Hymn of the Holy Spirit (Veni Creátor)

Prayer When Expecting a Child

God our Father, we thank you for the wonderful gift that lets us share in your divine fatherhood. Lord, as we await the time of the little one’s birth we ask you to protect this child of ours, still enveloped in mystery, so he or she will be born healthy into the light of the world, and then receive the new birth of baptism. Mother of God, to your motherly heart we entrust our child. Amen.

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