Opening Prayer
Together:
+ O God, to fall in love with You is the greatest romance, to seek You, the greatest adventure, to find You, the greatest human achievement.
*Pick one of the two below. Repeat it when you do another guide until it’s memorized, then do the next one.
The Greatest Commandment Prayer (The Shema)
- Teach us to live out Your greatest commandment: “Listen! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” -Deu 6:4-5*
*When Jesus was a boy, St Joseph taught Him to memorize and pray always these words.
Jesus told Venerable Sister Consolata Betrone: “The more that you love Me, the happier you will be!”
Choose Life & Blessing Prayer
- Help our family choose life: “Today, I set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life by loving God, obeying His voice and clinging to Him!” -Deu 30:19-20
Hail Mary…
Most Holy Trinity, may all fathers imitate St. Joseph and You in blessing their children every day. +Amen
Awesome! Blessing my children is one of my favorite parts of bedtime!
Amen! One of the greatest legacies we leave our kids is our daily fatherly blessing. It is spiritually powerful, protects them and blesses others through them. May all dads exercise their spiritual authority!
This was a good exercise for our kids to see that the nightly blessings we do are not unusual and have been going on since Jesus himself was blessed by God.