--- title: "World Day for Grandparents & The Elderly" url: "https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/prayer-music-resources/prayer-resources/world-day-for-grandparents-the-elderly" school: "St Gregory's Church Weld Bank & St Oswald's Church Coppull" --- [![St Gregory's Church Weld Bank & St Oswald's Church Coppull](https://files.schudio.com/stgregoryschorley/images/logo/St_Gregory-s_Weld_Bank_-_St_Oswald-s_Coppull_(1).png)](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/) - 01257 262462 - - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Gregorys-Weldbank/177113458975673) A− A+ - [Contact Us](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/contact) - [About Us](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/welcome) - [Our Livestreams](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/our-livestreams) - [Livestream Schedule ](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/live-stream-service-times) - [Announcements](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/upcoming-events) - [Our Newsletters](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/news) - [Prayer & Music Resources](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/prayer-music-resources) # A Prayer for World Day for Grandparents & The Elderly **PRAYER FOR THE WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY** I thank You, Lord, for the comfort of Your presence: even in times of loneliness, You are my hope and my confidence, You have been my rock and my fortress since my youth! I thank You for having given me a family and for having blessed me with a long life. I thank You for moments of joy and difficulty, for the dreams that have already come true in my life and for those that are still ahead of me. I thank You for this time of renewed fruitfulness to which You call me. Increase, O Lord, my faith, make me a channel of your peace, teach me to embrace those who suffer more than me, to never stop dreaming and to tell of your wonders to new generations. Protect and guide Pope Francis and the Church, that the light of the Gospel might reach the ends of the earth. Send Your Spirit, O Lord, to renew the world, that the storm of the pandemic might be calmed, the poor consoled and wars ended. Sustain me in weakness and help me to live life to the full in each moment that You give me, in the certainty that you are with me every day, even until the end of the age. Amen. ### [Latest News](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/news) 12 November 2026 [![Image of 'Newsletter'](https://files.schudio.com/stgregoryschorley/imagecache/750x480c/news/Newsletter.jpg)](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/news/2026-11-12-newsletter) #### ['Newsletter'](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/news/2026-11-12-newsletter) ### Useful Links - [Privacy Notice](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/privacy) - [Chorley Hospital](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/chorley-hospital) - Other Parishes in the Lancashire Deanery - [The Liverpool Archdiocese ](http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/) - [Our Location](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/contact) ### Contact Us **St Gregory's Church Weld Bank & St Oswald's Church Coppull** Weld Bank Chorley Lancashire PR7 3NW Tel: 01257 262462 School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stgregoryschorley.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Gregorys-Weldbank/177113458975673) © Copyright 2015–2026 St Gregory's Church Weld Bank & St Oswald's Church Coppull. All rights reserved.