Birth & Childhood

Almighty God, we give you humble thanks for graciously preserving, through the pain and peril of childbirth, your servant N., who now desires to offer her praises and thanksgivings to you. Grant, we ask you, most merciful Father, that she,…

O eternal God, you have promised to be a father to a thousand generations of those who love and fear you: Bless this child and preserve his life; receive him and enable him to receive you, that through your grace and the Sacrament of Baptis…

O God, you have taught us through your blessed Son that whoever receives a little child in the Name of Christ receives Christ himself: We give thanks for the blessing you have bestowed upon this family in giving them this child. Confirm the…

Heavenly Father, your Son our Savior took young children into his arms and blessed them: Strengthen N. to be a wholesome and godly example, a companion, and an encourager to his new brother. Keep them from strife and discord, and when they…

Heavenly Father, we ask you to bless each of the birth parents of this child. Reveal to them the fullness of your love for them and for the child entrusted to this family; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

May God the Father, who through Baptism has adopted you as his children, grant you his grace. Amen. May God the Son, who sanctified a home at Nazareth, fill you with his love. Amen. May God the Holy Spirit, who makes the Church one family,…

The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always. Amen.