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Summary
- Short prayers cover a morning blessing, protection, health, thanks, relatives far away, money worries and wisdom for parents.
- Prayers for peace cover a quarrel, a family split into sides, old wounds passed down the generations and a hard family decision.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer’s family prayers supply lines for protection, peace before bed (“never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath”), “Those We Love” and a household blessing from Numbers 6.
- A Catholic “Prayer for a Christian Family,” indulgenced by Leo XIII in 1889, asks God to bless the household “as Thou didst bless the holy family of Nazareth.”
- Five short intentions for families suit the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass, a prayer group or home.
- Psalm 133:1 and Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers (Genesis 45 and 50) show family unity and reconciliation in Scripture.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Genesis 45:4–5; 50:20–21; Numbers 6:24–26; Joshua 24:15; Psalm 127:1; 133:1; Proverbs 15:1; Romans 12:18; Ephesians 4:26, 31–32; Colossians 3:14). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Forms of Prayer to be used in Families, pp. 587–593; Additional Prayers, “For Those We Love,” p. 597. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Lasance, F. X. The Catholic Girl’s Guide: Counsels and Devotions for Girls in the Ordinary Walks of Life. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1906. “Indulgenced Prayer for a Christian Family,” pp. 612–613. https://archive.org/details/TheCatholicGirlsGuide
- General Instruction of the Roman Missal, paragraphs 69–71. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20030317_ordinamento-messale_en.html
- National Domestic Violence Hotline. https://www.thehotline.org/
- GOV.UK. “Domestic abuse: how to get help.” https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
- Samaritans. “Contact a Samaritan.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
