Continuing a series of of prayers, this is a prayer of forgiveness from parents directed to their children:
Forgive us if we
instilled it in your heads that only a career and money are the only important
things in life.
Forgive us if we gave
you more objects than values, more luxury than principles.
Forgive us if we
spent more time in scolding than in correcting and giving good examples.
Forgive us if we were
more concerned about the cleanliness of your teeth than your speech.
Forgive us if we
emphasized more the easy life than the good and just way of life.
Forgive us if we were
overly concerned about making more money, to such an extent that to build a
beautiful house, we destroyed the unity of our home.
Forgive us if we were
so busy that we couldn’t find time to do
things together, to talk to each other, and to simply be
together.
Forgive us if we erred in our
calculations, as we increased the buying of stuff but decreased the true show
of love.
Forgive us if we never stressed
the importance of loving God, thereby ending up desiring everything but the
presence of God in your lives.
Forgive us that we
taught you many subjects, but ignored the most important, the Bible, the
catechism, and going to church regularly.
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