The Holy Father's Prayer for the Family

The Philippines shall be playing host to the World Meeting of Families in January next year. In preparation for the event, priests have been focusing on the family as topic for their simbang gabi homilies.

"The family is under attack," goes a booming voice in an ad on AM radio. With the way things are around us, we parents worry more about our kids and families undergo a lot of stress. So, below, you'll find the Holy Father's Prayer for the Family. God bless our families.

"Grant that every family on earth may become for each successive generation a true shrine of life and love. Grant that Your grace may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and wives for the good of their families and of all the families in the world. Grant that the young may find in the family solid support for their human dignity and for their growth in truth and love. Grant that love...May prove mightier than all the weakness and trials Through which our families sometimes pass..."