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Leader: Let us begin with the sign of the Cross.
All: In the name of the Father
and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
All: Dear Jesus,
we are here to spend a few minutes
with you in prayer.
We want to pray for ourselves,
our friends and neighbours
and for everyone in the world.
We know that you came
to call all of us to know,
love and serve your heavenly Father
so that we would be one big, happy family.
Parent: Jesus, be close to us now
as we pray to the Father in the words you taught us.
All: Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil....
Parent Leader: I think now that we should pray
for our family and for all families.
We can begin by remembering the Holy Family
of Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph.
They had their good times and parties
and they had their hard times too,
like when it rained every day for a week,
or when Jesus went to Jerusalem and got lost,
or when St. Joseph was sick,
or when their friends were sick.
But they were happy
because they loved each other
and were kind and helpful to each other.
So let us pray that God will help us
to be a kind and loving family
with each one trying to obey God
and to help one another.
Of course, the Holy Family
had relatives and friends,
and they cared about them too.
We remember Mary went to stay with Elizabeth
when she was going to have a baby.
And St. Joseph was a carpenter
and was always fixing things for the neighbours.
And Jesus, besides being a young boy was also God,
so he was always being good to others.
Imagine living next to Jesus!
Could he ever help you with your homework!
So let us pray for our friends and relatives
that God will bless them
and keep them from harm.
When Jesus grew up
and left home to go around preaching
about God the Father and his love for us all,
he remembered how happy he had been
with his family
and tried to make everyone understand
that we are really one big family,
with God as our Father.
he talked about being kind,
about forgiving those who hurt us,
about taking care of the hungry
and those who have no families of their own.
So let us pray for everybody in the world
and especially for those
who have no one to care about them.
There were men and women
who listened to Jesus
and prayed with him
for those who were poor or sick
or hungry or did not know
that God the Father loved them.
Jesus said to many of these men and women,
"I am glad that you are praying with me.
But I would like you to work with me too."
So the apostles and others
went around preaching about God's love.
Other men, and some women too
were busy helping the sick
and feeding the hungry and teaching the children.
As we grow up, Jesus says to us,
"I am glad that you are praying
for your family and for others...
All: Dear Jesus,
we pray with you to the Heavenly Father
for all the men and women
and children of the world,
those who live with their families
and those who do not.
Make us kind and generous to one another
and protect us with your loving care.
Please keep us close to you so that
we too will be a holy family.
In Jesus' name we pray,
Amen.
Parent: Now let us close by asking God's blessing.
May almighty God bless us,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
<span style="font-style: italic">Adapted from <span style="text-decoration: underline">Prayers Online</span></span>
All: In the name of the Father
and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
All: Dear Jesus,
we are here to spend a few minutes
with you in prayer.
We want to pray for ourselves,
our friends and neighbours
and for everyone in the world.
We know that you came
to call all of us to know,
love and serve your heavenly Father
so that we would be one big, happy family.
Parent: Jesus, be close to us now
as we pray to the Father in the words you taught us.
All: Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven;
give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil....
Parent Leader: I think now that we should pray
for our family and for all families.
We can begin by remembering the Holy Family
of Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph.
They had their good times and parties
and they had their hard times too,
like when it rained every day for a week,
or when Jesus went to Jerusalem and got lost,
or when St. Joseph was sick,
or when their friends were sick.
But they were happy
because they loved each other
and were kind and helpful to each other.
So let us pray that God will help us
to be a kind and loving family
with each one trying to obey God
and to help one another.
Of course, the Holy Family
had relatives and friends,
and they cared about them too.
We remember Mary went to stay with Elizabeth
when she was going to have a baby.
And St. Joseph was a carpenter
and was always fixing things for the neighbours.
And Jesus, besides being a young boy was also God,
so he was always being good to others.
Imagine living next to Jesus!
Could he ever help you with your homework!
So let us pray for our friends and relatives
that God will bless them
and keep them from harm.
When Jesus grew up
and left home to go around preaching
about God the Father and his love for us all,
he remembered how happy he had been
with his family
and tried to make everyone understand
that we are really one big family,
with God as our Father.
he talked about being kind,
about forgiving those who hurt us,
about taking care of the hungry
and those who have no families of their own.
So let us pray for everybody in the world
and especially for those
who have no one to care about them.
There were men and women
who listened to Jesus
and prayed with him
for those who were poor or sick
or hungry or did not know
that God the Father loved them.
Jesus said to many of these men and women,
"I am glad that you are praying with me.
But I would like you to work with me too."
So the apostles and others
went around preaching about God's love.
Other men, and some women too
were busy helping the sick
and feeding the hungry and teaching the children.
As we grow up, Jesus says to us,
"I am glad that you are praying
for your family and for others...
All: Dear Jesus,
we pray with you to the Heavenly Father
for all the men and women
and children of the world,
those who live with their families
and those who do not.
Make us kind and generous to one another
and protect us with your loving care.
Please keep us close to you so that
we too will be a holy family.
In Jesus' name we pray,
Amen.
Parent: Now let us close by asking God's blessing.
May almighty God bless us,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
<span style="font-style: italic">Adapted from <span style="text-decoration: underline">Prayers Online</span></span>
my earliest memories are of my mother saying this prayer with me before bedtime 
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