{"id":4094,"date":"2018-01-16T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:11:46","slug":"a-prayer-for-a-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/a-prayer-for-a-family","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for our Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">O Dear Jesus, I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family. May our home be the shrine of peace, purity, love, labor and faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us, absent and present, living and dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, pray to Jesus for our family, for all the families of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Blessed Saint Joseph, holy guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life. watch over our home at the pillow of the sick and the dying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Dear Jesus, I humbly implore You to grant Your special graces to our family. May our home be the shrine of peace, purity, love, labor and faith. Dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us, absent and present, living and dead. 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