What's your 'ritual'?

Many families have a night-time routine, a familiar pattern the child expects as they go to sleep. Is prayer a part of your ritual?  Even before a child is old enough to pray, you can send them off to sleep with a blessing. Simply trace the sign of the cross on your child's forehead or over their heart and pray one of these blessings (or make up your own):

• May God bless you.

• May God be with you.

• God be in your heart.

• May God bless and protect you.