Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly July 23, 2023
The CCCB Standing Committee for Family and Life have also provided a short video which can be shared on social media, or your websites, to celebrate the day. They have also provided ready to use social media resources – both are attached below.
YouTube – CCCB Promo Video
CCCB Website – Resource Page
PRAYER FOR THE THIRD WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY 2023
Virgin Mary, Mother of faith and hope,
an example for this humanity bent by indifference,
make me as willing as You to accept the will of God,
to magnify and praise His Mercy.
Mary, Mother of fortitude, you who knows my heart,
do not allow me to become discouraged.
I confidently surrender my life into your hands. Heal my wounds.
May your tenderness accompany me on the way.
Your presence, Mother of love, brings us to experience the joy
of seeing our families united.
Help me to transmit the tenderness and Love of God
to the grandchildren and youth so that,
in addition to praying for them, we can pray with them.
Mary, may the gift of the Holy Spirit intercede for me:
sustain my weakness; breathe into my heart the consolation
that I may leave traces of faith among the young,
bearing witness to the beauty of life, knowing that life has a limit
and that beyond it lies before us our Father’s embrace.
Amen
