Our children (the unborn, children, teenagers, young adults, and not so young adults!) are are in need of prayer. They need God's grace in their life. Instead of just complaining, worrying and shedding tears, pray! Join us here at Prayforchildren as we try to reestablish the age old tradition of praying for our young. Commit to just one Holy Hour each week, you know they dererve it!
Our special intention for the month of March is for peace and reconciliation in families and we invite you to include this intention in your weekly holy hour.
Pope John Paul II explains the role of the family; “In God's plan the family has been established as an intimate community of life and love, the family has the mission to become more and more what it is, that is to say, a community of life and love in an effort that will find fulfilment, as will everything created and redeemed, in the kingdom of God. Looking at it in such a way as to reach its very roots, we must say that the essence and role of the family are in the final analysis specified by love. Hence the family has the mission to guard, reveal and communicate love, and this is a living reflection of and a real sharing in God's love for humanity and the love of Christ the Lord for the church, his bride.” (Familiaris Consortio 1981, par 17).
Our special intention for the month of March is for peace and reconciliation in families and we invite you to include this intention in your weekly holy hour.
Pope John Paul II explains the role of the family; “In God's plan the family has been established as an intimate community of life and love, the family has the mission to become more and more what it is, that is to say, a community of life and love in an effort that will find fulfilment, as will everything created and redeemed, in the kingdom of God. Looking at it in such a way as to reach its very roots, we must say that the essence and role of the family are in the final analysis specified by love. Hence the family has the mission to guard, reveal and communicate love, and this is a living reflection of and a real sharing in God's love for humanity and the love of Christ the Lord for the church, his bride.” (Familiaris Consortio 1981, par 17).
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| Holy Family by Juan Simon Gutierrez |
Pope John Paul II prayer to the Holy Family St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
May the Virgin Mary, who is the mother of the church, also be the mother of "the church of the home." Thanks to her motherly aid, may each Christian family really become a "little church" in which the mystery of the church of Christ is mirrored and given new life. May she, the handmaid of the Lord, be an example of humble and generous acceptance of the will of God. May she, the sorrowful mother at the foot of the cross, comfort the sufferings and dry the tears of those in distress because of the difficulties of their families.
May Christ the Lord, the universal king, the king of families, be present in every Christian home as he was at Cana, bestowing light, joy, serenity and strength. I beg of him that every family may generously make its own contribution to the coming of his kingdom in the world--"a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace," toward which history is journeying.
I entrust each family to him, to Mary and to Joseph. To their hands and their hearts I offer this exhortation: May it be they who present it to you my beloved sons and daughters, and may it be they who open your hearts to the light that the Gospel sheds on every family. Amen