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His passionate love for His Father brought the deepest
meaning to His life, His prayer, His passion, and His death. It
would be proper to say that He lived ‘FOR HIS FATHER ALONE’. To put
it in His own words, Jesus said, “The world must know that I love the
Father”, and then again “Zeal for My
Father’s house consumes me”.
Beautiful Prayers to God the Father Novena to God the Eternal Father
We ask Your forgiveness
for the times and occasions when we have failed to live in truth and love
as Your Son Jesus. Father, we promise to treasure our relationship with You as the most important one in our lives and as the only one that will last forever. We will make Your Name known to all we meet; and live and love as one family until the day we see You face to face and live with You forever, in union with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, in the company of Mary and all the saints. As Jesus has told us, “The
Father will give you whatever you ask for in My Name’, so today we come to
ask… We ask this of You Father, through Your Son Jesus, in His Spirit, who lives and reigns with You for ever and ever. Amen This Novena Prayer has been composed for the glory, honour and praise of God our Eternal Father by Fr. Douglas Rowe, S.F.P. IMPRIMATUR : + Archbishop Barry
James Hickey
D.D.
Litany to God the Eternal Father
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Heaven, This Litany has been composed for the glory, honour and praise of God our Eternal Father by Fr. Douglas Rowe, S.F.P. IMPRIMATUR: + Archbishop Barry James Hickey
D.D. Consecration of the Family to God the Eternal Father
Father, protect our family from all harm and danger by the power of your Name. Keep us safe from the evil one and from the ways of the world. Help us to live holy lives by becoming more and more like your Son, Jesus. May our holy lives lived in Jesus, free from sin, give you the greatest glory, honor and praise. Righteous Father! Make us totally attached to you and dependent on you like your Son, Jesus. We promise to bring others to know and love you as their personal Father. As a loving Father, provide for all our needs. The father of the family now says . . . Father, you have placed me as the human head of this family. Make me a good and caring father to my children. They are really your children and you have given me stewardship over them. Help me to be a sign of your Fatherhood to them. May St. Joseph the faithful, silent, obedient and hardworking man be my model of a human father and may I be to my children what he was to Jesus. Give me an unconditional love for my wife, that together with her I may lead my entire family to experience you as their real and true Father. The mother of the family now says . . . Father, you have called me to be a mother. I thank you for the gift of all my children. They are yours but you have lent them to me. Make me a good and loving mother and let me bring them up as Mary brought up Jesus. May her love for you Father, her love for silence and her contemplativeness be my inspiration. Give me an unconditional love for my husband and may we both depend on you for everything. Like Mary, let me bring up my children to love you as their Father and to do your most holy will all throughout their lives. The children of the family now say . .. Father, you have given us Jesus your Son to be our model. Help us to imitate him in his obedience, respect and love for his parents, but above all in his passionate love for you his Heavenly Father. Keep us away from all sin, bad movies, bad books and bad friends. Give us the grace to live pure lives in this sinful world and should you call any of us to dedicate our lives to you through the Priesthood or the Religious life, let our answer in grateful love always be “YES”. All say the “Our Father” together now. This Consecration has been composed by Fr Douglas Rowe, S.F.P. for the “Families for the Father” and should be said daily. IMPRIMATUR : +Archbishop
Barry James Hickey
D.D.
Prayer composed by Fr Douglas Rowe for the ‘Families for the Father’ IMPRIMATUR: +Archbishop Barry James Hickey
D.D. Prayer in Desperate Situations
Dearest Father, You are the God of the
Impossible The Hope of the
hopeless I feel hopeless Nothing is impossible for
You Please help me as I place my total trust in You alone Father do not abandon
me Prayers composed by Fr. Douglas Rowe SFP for the Patrist Societies of the Sons/Daughters of the Father IMPRIMATUR: +Archbishop Barry James Hickey
D.D.
The Lay Patrists share the same spirituality, charism, vision and way of life as that of the Patrists. A unique feature of this lay wing is the lives of its members are closely inter-woven with the lives of the Patrists. Being thus committed, the lay Patrists serve as an apostolic, prayerful, emotional and financial support to the Patrists. They not only help in recruiting people for our spiritual programmes, but also for the Patrist Societies. The Patrists on the other hand look after the spiritual formation of the Lay Patrists helping them to grow in Christian values, Christian virtues, Christian spirituality and contemplative prayer through input, various spiritual sessions etc.
The Patrist, in imitation of Mary desires to fulfill the will of the Father in his/her life. The unconditional ‘yes’ pronounced on the day of the Vows, must carry forth till the day he/she meets the Father face to face. The Patrist, like Mary, is called to ponder over the words of Jesus, and let the Spirit of Jesus mould him/her in His image and likeness. Pondering is the alternative to confusion and doubt and discouragement. The Patrist like Mary, should see every in his/her life as an expression of God’s love for him/her. The Patrist prays the Rosary daily, the fond prayer of Our Blessed Mother, asking her to intercede with her Son, to quicken the spirit of sonship/daughterhood in the world. The Patrist like Mary, is called to endure with the suffering Jesus and go through the pain and rejection which Jesus went through as a result of witnessing to the truth and proclaiming God as His Father. The Patrist is called to identify with Jesus and stand at the foot of the Cross. The Patrist is never an alien to suffering. The Patrist is called to have her faith and recognize the
face of God in the darkest hour, take a stand for truth and support the
rejected , hated, persecuted and crucified Jesus in all those who share
the Cross of Christ. We honour her under the title of “Mary, the most perfect daughter of the Father”. We consecrate our two Societies to her every year on September 8th and renew our personal consecration to her as our Mother.
Prayers composed by Fr. Douglas Rowe SFP for the Patrist Societies of the Sons/Daughters of the Father IMPRIMATUR: +Archbishop Barry James Hickey
D.D.
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