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Prayers for My Niece: Protection, Blessing and Her Growing Years

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Summary

  • Short prayers ask protection for a niece every day, as a baby or little girl, and at night, and cover school, friendships, faith, the teenage years, illness, hard times, her future and her parents.
  • The Catholic guardian angel prayer, “Angel of God, my Guardian dear,” is quoted from the 1888 Manual of Prayers; Psalm 91:11 and Matthew 18:10 speak of angels guarding God’s people and children.
  • The priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24–26 and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer’s prayers “For a Birthday” and “For Those We Love” can be prayed over a niece.
  • A single prayer covers all of a person’s nieces and nephews.
  • In Scripture, Abram rescued his nephew Lot (Genesis 14:12–16), and Jehosheba hid her nephew Joash in the temple for six years (2 Kings 11:2–3).

An aunt or uncle can pray: “Lord, thank you for [name]. Keep her safe in body and soul, guard her wherever she goes, give her good friends and a heart that knows you, and let her grow up happy and loved. Amen.” The same prayers suit a granddaughter, a goddaughter or, with “he” and “him,” a nephew. If your niece is ill, prayer goes alongside the doctor’s care and never replaces it. If you fear a child is being harmed,…

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  • Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Genesis 14:12–16; Numbers 6:24–26; 2 Kings 11:2–3; 2 Chronicles 22:11; Psalm 4:8; 91:11; 121:7–8; 127:3; Proverbs 3:5–6; Isaiah 54:13; Matthew 18:10; Mark 5:23; 10:14; Luke 2:52; Philippians 1:6; 1 Timothy 4:12; 3 John 1:2). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
  • A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. “Angel of God, my Guardian dear,” p. 54. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Family Prayer, “For Those We Love,” p. 597, and “For a Birthday,” pp. 597–598. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
  • Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline. https://www.childhelphotline.org/
  • NSPCC. “Report child abuse.” https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/
  • Telefono Azzurro. “Linea di Ascolto 1.96.96.” https://azzurro.it/

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