Lord, please touch this father with your gentle hand and instill in him many graces for faith, hope, love, and joy always. Heal, if it be in accord with the Father’s merciful will, this father’s every affliction, whether spiritual or physical. Especially ensure that holy love permeate this whole family in every word or encounter, that no sin of the tongue or heart penetrate their unity, and that they are all led joyfully ever toward the eternal garden of peace, where all will rejoice with you, the angels, and saints, forever. Have mercy, Lord and scatter the suffocating fumes of this fallen world with a foretaste of heaven’s breath. Protect this family from harm always. Our Lady, angels, and saints, pray with us. Amen.