Lord God,

from you every family in heaven and on earth takes its name.

Father, you are love and life.
Through your Son,

Jesus Christ, born of a woman and through the
Holy Spirit,

fountain of divine charity,

grant that every family on earth may become for
 each successive generation a true shrine of life and love.
 

Grant that your grace

may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands

and wives for the good of their

 families and of all families in the world.
 Grant that the young may

find in the family solid support for their human dignity

and for their growth in truth and in love.

Grant that love,
strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage,

may prove mightier than all the weaknesses

and trials through which families sometimes pass.

Through the  intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth

grant that the Church may  fruitfully carry out her
worldwide mission in the family and through the family.

Through Christ our Lord,

who is the Way, the Truth and the Life  forever and ever,
Amen.