Father,
We rejoice in the gift of love
we have received from the heart of Jesus, your Son.

In the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
Let us rejoice in Jesus the teacher.

A family is a place to cry and laugh and vent frustration to ask for help and tease and yell, to be touched and hugged and smiled at.

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;
where there is sadness, joy.