Father's Day Prayer

Oh God, we thank you for fathers near, fathers with strong arms and fathers with feeble knees present at table and at bathtub and at bedtime for prayers. Thank you, God, for fathers near.

We thank you, O God, for fathers far away,  fathers who ache for their families, fathers absent because of war, or disease, or despair.  Fathers who are present and absent at the same time.  Thank you, God, for fathers far away.

We thank you, O God, for caring communities  where  mothers  fill in for fathers and fathers fill in for mothers and grandparents put on the apron and the towel.  Where aunts and uncles, and those who are absolutely no kin at all make our communities a home fit for habitation.  Amen.

- from www.gbod.org