Traditional Catholic prayer
Short Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family
A short traditional Catholic prayer asking to imitate the Holy Family and to be received into eternal life.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799.
Grant us, O Lord Jesus, faithfully to imitate the examples of Thy Holy Family, so that in the hour of our death, in the company of Thy glorious Virgin Mother and St. Joseph, we may deserve to be received by Thee into eternal tabernacles.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This Short Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family asks Jesus for grace to imitate His family and to be received into eternal life with Our Lady and St. Joseph. It is printed in With God (1911), page 799.
- Prayer intention
- Following the example of the Holy Family and preparing for a holy death.
- When to pray
- In personal or family prayer, including a brief prayer together at home.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Short Prayer in Honor of the Holy Family
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799.
Grant us, O Lord Jesus, faithfully to imitate the examples of Thy Holy Family, so that in the hour of our death, in the company of Thy glorious Virgin Mother and St. Joseph, we may deserve to be received by Thee into eternal tabernacles.