Prayer for Grandparents

Dear God,
Please bless our grandparents.
Thank you for the life they gave my parents and for the life they give to me.
For the ways they helped me and made me strong, I give thanks.
For the ways they love me no matter what, I rejoice.
For the ways they have paved the road that leads me here, I am grateful.
Let them grow in wisdom and joy in life.
Let them find peace and rest from their work.
Let them be healed of every sickness and pain.
And let them see with their own eyes the glory of your Son, Jesus,
in the love of their children and grandchildren.
Bless them always until they come to rest in you.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Lord Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary,
daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne,
look with love on grandparents the world over.
Protect and support them!
As they grow older, may they continue to be for their families
strong pillars of Gospel faith,
guardians of noble ideals,
living treasuries of sound religious traditions.
Lord Jesus, help families and society to value the presence and roles of grandparents.
Mary, Mother of all the living,
keep grandparents constantly in your care,
accompany them on their earthly pilgrimage,
and by your prayers, grant that all families
may one day be reunited in our heavenly homeland,
where you await all humanity for the great embrace of life without end.
Amen!

Benedict XVI