Tom Brady Posts Prayer For His Sons, Wishing For Them To Have ‘Humility,’ ‘Compassion,’ And More

Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady posted Thursday’s prayer to his sons, wishing them all the best. “humility,” “compassion,” And more amid uncertainty over his NFL future following the loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Shared a photo of a copy General Douglas MacArthur’s Prayer on his Instagram Stories dedicated to his sons, Jack and Benjamin Page Six reported.

“Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory,” The prayer begins with the reading of the first verse.

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“Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee — and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge,” It was also added. “… Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.”

“Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity or true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength,” The prayer was continued.

The prayer then changes into one directed towards the father as it read, “Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, ‘I have not lived in vain.’”

The NFL star captioned his post using a heart and praying hands emoji. He also included two other photos, one of him with Jack and the other of him and Benjamin.

The social media post comes following the former New England Patriots quarterback’s divorce from supermodel Gisele Bündchen in 2022 after nearly 14 years of marriage. Brady and Gisele have been co-parenting their children since then. Brady recently shared that he wants his three children to experience failure to build resilience. reported.

“I don’t want it to go right for my kids all the time,” Brady elaborated. “I told them that this morning. I said, ‘I want you guys to fail because I want to see what you’re made of if you fail and when you fail.’”

“Because life isn’t gonna be just a smooth ride, so we have to develop resiliency,” He added. “You know, schools teach that. Sports teach that, a lot of things are taught through that.”

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