Loving God,
We thank your for your many blessings in our lives and today we especially thank you for the gift of persons who adopt and raise children to the fullness of adulthood with the same love and care as any “natural” parent. We lift in prayer and petition the intentions of bjj whose family is struggling at this time with a difficult child and the stress and strain it can place on the entire family unit. We ask for your mercy and blessings to be with each member of this family, and please grant the dear parents your courage, strength, and trust in your divine providence. Please also help the dear parents to place each other solidly in the middle of your loving marriage covenant with them, that the love your son Jesus brings to this holy marriage will supply the marriage partners with the special strength, interior fortitude, and knowledge that they will back each other up through good and bad times which is so desparately needed to see a family through the toughest of times. Please bless the prayer life and hear the prayers of these dear family members as they work day by day to improve and stabilize the situation. Please also send your Holy Spirit to give some comfort and grace to the teenage child, and help this dear one to find a way to be a more suitable member of the family unit, in accordance with your Holy and perfect will. Please help this family through this suffering, help the parents to unite their suffering with Jesus, and grant your many blessings to them as they follow the path you have for their lives.
We pray in the name of your beloved son Jesus, empowered by your Holy Spirit, who live and reign with you, one God for ever and ever.
Amen.