Synod Family Prayer Card

Family

Remembering the Holy Family as our model,
let us recall their marginalization.

Let so many, the Holy Family, too,
encountered ridicule for being different.

In remembering them, help us to lift up and celebrate all loving families.
May we be generous in spirit, compassion, forgiveness, and love.

In celebration of all the diverse forms of love that embody family life today, let us pray in gratitude.

We pray, God, with our siblings in faith, for all families…

For LGBT families.
Families of various abilities.
Interracial families.
Multi-generational families.
Families of multiple faiths.
Single parent families.
Families of religious communities.
Blended and adoptive families.
Traditional families.
Multicultural families.

For these and all the communities of love in your worldwide Church,
let us pray for a greater increase in love amongst our global community.

For all the ways we are family to each other, we pray.

Amen.