FATHERS DAY: 6/15

Let us pray…

For all fathers,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers

who had little or no opportunity
to know their own dad,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For our fathers who have died,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who grieve
the loss of their dad,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who are chronically
or terminally ill,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers expecting
the birth of a child,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers awaiting the arrival
of an adopted child,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For men who desire to be fathers,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers

who see the sun rise and set
in the eyes and smiles of their children,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers in good relationships

with their children

and for those who aren’t,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers

who grew up without a dad,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers

who have failed their children

and
who are trying to start again,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers whose hearts break
over the troubles their children face,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers of children
who won’t forgive their dad,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers
who won’t forgive their children,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who will be forgotten
or ignored on this Fathers Day,

let
us pray to the Lord..

For fathers who work multiple jobs
to provide for their families,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For families with one father

or two fathers or no father,

let us pray to the Lord…

For unemployed fathers,
desperately looking for work,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers whose sacrifices
are unknown to their families,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers unable to provide
what they work for and want

their children to have,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For every father mourning the loss
of a child he loved,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who are in prison

and long to see their children,

let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who are single parents,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For divorced and separated fathers
   who miss their children,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers estranged from or barred
   from seeing their children,
      let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers away in the military
and for all those who serve

in harm’s way,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers of sons and daughters
lost in war,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who are in prison,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers who pray

for a son or daughter in prison,
let us pray to the Lord…

For fathers of children

who’ve been abused

or have gone missing,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For grand- and great-grandfathers
who care for and tend

their children’s children,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For teachers and coaches and mentors
who’ve been « father »

to many young people,
let us pray to the Lord…

For priests, men we call “Father”
who have no children of their own,

let
us pray to the Lord…

For all fathers

in need of our prayers today,
let us pray to the Lord…

God our Father,
   in your wisdom and love you made all things.
Bless our fathers, living and deceased.
Let the example of their faith and love shine forth.
Grant that we, their families,
   may love and honor them always
   with a spirit of profound respect.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

God our Father,
in your wisdom and love you made all things.
Bless our father.
Let the example of his faith and love shine forth.
Grant that we, his family,
may honor him always
with a spirit of profound respect.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen. – See more at: http://www.imagecatholicbooks.com/fathers-day-prayer-from-catholic-household-blessings-and-prayers/#sthash.7GW9evfb.dpuf

And a little fatherly Fathers Day advice

from a Father who has no children of his own…

• Dads, you can’t too often tell your children

how much you love them…

• You can’t too many times hug your children tight
and kiss them good night…

• There’s no limit on how many times

you can take each of your children, individually,

for a walk, a talk, a ride or an ice cream
cone…

• Call your children by name

– and have special names for each of them…

• Be a father whose thoughts, words and deeds

set a standard for his children

who may one day be parents themselves…

• If you have a boy, be sure he hears
you call him son
in a way that lets him know

how happy and proud you are to be his dad…

• Every son, without even knowing it,

longs for his father’s blessing
on who he is and on who he will
become:

find a thousand ways to give your son
your blessing…

• A daughter learns how a man loves a woman

through how her dad loves his wife and his girls:

be the best of loving teachers

for the
women in your life…

• Make sure your children know

that you’re a man of faith

who believes in the God

whom Jesus calls his Father…

• Pray with your children at home:

at table, at night before bed,

when times are hard and when times are great…

• Pray with your children at church every Sunday

so they’ll know the place God holds in your heart…

• A father’s relationship with his children

is a great and untapped natural and spiritual
resource:

wisely
conserve and generously share

the precious resource you are…

• Too many dads come to the end of their lives

wishing they’d done « more of this and less of that »
with
and for their children:

take stock of all this now,

before the time’s too short…

• You can be sure that your children,

in their heart of hearts,

want
you to be the dad that you,

in your heart of hearts,
want to be for them.

So never hesitate, even for a moment,

to
be the father of your heart’s desire…

Happy Father’s Day!

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