O Holy Family of Nazareth, community of love
of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, ideal model of every
Christian family, to you we entrust our families.
Open the heart of every household to faith, to
the reception of the word of God, to Christian witness,
so that it may become a source of new
and holy vocations.
Prepare the spirit of the parents, so that with
prompt charity, wise care, and
tender piety, they may be sure guides
for their children toward spiritual and eternal goods.
Awaken in the souls of the young a right conscience,
a free will, so that growing "in wisdom
and grace," they may generously receive the gift
of the divine vocation.
Holy Family of Nazareth,
make us all, by contemplating and imitating
the assiduous prayer, generous obedience,
dignified poverty, and virginal purity lived in your midst,
ready to fulfill the will of God and
to accompany with thoughtful care all
those among us who are called to follow more closely
the Lord Jesus, who
"gave Himself up for us."
Amen.
