Prayers About Family
Find 50 prayers about Family to guide, comfort, and strengthen your faith.
The Priestly Blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26 (BSB)
BiblicalTraditional Family Prayer
Heavenly Father, bless our family. Be so near us that we may know Your presence. Protect us from evil and guard our going out and our coming in. Help us to love one another and to forgive as You have forgiven us. Bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Make our home a place of peace, joy, and hospitality. Keep us faithful in prayer and generous in love, today and always. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Traditional family prayer
TraditionalBlessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, you will be blessed and prosperous. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. In this way indeed shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life, and may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 128 (BSB)
BiblicalUnless the Lord Builds the House
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat, for He grants sleep to those He loves. Children are indeed a heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
Psalm 127 (BSB)
BiblicalTraditional Blessing of Children
God bless you and keep you. God make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. God turn His face toward you and give you peace. May you grow in wisdom and grace. May God guide your steps and protect your way. May you know His love all the days of your life, and may He bring you safely home to His eternal kingdom.
Traditional parental blessing (based on Numbers 6:24-26)
TraditionalHow Good and Pleasant It Is
How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, over the collar of his robes. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord has bestowed His blessing, even life forevermore.
Psalm 133 (BSB)
BiblicalThe Blessing of Moses
There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you, and on the clouds in His majesty. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you and commands, 'Destroy!' So Israel dwells in safety; Jacob's spring is secure in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew. Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword.
Deuteronomy 33:26-29 (BSB)
BiblicalWhere Two or Three Are Gathered
Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.
Matthew 18:19-20 (BSB)
BiblicalPrayer for Unity of the Church
O God, through Your one and only Son You have established Your Church upon the foundation of the apostles. Grant that the bond of unity may not be broken, that the rule of faith may be maintained, and that all who are called by Your name may be one in heart and mind. Let Your Holy Spirit bind us together in love, and let the light of Your truth guide us in all things.
Based on St. Cyprian of Carthage (d. 258)
Church FatherTraditional Prayer for Parents
Lord God, You command us to honor our father and our mother. Fill our hearts with gratitude for the gift of our parents. Bless them with health, peace, and joy. Reward them for the love and sacrifice they have shown us. Where there is estrangement, bring reconciliation. Where there is weariness, bring renewal. In their old age, be their strength and comfort. May they know Your love through the honor we show them. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Traditional prayer for parents
TraditionalPray for the Peace of Jerusalem
I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord.' Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you prosper. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.' For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, 'Peace be within you.' For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.
Psalm 122 (BSB)
BiblicalA Wife of Noble Character
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. She extends her hands to the poor and reaches out her arms to the needy. She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs at the days to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:10-12, 20, 25-26, 30 (BSB)
BiblicalTraditional Nuptial Blessing
God the eternal Father keep you in love with each other, so that the peace of Christ may stay with you and be always in your home. May you be blessed in your children, and may the love that you lavish on them be returned a hundredfold. May the peace of Christ live always in your hearts and in your home. May you have true friends to stand by you, both in joy and in sorrow. May you be ready and willing to help and comfort all who come to you in need. May the blessings promised to the compassionate be yours in abundance.
Traditional Christian nuptial blessing
TraditionalPrayer of St. John Chrysostom for Unity
Almighty God, who has given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto You; and who promises that when two or three are gathered together in Your Name You will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of Your servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of Your truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen.
Prayer attributed to St. John Chrysostom (d. 407)
Church FatherTraditional Prayer for Marriage
O God, who has so consecrated the covenant of marriage that in it is represented the spiritual unity between Christ and His Church: Send Your blessing upon these Your servants, that they may so love, honor, and cherish each other in faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and true godliness, that their home may be a haven of blessing and peace. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Traditional marriage blessing (Book of Common Prayer tradition)
TraditionalThe Greatest Commandment
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Matthew 22:37-40 (BSB)
BiblicalHannah's Prayer of Thanksgiving
My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation. There is no one holy like the Lord. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
1 Samuel 2:1-2 (BSB)
BiblicalScottish Table Grace
Some have meat and cannot eat, some cannot eat that want it. But we have meat, and we can eat, so let the Lord be thanked. Amen.
Traditional Scottish grace (Robert Burns, Selkirk Grace, public domain)
TraditionalMoravian Table Grace
Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be, and bless these gifts bestowed by Thee. Bless our loved ones everywhere, and keep them in Your care. Amen.
