The National Day of Prayer for the African American and African Family was created by Fr. James Goode, OFM in 1989. It is a day set aside to give special thanks to God for our families and place our every care in the arms of Jesus.
God of Mercy and Love
we place our African American and African Families
before You today. May we be proud of our history and
never forget those who paid a great price for our
liberation. Bless us one by one and keep our hearts and
minds xed on higher ground.
Help us to live for you and not for ourselves, and may
we cherish and proclaim the gift of life. Bless our parents,
guardians and grandparents, relatives and friends. Give
us the amazing grace to be the salt of the earth and the
light of the world. Help us, as Your children, to live in such
a way that the beauty and greatness of authentic love is
re-ected in all that we say and do.
Give a healing anointing to those less fortunate,
especially the motherless, the fatherless, the broken, the
sick and the lonely. Bless our departed family members
and friends.
May they be led into the light of Your dwelling place
where we will never grow old, where we will share the
fullness of redemption and shout the victory for all
eternity.
This we ask in the Precious Name of Jesus, our Savior
and Blessed Assurance. Amen. Holy Mary, Mother of Our
Families, pray for us.
Prayer composed by FR. JIM GOODE, OFM, who in 1989 founded this National Day of Prayer for the African American and African Family.