Spouses' prayer
Lord, Holy Father, omnipotent and eternal God, we thank you and bless your holy Name: you have created man and woman so that one may be for the other help and support. Remember us this day. Protect us and grant that our love may be a gift and a gift, in the image of Christ and of the Church. Enlighten and strengthen us in the task of forming our children, so that they may be authentic Christians and hard-working builders of the earthly city. Grant that we may live together for a long time, in joy and peace, so that our hearts may always raise to you, through your Son in the Holy Spirit, praise and thanksgiving. Amen.
Marriage Anniversary Prayer
O God, Lord of the universe, who at the beginning created man and woman and instituted the conjugal bond; bless and confirm our love, that we may always express in our lives the sacrament we celebrate in faith. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for children
Lord, enlighten the minds of our children so that they may know the way you have willed for them, so that they may give glory to you and attain salvation. Sustain them with your strength, so that they may encourage in their lives the ideals of your Kingdom. Enlighten us too, their parents, so that we may help them to recognize their Christian vocation and to fulfill it generously, collaborating with your interior inspirations. Amen.
Prayer of children for their parents
O God, who hast commanded us to honor father and mother, graciously hear the prayer we address to thee for them. Grant them long days of life on earth, and preserve them in health of body and spirit. Bless their labors and their endeavors. Reward them for all they have done for me. Inspire them to love and practice your holy law. Help me to do all that I can for them. And grant that after having enjoyed their affection on earth, I may have the joy of living eternally with them in heaven. Amen.
Prayer while waiting for a child
O Lord, our Father, we thank you for the marvelous gift by which you make us sharers in your divine fatherhood. In this time of waiting, we ask you: protect this child of ours, still full of mystery, so that he may be born healthy to the light of the world and to the new birth of baptism. Mother of God, to your maternal heart we entrust our son. Amen.
Prayer for the vocation of children
Lord, I ask you for the vocations of my sons, that whatever vocation you have determined for each one of them, they may obtain the grace to discover and accept it according to your will, and docilely and generously give themselves to it, faithfully fulfilling the duties that it imposes on them. And if in your infinite goodness you wish to call them to your service, form for me, Lord, a generous and willing heart that appreciates in its fullness the incomparable gift of the priestly vocation and the consecrated life. Give me, Lord, the joy and humility to recognize and be grateful for such a fruitful blessing. Amen.
Prayer of the bride and groom
In my heart, Lord, love has been kindled for a creature whom you know and love. You yourself have made me meet her and presented her to me. I thank you for this gift which fills me with profound joy, makes me like you, who are love, and makes me understand the value of the life you have given me. Teach me that love is a gift and that it cannot be mixed with any selfishness; that love is pure and that it cannot remain in any baseness; that love is fruitful and that from today it must produce a new way of living in both of us. I pray to you, Lord, for the one who waits for me and thinks of me; for the one who has placed all his trust in me for his future; for the one who walks beside me; make us worthy of each other; may we be a help and a model. Help us in our preparation for marriage, its greatness, its responsibility, so that from now on our souls may dominate our bodies and lead them in love. Amen.
Prayer for the sick
You willed, O Lord, that your only-begotten Son should bear our infirmities, to show the value of sickness and patience; hear now the prayers we address to you for our sick brothers and sisters, and grant to all those who are subject to pain, affliction or sickness, the grace to feel themselves chosen among those whom your Son has called blessed, and to know that they are united to the passion of Christ for the redemption of the world. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the suffering
O God, provident refuge of those who suffer; hear the prayer we address to you for them. Be still and comfort the sick, the aged and the dying. Give to those who care for them wisdom and patience, tact and compassion. Inspire them with gestures that bring relief, words that enlighten and love that comforts. We commend to you the hearts discouraged, in rebellion, torn by temptation, tormented by passion, wounded or profaned by the wickedness of men. Put within us, Lord, your Spirit of love, of compassion, of sacrifice, so that we may bring effective help to all those whom we meet on our way suffering. Help us to respond to their call: it is yours. Amen.
Prayer in the difficulties of life
Lord, grant that we may face with a strong and serene spirit the difficulties, obligations and responsibilities that we have and, consoled by you, may we know how to comfort our brothers and sisters. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer to ask for the grace of the good death
O God, who created us in your image and gave your Son to die for us, grant us the grace to live vigilantly in prayer, so that we may leave this world without sin and rest with joy in the bosom of your mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the deceased
Lord, remember your son (daughter) N, Grant that, as he has already shared in the death of Jesus Christ, he may also share with him in the glory of the resurrection, when Christ will raise the dead from the earth and transform our frail body into a glorious body like yours. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
