Ignatian Prayer for Parents

This sums up my goals for our sons to a tee!!!

Ignatian Prayer for Parents

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Build us sons, O Lord who will be strong enough to know when they are weak, and brave enough to face themselves when they are afraid; sons who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Build us sons whose wishbones will not be where their backbones should be; sons who will know Thee—and that to know themselves is the foundation stone of knowledge. Lead them, we pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and sour of difficulties and challenge. Here, let them learn compassion for those who fail.

Build us sons whose hears will be clear, whose goals will be high; sons who will master themselves before they seek to master others; sons who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; sons who will reach into the future yet never forget the past.

And, after all these things are theirs, add, we pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that they may always be serious, yet never take themselves too seriously. Give them humility, so that they may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. Amen

From St. Xavier High School Cincinnati OH