World Meeting of Families:
Rome June 22-26 2022

What is the World Meeting of Families?

The World Meeting of Families was instituted by Pope St John Paul II in 1994. The week is organised and promoted by the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. Although the event is taking place in Rome, diocese are encouraged to take part within their local communities and run a number of events that reflect the theme ‘Family Love: A Vocation and a Path to Holiness’.

Official Prayer for the 10th World Meeting of Families:

Family Love: Vocation and Path to Holiness

Heavenly Father,

We come before You to praise You

and to thank You for the great gift of the family.

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We pray to You for all families

consecrated by the Sacrament of Matrimony.

May they rediscover each day

the grace they have received,

and as small domestic Churches,

may they know how to witness to Your presence

and to the love with which Christ loves the Church.

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We pray to You for all families faced with difficulty and suffering

caused by illness or circumstances of which only You know.

Sustain them and make them aware

of the path to holiness upon which You call them,

so that they might experience Your infinite mercy

and find new ways to grow in love.

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We pray to You for children and young people:

may they encounter You and respond joyfully

to the vocation You have in mind for them.

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We pray for parents and grandparents:
may they be aware

that they are signs of the fatherhood and motherhood of God

in caring for the children who, in body and spirit,
You entrust to them;

and for the experience of fraternity

that the family can give to the world.

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Lord, grant that each family

might live their specific vocation to holiness in the Church

as a call to become missionary disciples,

in the service of life and peace,

in communion with our priests, religious,

and all vocations in the Church.

Bless the World Meeting of Families.

Amen.

Family Prayer for the Home

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