O God, whose steadfast love each family has blessed; who shields the infant small upon its mother breast; Embrace us, too, O God, our God, and hold us in your loving arms. In your great love, O God, full parent hood is known; a father mourns his child, a mother's strength is shown. Let parents' faithful lives unbind your love that through them we might find Christ's deeper love for human kind. May your household of faith one family become, that love may be increased and none may be alone; That mother's love and father's care and children's joy we all may share.