Would you bless our homes and families, Source of life who calls us here; in our world of stress and tension each us love that conquers fear. Help us learn to love each other with a love that constant stays; teach us when we face our troubles, love's expressed in many ways. When our way is undemanding, let us use the time that's ours to delight in simple pleasures, sharing joys in gentle hours. When our way is anxious walking and a heavy path we plod, teach us trust in one another and in you, our gracious God. From the homes in which we're nurtured with the love that shapes us there, teach us, God, to claim as family every one whose life we share. And through all that life may offer, may we in your love remain; may the love we share in families be alive to praise your name. Let us reach beyond the boundaries of our daily thought and care till the family you have chosen spills its love out everywhere. Help us learn to love each other with a love that constant stays; teach us when we face our troubles, love's expressed in many ways.