Happy Father's Day

Father's day is next Sunday. To my dad and my friends (esp Bro).. you are all wonderful fathers! This special blessing is dedicated to you to keep you in good health, encourage you in your difficulties, give you joy in your sadness and give you strength in whatever you do.

A BLESSING FOR FATHERS

We bless you and we praise you, God of our fathers!

You are the God of Adam, Father of the human family.

You are the God of Abraham, our father in faith who was ready and willing to give up everything to be faithful to you.

You are the God of Isaac, who was born of laughter and old age, and the God of Jacob, whose clever trick gained an inheritance for twelve tribes of sons and daughters.

You are the God of Jesse, whose loins a nation sprang, a study family tree of monarchs, prophets and priests.

You are the God and Father of Israel, your child whom You love with all Your heart.

You are the God of Zechariah, who fathered the Baptist and taught him the Torah, and of Joachim, the grandfather of Jesus.

You are the God of Joseph, who loved and raised Jesus as his own.

You are the God and Father of Jesus, and our Father in Heaven, too. Holy is Your Name!

We thank you, God, for the gift of our fathers, grandfathers and godfathers, and father-in-laws, too.

Send your Holy Spirit upon our fathers, in whose laps we were cradled, on whose knees we were bounced, by whose hands we were fed, instructed, at times corrected, in whose company we learned to work and play and pray, at whose side we heard your word and celebrated your mysteries.

Heal their pains and disappointments.

Forgive all that needs to be forgiven.

Give them the good that they have given others.

Welcome into Your arms those who have died.

Fill this world, O God, with a father's love!

We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray to You as Abba. He lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, who is Father of the poor, one God forever and ever. AMEN