1 Our Father, by whose name
all parenthood is known,
in love divine you claim
each family as your own.
Bless mothers, fathers, guarding well, w
ith constant love as sentinel,
the homes in which your people dwell.
2 O Christ, yourself a child
within an earthly home,
with heart still undefiled
to full adulthood come:
our children bless in every place
that they may all behold your face
and, knowing you, may grow in grace.
3 O Holy Spirit, bind
our hearts in unity
and teach us how to find
the love from self set free;
in all our hearts such love increase
that every home, by this release,
may be the dwelling place of peace.
