PRAYER FOR HAVING A BABY

Your birth, O Jesus, brought much joy

to Joseph and Mary. Heaven and earth
rejoiced to see new life and hope upon Your
coming, truly there is no greater sign of Gods
immense love for the world than His love
becoming flesh and dwelling among us.
O Jesus, grant me and my spouse, ..,
the grace to have the joy of our love
becoming flesh. We have been married for
years. All these years we have been desolate
for want of a child. Grant us the same joy You
have bestowed upon Abraham and Sarah by
the birth of Isaac; the very same delight of
Zacariah and Elizabeth with the coming of
John; the very same pride Orazio and
Giusseppa felt with their son, Francisco
Forgione, our dear Padre Pio.

O Jesus, cleanse our hearts from our

sins and selfishness that deny us the grace of
having a child. Heal our wounded spirit and
body. Make our generative faculties fertile. But
most of all enkindle our passion and love for
each other as husband and wife.
If You will answer our plea, my spouse,
, and I pledge to give our child a good
name. Together we will raise our child in love
and holiness, in compassion and charity, in
sincere devotion and servise to you and your
people. We, too, duly swear that if ever You
are to call our child in the service of the
Church, we are going to support our child
wholeheartedly in fulfilling Your divine will.
This is our desire, O Jesus,to have a
child of our own. Do grant our petition for we
ask it in Your name, in the name of Your gentle
parents Joseph and Mary, and in the name of
our dear Padre Pio. Amen,