Traditional Moravian blessing
TraditionalLuther's Table Prayer
The eyes of all look to You, O Lord, and You give them their food at the proper time. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. Lord God, heavenly Father, bless us and these Your gifts which we receive from Your bountiful goodness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Martin Luther's Small Catechism (1529, public domain)
TraditionalPerfect Love Casts Out Fear
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love. We love because He first loved us.
1 John 4:18-19 (BSB)
BiblicalMay the Lord Make Your Love Increase and Overflow
Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May He strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all His holy ones.
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 (BSB)
BiblicalTraditional Table Blessing
Be present at our table, Lord; be here and everywhere adored. These mercies bless, and grant that we may feast in paradise with Thee. Amen.
Traditional table grace (attributed to John Wesley)
TraditionalProtestant Table Grace
Lord, bless this food we are about to receive. Give bread to those who hunger, and hunger for justice to those who have bread. May we who have plenty learn to be grateful, and may those who have little know Your provision. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Traditional Protestant table grace
TraditionalChildren's Grace Before Meals
God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for our food. By His hand we all are fed. Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen.
Traditional children's mealtime prayer
TraditionalGrace Before Meals
Bless us, O Lord, and these Your gifts, which we are about to receive from Your bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Traditional Christian prayer
TraditionalGrace After Meals
We give You thanks, Almighty God, for all Your benefits, who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
Traditional Christian prayer
TraditionalPrayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Traditional prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
TraditionalLove Is as Strong as Death
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. Mighty waters cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (BSB)
BiblicalThe Greatest of These Is Love
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:1, 4-8, 13 (BSB)
BiblicalThe High Priestly Prayer of Jesus
Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You. For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. My prayer is not for them alone. I also pray for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You.
John 17:1-3, 14, 17, 20-21 (BSB)
BiblicalThe Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
2 Corinthians 13:14 (BSB)
BiblicalPrayer for All Conditions of Men
O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially, we pray for the good estate of the holy Church universal, that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer (1662, public domain)
TraditionalTraditional Bedtime Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Guide me safely through the night and wake me with the morning light. Amen.
Traditional Christian bedtime prayer (18th century)
TraditionalA Gaelic Blessing
May the strength of God pilot us, may the power of God preserve us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the way of God direct us, may the shield of God defend us, may the host of God guard us against the snares of evil and the temptations of the world.
Traditional Gaelic blessing
TraditionalPrayer of St. John Bosco for Young People
O Lord Jesus Christ, who when on earth did love to be surrounded by young people, look with favor upon the youth of our time. Protect them from the dangers that beset them. Give them a love of purity, patience in suffering, and perseverance in good works. Fill their hearts with zeal for Your service and for the welfare of their neighbor. Guide them in the way of peace and lead them safely to their eternal home. Through Your mercy, O Lord. Amen.
Based on St. John Bosco (d. 1888, public domain)
SaintLet the Peace of Christ Rule
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:15-16 (BSB)
BiblicalHail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Traditional Catholic prayer based on Luke 1:28, 42
TraditionalPrayer to Guardian Angel
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
Traditional Catholic prayer
TraditionalThe Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:9-13 (BSB)
BiblicalThe Lord Is My Shepherd
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23 (BSB)
BiblicalHave Mercy on Me, O God
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Psalm 51:1-4, 10-12 (BSB)
BiblicalHe Who Dwells in the Shelter of the Most High
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, 'You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.' Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague. He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon. Because you have made the Lord your dwelling, no harm will befall you, no plague will approach your tent. For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Psalm 91:1-6, 9-11 (BSB)
BiblicalPraise the Lord, O My Soul
Praise the Lord, O my soul; all that is within me, praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds. He forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases. He redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion. He satisfies you with good things; your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 103:1-5 (BSB)
BiblicalI Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is the shade on your right hand. The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul. The Lord will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121 (BSB)
BiblicalSearch Me, O God
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 (BSB)
BiblicalThe Magnificat
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed. For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name. His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty. He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful.
Luke 1:46-55 (BSB)
BiblicalDo Not Be Anxious
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (BSB)
BiblicalThe Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr (public domain)
TraditionalSt. Patrick's Breastplate
Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
Traditional Irish prayer attributed to St. Patrick
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