Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, we offer You our families, whether they are happy or facing a challenge, with their beauty and their wounds.

Teach us to lovingly watch over one another, to care for everyone, and especially children, the elderly and the weak; people we do not often prioritize in our hearts.

Teach us to care for each member of our family: spouses, that they may look out for one another; parents, that they may take care of children; children, that they may, in time, grow to become their parents’ guardians.

May we all become the guardians of God’s gifts!

Let us, O Lord, be witnesses before the world of an ordinary life lived in love, carried by love, founded by love.

Grant us that we may place our familial experience under the seal of Your Gospel, and exclaim that, as You showed us, love is as unfailing and eternal as Your covenant.

Amen.”