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I remember seeing Christ when He was ninety-three. Grinding Her nerves as She battled for peace. She was wearily clasping the hand of Her struggling daughter as Her infant son dribbled down Her neck. He was wincing in the shock of agony as the predator’s angry round crashed through the delicate convolutions of His brain. I saw Christ yesterday too - handcuffed in a country torn apart by war. A turmoil of innocence, uncertainty, and the fear of failure. I saw Christ in the schoolyard racing and laughing with others trembling at the shadow of the bully’s scowl and licking the sauce off the sausage roll. He laughs a lot and jiggles when he walks. I saw Christ today - He is a short fat fellow with a funny little cap pushed back to cover his bald spot. Help me to make my life go on in theirs, finer, nobler than I ever dared to be. Help me to teach them that true happiness is found, not in things, but in the unfolding of their minds and their souls. Help me to teach them that the value of their lives will be measured by the service they give. Help me to teach them that a mans real character is what he is, alone with himself in the dark. Give me a strong hand for guidance when youth falters and would turn back.įather help me to teach them to love bravely and to meet defeat courageously. Help me radiate faith in the basic goodness in my own life. Help me to live my own life above doubt and skepticism. Help me to teach them that every home is an altar and that every wish is a prayer. Give me a sense of humor.įather help me to win them through love instead of compelling them through fear. Give me the patience of the silent stars.

Keep forever before me my own childhood so that I will not expect too much. Help me to see my children's problems through their eyes.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespassesĪs we forgive those who trespass against us Īnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evilįather, help me in my divine task of parenthood. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name