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Topic: parenting

Prayer

Days of Prayerful Service (a parent’s prayer)

The phone rings. The baby cries.
The school child asks for answers.
The mail arrives. The bills appear.
The laundry piles. The cooking waits.

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Prayer for peace within a family

Turn us toward one another to see the hurting humans we are.
Oh God, be present in our family. Make peace possible.

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Prayer for healing from family/generational trauma

All we can do is remember: With God all things are possible,
even the mending of a broken home.

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Prayer for the Loss of a Pregnancy

I ask the Creator of Life
to hear my cries.
Soothe my soul, my aching arms
that long for a baby to hold.

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Prayer

A Prayer for Students

Embrace these students and teachers with your love.

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Prayer for Moms and Dads

Pour into us unimaginable love and ready us
to nurture the children You entrust to our care.

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Quote

“If you fast from your foolish imaginations it will be much better.”

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“All that you teach the children must be taught for the greater glory of God and for the good of the children.”

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“Love the children first, and then teach them.”

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“Mon Dieu! How happy I should be if I could see you become some day what you ought to be!”

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“Show kindness to them [children] and be attentive to their spiritual and physical needs.”

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“You must try to invent means of correcting your children, but remember that the most powerful means are rewards: a kind word, an approving glance, a little gesture, is sometimes sufficient to correct what the most severe punishment would not have overcome.”

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Quote of the day

December 9
“When will you be firm and always yourself? But you are exactly like the weathercock on a steeple, ready to turn with every wind. In conclusion, I hope grace will triumph finally and that you will become its conquest.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin