Blessing for a Pregnancy

EXHORTATION:

DEAR MOTHER and Father, this is a grace-filled time for you. God knows your love for each other. He affirms your desire to increase the size of your family. In the ages of ages, he has called all children by name.

COMMEND YOUR unborn child to Christ our Divine Physician. Pray for your medical doctors and staff. Ask God’s Holy Spirit for prudence and understanding to make wise decisions in the days ahead.

ASK FOR the peace of heart which only Christ can give. Ask God to pour out his Spirit upon you and refresh you. Do not be fearful. God will guard you. Pray often. Bless your unborn each day as God blesses all children. Care for your unborn child each day as God cares for all children. Love all children as you love your very own.

DEAR PARENTS, God knows that you long for the birth of your child. Even now he ministers to your baby’s needs. Look forward confidently to your child’s arrival. Do not grow impatient for the day of birth. God wants your child to be born healthy and with every good gift on the day of delivery. Nothing in the heavens or on the earth will take away God’s loving care for you.

BLESSING:

“The Lord be with you.” (R.) “And with your spirit.” 

“Bow down for the blessing.”

DEAR FAMILY, may God reveal in you the gracious miracle of his divine mercy. May he grant the assistance you humbly implore, so that through the days ahead, you will know his comforting presence.

MAY HE grant your unborn child good health, a safe birth and all that is needed for a happy childhood. May Almighty God pour out his blessings upon you and your unborn child to the praise and the glory of his exalted name.

(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (R.) Amen.

(Optional: Sprinkling of Holy Water)