Most Loving Father, the example of parenthood,
Teach me what to give and what to withhold.
Show me when to reprove and when to praise.
Make me gentle and considerate, yet firm and watchful.
Keep me from weak indulgence, or from great severity.
Give me the courage to be disliked sometimes by my children,
When I must do necessary things which are displeasing in their eyes.
Give me the imagination to enter into their world
In order to understand and guide them.
Give me all the virtues I need to lead them by word and example
On the path of righteousness.
Amen.
Teach me what to give and what to withhold.
Show me when to reprove and when to praise.
Make me gentle and considerate, yet firm and watchful.
Keep me from weak indulgence, or from great severity.
Give me the courage to be disliked sometimes by my children,
When I must do necessary things which are displeasing in their eyes.
Give me the imagination to enter into their world
In order to understand and guide them.
Give me all the virtues I need to lead them by word and example
On the path of righteousness.
Amen.
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