Dear God, you are truly our Father-the Father of Mercies and the God of all consolation.  your mercies are new every morning, and great is Your faithfulness. You have chosen the weak things of the world to confound the strong.

O God, You have seen fit in Your plan of salvation that my child should labor under a difficulty which others do not have.  It is hard at times, O Lord, to see my child endure this handicap.  yet at other times this handicap allows my child to draw closer to my heart than ever, for it shows the vulnerability and child-likeness of us all.

O Lord, I ask You to bless my child with Your grace and peace.  I pray that You would heal and restore my child, according to Your Will.  Even so, Father, I accept that You may choose to bring complete healing only in eternity, when every tear shall be wiped away.

Father, I pray for the grace to love my child and even to embrace his/her handicap, which You have allowed for Your own purposes.  Fill my child, the light of my eyes, with Your presence, and in his/her weakness may Your power be made perfect.  Thank You for the gift of our child to our family and our world.  May You receive all the glory and the praise through our child as well.

Dear Blessed Mother Mary, you know what it is like to bring a special child into this world.  You had unique challenges in raising God's only Son, but God always gave you the grace to accomplish His perfect Will.  In like manner I beg your intercession before the throne of God.  Please help me love and cherish my child and raise him/her as best I can to become a vibrant witness to God's unconditional love.  Amen