The Holy Family is our model.  We have consecrated our family to the Holy Family and continue to seek their intercession.  This is our family prayer….

Heavenly Father, you have given us the model of life in the Holy Family of Nazareth.  Help us, O Loving Father,to make our family another Nazareth where love, peace and joy reign.

May it be deeply contemplative, intensely Eucharistic, revived with joy.  Help us to stay together in joy and sorrow in family prayer.

Teach us to see Jesus in the members of our families, especially in their distressing disguise.

May the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus make our hearts humble like his and help us to carry out our family duties in a holy way.

May we love one another as God loves each one of us, more and more each day, and forgive each other’s faults as you forgive our sins.

Help us, O Loving Father, to take whatever you give and give whatever you take with a big smile.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, cause of our joy, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
Holy Guardian Angels, be always with us, guide and protect us.

Amen.

~ Bl.  Mother Teresa’s Prayer for Families

A new printable of this prayer will go up in prominent places within our home today, the glorious feast of the Holy Family.  Click here for your free Prayer for Families printable.   Additional mediation resources are listed below.

Here are images that you can use on your phone and social media.

Resources:

• First Sunday After Epiphany – The Church’s Year, Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine’s
• Sermons on the Holy Family – Audio Sancto
  • Learning from the Holy Family: How to Grow in Virtue
    The Holy Family: The Example for all Virtues
    Raising a Holy Family Amid the Culture of Death
    Be Holy As The Holy Family Is Holy
    The Holy Family Compared to Adam and Eve
    The Errors of Russia: the Plan of Heaven — Model the Holy Family
    Feminism: The Demeaning of the Holy Family
• Novena to the Holy Family – EWTN
• Consecration of the Family to the Holy Family – Catholic Culture
• Papal Documents on the Family
• The Blessed Virgin and the Sanctification of the Family – Father John A. Hardon, S.J.*
• Rules for Catholic Family Life – The Gregorian Blog*
• Holy Family Holy Card Collection – Holy Card Heaven
• Holy Family Coloring Page – JOYfilledfamily
• Holy Family Printable – Making Music Praying Twice
• Prayer for Families Printable – JOYfilledfamily

 

Sancta Familia ~ ora pro nobis