I learned the following blessing from the Bible Timeline, a Bible study DVD set from Jeff Cavins http://www.greatadventureonline.com/. It is from Numbers 6:24-26 http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/numbers/numbers6.htm.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord let his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look upon you kindly and bring you peace.
As suggested by Jeff Cavins, I bless each of my children with this prayer right after tucking them in at night. It is a special moment for us, something they look forward to, and it speaks to the role of father as "priest" of the family, an underappreciated role that I plan to explore in a future post.
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