Family Day in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana

On this weekend we celebrate Family Day in the Diocese of Lafayette. Family life is called the ‘domestic church’. With today’s fast life, it is hard for families to strengthen each other. One way many people tell us to help family life is to make sure families get together for a family meal. Get together for five meals a week, not just one meal a week. Also, sharing prayer and life episodes help family life be a school of holiness.

Blessings of Families

Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for all you have bestowed on us, your people. Thank you for allowing us to serve those people you have sent into our lives. Thank you for enabling us to learn your gifts of forgiveness, compassion, patience, joy, peace and love from these precious souls we call our family, as well as, from life’s daily challenges. We ask for your blessings today. Empower us to represent you well. Bear us up when we fall and forgive us when we falter. Bless each of us to reflect your presence to the world as we go through our daily lives. Allow each of us to continue to bring your love to the world through our personal touch. We ask all this in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.