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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.
Prayer
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.
Prayer
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.
Prayer
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.
Prayer
Prayer for Moms and Dads
Pour into us unimaginable love and ready us
to nurture the children You entrust to our care.
Quote
“All that you teach the children must be taught for the greater glory of God and for the good of the children.”
Quote
“Mon Dieu! How happy I should be if I could see you become some day what you ought to be!”
Quote
“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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