Prayer for Our Relations and Friends
Entrust family and friends to Jesus, followed by an offering of the Our Father.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O MOST kind and gentle Jesus, I commend all those who have asked my unworthy prayers to thy divine knowledge and love, under the guidance of which thou didst come down to earth from the bosom of thy Father to save man. And in union with that love wherewith thou didst commend thy Spirit to thy Father, I commend them all to thy sacred Heart, and enclose them all therein; and I offer and set it forth before thee, in union with that love wherewith thou didst take it to thyself, a human heart, for the salvation of all the human race, and hast often given it as a token of thy special friendship to thy well-beloved friends; beseeching thee from its infinite treasures to take wherewith to bless those for whom I pray, or am bound to pray. Amen.
Then add an Our Father, and offer it thus:
O GOOD Jesus, I offer thee this prayer to thine everlasting praise, and that through it thou mayest shed forth thy benefits and blessings on those who are dear to thee and to me, according to the good pleasure of thy divine compassion. Amen.