Hymn for Home and Family Week

1. O Jesu bless our homes,
   And make them like to Thine;
   Be bitterness unknown
   Bid love and kindness shine.
   


2. Let love of God be first
   And daily prayers arise
   As once from Nazareth
   Thine own soared to the skies.
   


3. Let lowliness abound,
   That sweet humility
   Of Mary’s sinless heart
   Which made her dear to Thee.
   


4. Let work be bravely done,
   As Joseph toiled of old,
   For thee and thy reward
   Not only for earth’s gold.
   


5. Then let Thy blessing bring
   Just such prosperity
   As Thou shalt deem most fit
   To keep us true to Thee.
   


6. And to Thy better Home
   O bring us at the last
   To praise Thee with Thy Saints
   When earthly joys are past.