O Lord Jesus Christ, who didstdid take the little children in ThineYour arms and bless them: bless my children, N. and N., whom ThouYou hasthave given me. Keep them under the shelter of ThyYour holy protection, guard them from every evil and from every harmful influence, and plant in their hearts ThyYour holy fear and the love of ThyYour commandments.
Grant them wisdom and understanding, health of soul and body, and success in every good work. Teach me to raise them in ThyYour faith by my words and by my example, and forgive me where I have failed them. Let them live for ThyYour glory, and bring us all together into ThyYour kingdom. For ThouYou artare the Lover of mankind, and to TheeYou we send up glory, with ThyYour Father and ThyYour Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
