Prayer in the Home For Christmas

Date/Time
16 Dec 2020 until 31 Dec 2020
12:00 am

Prayer in the Home for Christmas 2020
Prayer at the Crib
Heavenly Father, as we wonder
and hesitate to believe, like the
shepherds of Bethlehem, fill our
hearts with joy, as we recognise in
this helpless babe the revelation of
your love, a new radiant vision of
your glory.
Filled with wonder at the nearness
of our God in Mary’s newborn child,
may we now offer him our praise,
worship and thanksgiving and give
him the love and loyalty of our
hearts. Amen Christmas Table Prayer
Loving God, on this Christmas day we
give thanks that Jesus, your Son, has
come into our world bringing us gifts of
peace and joy.
Bless us as we sit down together for our
Christmas meal. Bless the food we share
and help us to remember those who are
hungry.
Be with our neighbours and our friends,
those who are lonely, sick or away from
home.
We pray that our departed loved ones
may sit now at your table in heaven.
May the joy of this feast give us strength
and light, now and in the days ahead.
Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Family
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendour of true love; to you
we turn with trust. Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be places
of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic
churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection and
division; may all who have been hurt or scandalised find ready comfort and healing.
Holy Family of Nazareth, make us once more mindful of the sacredness and
inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, graciously hear our prayer. Amen.
Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia
Prepared by the National Centre for Lit