Praying for Our Adult Sons and Daughters: Placing Them in the Heart of God

by John Boucher, TMFB

Pray for your adult sons and daughters with the kind of power that makes a real difference in matters of the heart!

When our children become adults, we can’t hold them on our laps and protect them like we used to. We need new strategies for caring for them. And the most important strategy of all is to lift up our adult sons and daughters in prayer and place them in the heart of God. When we do so, God’s love is unleashed—in them and in us. God can replace our worries and discouragement with refreshment and hope. This book is a real treasure, one that parents and grandparents will want to read again and again.
Each chapter ends with a series of questions for reflection and introduces a “prayer skill” that will enable parents to persist in prayer and try new ways of praying for their adult sons and daughters.


“Parents and grandparents will find the Bouchers to be experienced guides in the art of praying for grown children. If you are wondering how to pray your adult children through the ups and downs of life, read this spiritually rich, practical, hopeful, and beautifully written book.”
—Sherry Weddell, Co-Director, Catherine of Siena Institute, Colorado Springs

“The multiple stories and anecdotes presented by John and Therese will grab the reader because we are all beset with similar circumstances that call for prayer. In this book, the prayer of petition and intercession comes alive through the context of our everyday relationships.”
—Frank DeSiano, CSP, President, Paulist Evangelization Ministries, Washington, D.C.


John and Therese Boucher are award-winning authors, teachers, and online instructors. Their books include "When You Notice the Empty Pews", "Making Friends with the Saints", and" Evangelizing Unchurched Children". John has served as director of evangelization for the Diocese of Trenton for many years and is a columnist for the Evangelization Exchange online newsletter. Therese maintains a Web site (www.christkey.com) offering resources for evangelization. They have five adult children and live in Princeton, N.J.

Genres: Faith, Nonfiction

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2012

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Reviews

[Susan Eberhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent examples of how to pray for our adult family. Many varieties of pray forms described. Well worth the read. Let go of worrying about our children, turn them over to Jesus, pray for them!

[Carol Albert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will keep this book for future reference. The Bouchers share their personal experience and advise ways to handle the angst of parenting adults. They guide the reader through how to lay your child in God's hands and trust that, in prayer, it will all be okay, even though God's answer to your prayers may be different than you imagined. The talk a bout being an immediary when your adult child is not in communion with God. They point out that there are different ways to express faith and that our adult children may be living out their faith but in a way we older people don't recognize. There are many gems in here, along with prayers, Bible quotes, probing questions for your journaling, meditation guidance, and more. At the end is a good list of websites and other resources.

[Sheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars. Praying for our adult children is so very important. I enjoyed the specific ideas of ways to offer prayer in different situations.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good ideas for prayer; conservative Catholic slant however.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Timely advice on how to "let go and let God"take care of your worries for your children.

[Diane Danielson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. I ended up buying my own copy so I could highlight passages to refer to later and reread.