溫情，塑造一個光輝明亮的家)
主，耶穌基督，請幫助我們敬禮聖母及聖若瑟，他們會教導我們如何把我們未來的家轉化為祢樂意寓居的地方。聖詠也說：「若不是上主興工建屋，建築的人是徒然勞苦」（詠127:1）。願我們藉著從祢手 中接受所有祢賜予我們的機會，彼此服待，增進互愛，時常都讓祢興建我們的家室與家庭生活。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第八天 締造一個喜樂的家—與你們子女的友誼)
主，耶穌基督，求祢幫助我們深深地體認到我們是天主義子女的身份，幫助我們以極溫柔的態度和信心，稱天主為我們的父親。祢在聖神內，使我們成為祢的兄弟姊妹，天父的子女，藉著學習珍惜我們身為天主子女的尊貴身份，求祢讓我們更能意會到要怎樣在同一聖神內，去愛和培育祢願意賜予我們的子女。阿們。
聖施禮華九日敬禮 (第九天 與基督結合：成為播種和平與喜樂的人)
主，耶穌基督，祢召叫我們在世上活出基督徒的見證，在生活中反映那份屬於祢與祢的教會的喜樂與平安。求祢恩賜我們，使我們的婚姻之愛能延展到許多人靈身上，激勵他們歸向祢及祢的教會。願我們為此目標作準備，從現刻就活出真正基督徒的生活——慷慨、自制和純潔的生活——藉著我們的榜樣，讓福音的光在眾人前光輝閃耀。阿們。
來源：主業會網站
Divine Savior, who dwelt for three years among your disciples as a father among his children, how much did you have to suffer from their imperfections and failings; how calculated was often their conduct to excite impatience and anger? And yet were always so indulgent to them, so kind, so mild! An unfriendly, hard, cruel word never passed your lips. May I be like you in my demeanor towards my children! I must, if I am your disciple, and I wish to save my soul. May I then learn from thee to be meek. When the misconduct of my children causes impatience and anger in me, help me to overcome these emotions, that I may not manifest them. Grant that I may be calm and dispassionate in correcting or punishing my children. For “the anger of man works not the justice of God.” O meek Jesus, have mercy on me! AMEN.
Manual for Men
Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix
Tan.Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lord, from my whole heart I thank you for having lead me through your sacrament into the married state, sanctified my matrimonial union, and opened the treasures of your grace to me, that I might be able to meet the duties of my state of life, and to persevere in fidelity and love towards my wife, in conjugal purity, and to bring up my children in your Church, and thus to work out my salvation. I thank you for every grace by virtue of this sacrament I have received. I thank you for your protection and assistance, and for all good which you have granted me and mine. Praise be to thee for all eternity!
For all that I have failed to do as a Christian husband, forgive me in your infinite mercy and for the sake of your Son, Jesus. I am firmly resolved that, with your assistance, I will strive harder to fulfil my duties faithfully and conscientiously.
For my wife also I ask you favor and grace. Grant that we, so intimately united by your sacrament, may always be in the love and fear of God, that our married life be, as it should, an image of the intimate union of Christ with his holy Church, and lead us to eternal life. Remember also, O Lord, the children you have given us. Bless and protect them, grant them grace that they may live according to your will. Assist me that I may bring them up entirely for you.
I pray this in the name of Jesus. AMEN.
Mary, pray for us. St. Joseph, pray for us.
Manual for Men
Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix
Tan.Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lord, I pray for families everywhere. I ask for Your blessings upon marriages, parents, and children. Strengthen the bond of love and unity within families, and may they be places of support, nurturing, and peace. Help parents to raise their children with wisdom and kindness, guiding them in the ways of the Lord. I pray for healing in broken families, and that Your grace and love will restore relationships. May families reflect Your love and be a source of strength and joy.
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother… Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Lord, bless families with harmony and understanding. Amen.
Father, I pray for every family. Strengthen the bonds of love between husbands and wives, parents and children. May families be places of refuge, where love, respect, and faith grow. Help parents to nurture their children with wisdom and patience, teaching them Your ways. For those who face challenges, bring healing and restoration to broken relationships. Let Your peace dwell within each home, and may families reflect Your love to the world. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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