A Family Blessing

Family Blessing:

It is good, Lord, that we are here gathered together, offering praise and thanksgiving.
We bless your name, O Lord, for sending your own incarnate Son to become part of a
family, so that, as he lived within its sufferings and its joys, he would be present and provide
newness of life to all families. We ask you, Lord, to protect and watch over these families,
so that in the strength of your grace and in the depth of your mercy their members may
enjoy prosperity, possess the priceless gift of your peace, and as the Church alive in the
home, bear witness in this world to your glory. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

adapted from the Book of Blessings