We’ve placed ourselves and this retreat under the patronage of the Holy Family. Our team has been praying a First Sunday rosary for you, your families and the retreat since last fall. We invite you to join us in praying the First Sunday rosary for these intentions this coming Sunday, September 1st. (If you can gather the family to pray it together, that’s all the better!) We’ve also been praying “Prayer to the Holy Family”, written by Pope Francis.
HOLY FAMILY PRAYER
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate
the splendor of true love, to you we turn with trust.
Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too
may be places of communion and prayer,
authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic Churches.
Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again
experience violence, rejection and division: may all who have
been hurt or scandalized find ready comfort and healing.
Holy Family of Nazareth, make us once more mindful
of the sacredness and inviolability of the family,
and its beauty in God’s plan.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, graciously hear our prayer.
Pope Francis, Angelus, December 29, 2013
