O God, help me to be true to the great
privilege and the great responsibility which
you have given to me. Help me to be an
example and a friend to my children, and
a real partner to my wife. Don’t let me
get so busy with work and with outside
things that I am almost a stranger in my
own home, and that I take no interest in
household things. Don’t let me take all
that is done for me for granted, and help
me to keep love alive within the home.
Keep me from habits which make the work
of the house harder, and from ways which
irritate and annoy, or which get on the
nerves of those who live with me. Give me
health and strength and work to do, to
earn a living for those who depend on me                                                                                                                                          and whom I love so much; but help me to
remember that love is more important than
money.
O God, you have given me the name
of father; you have given me your name;
help me to be true to it. This I ask for your
love’s sake