A Catechist’s Prayer

Father of all families, you have called me to serve the

family in truth and love as a catechist. May I be faithful

to this call, rooted in your Word, and open to the gifts

of the Holy Spirit.

May I use these gifts, especially the gifts of faith,

hope, and love, to serve the family as a witness to

you, who are love and life and the source and destiny

of all families.

Let your Spirit enlighten my mind and strengthen my

heart so that I can be a path of Christ’s love to families,

especially those in need, the homebound and aged,

the disabled and disheartened.

Through the intercession of Mary and Joseph, I pray

for the Church, the Bride of Christ, whose mission to

build a civilization of love passes through the family.

Amen.

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Prayer for Family Commitment

Dear God our Father, you have called all Christian families to be a sign of your love to the world.

Help us to be generous with the gifts of life and love that you have showered on our family. May we share them so that our homes become true signs of unitive and fruitful love.

Let us never forget to thank you each day for all that sustains us and to look to Christ, who comes to us in the events of family life, in the sacraments of the Church, and in service to the poor.

In all of this, our family becomes a living expression of your Church, a hallowed home of life and love. By the power of the Holy Spirit, may all of us—spouses, parents, and children—share, as members of his Body, in Jesus’ mission to build a civilization of love. Father, we ask this in Jesus’ name in union with the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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A Prayer for Catechists

O God, our Heavenly Father, you have

given us the gift of these catechists to be

heralds of the Gospel to our parish family.

We lift them up to you in thanksgiving

and intercede for them concerning their

hopes and needs.

May we be attentive to the presence

of your Word in them, a Word that lifts up

and affirms, calls forth and challenges, is

compassionate and consoles.

We pray that our parish family will always

be blessed with those who have responded to

the call to share in Christ’s prophetic mission

as catechists. May we too be open to the

universal call to service that Christ addresses

to all of his disciples, contributing our gifts to

the communion of faith, the Church.

We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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