I’ve had many conversations lately with people who
are so broken-hearted over the loss of faith by their adult children, some to
the point of thinking that they were failures as parents. I remind them that attitudes have changed since
we were raising our children and we are now overwhelmingly saturated with TV shows, news articles,
etc. that portray Christian families in a bad light and ridicule those of us
who still hold on to our faith. We can
only lead our children so far in their faith and then they become responsible themselves. We all have problems in our families and at
times we must let go and let God take over.
Satan is the
one responsible for the problems in our world; he is the common denominator no
matter what the evil. He knows our vulnerabilities
and our weaknesses. The good news is that
we have a very powerful weapon given directly to us by God himself; and that is
prayer. Below is a prayer for families
that I received a few years ago and I’d like to share it here for all families to
pray as family seems to be the place where Satan really likes to strike.
Prayer
for the Family
Heavenly
Father, most good and gracious God, sustain our family and our children’s
families in your love. Make them places
where holiness and love abound. Help us
to learn to be like Jesus in all our actions. Aid our families to imitate the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and
Joseph. Help us to learn from the good
example of others and to give good example to everyone. Assist us all in learning to bear our pain
and suffering as Jesus did. Aid us in
overcoming difficulties and carrying our crosses. Help our families’ lives to lead only to
Jesus, the source of true happiness.
Please give wholesome habits to our families. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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