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Prayer for Married Couples (as printed on the prayer card:
PRAYER TO CULTIVATE, NURTURE AND ESTABLISH UNBREAKABLE LOVE BETWEEN MARRIED COUPLE (To be said together by couples always, if possible daily)
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; Amen.
Lord Jesus, you have brought us together in your love to live, love, help and care for each other. We thank you for the good intention for which you have given us the gift of each other. We ask your forgiveness for the times we have sinned against you. We ask your pardon for the times we have failed to love and respect each other.
Lord, renew the love we saw in each other at the beginning of this journey. Renew and nourish my love and respect for (mention spouse's name) my wife/husband. Increase immensely the love and respect I have for her/him.
After you Lord, may I love (mention your spouse's name) above all things. May my heart be filled with joy and sweetness whenever I think of her/him. May my heart leap for joy whenever I see her/him. Oh, good Lord, please bless our union without measure. Oh, Mary Mother of God, do in our marriage what you did at the wedding in Cana. Our Lady of Good Hope, be the Advocate and Queen of our family. In union with each other, we make this prayer through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
After this prayer, hold hands and say to each other, “I LOVE YOU, (call each other by name).”
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Background of this prayer:
My wife and I do disagree on some issues occasionally which sometimes result to minor arguments. Sometimes, the arguments get so heated that we end up exchanging uncharitable words. Our conflict is never on issue of infidelity. Both of us have been faithful to our marriage since we came together. The problems always erupt when someone finds it hard to admit that he/she is wrong.
On 16th of August, a trivial matter came up and gradually progressed to a strong argument that unbelievably shook the whole house. This time, like on some of the occasions, the children witnessed the incident; they were still on holidays then. Our nine year daughter cried so much and was offering us her children’s bible asking us to come together and read a passage from the gospels. I later calmed the situation but by that time my wife was completely unwilling to listen or reason with me. (We do not have a case of physical abuse)I easily lose my temper but I hardly raise my fist.
The following morning, I decided to visit the Blessed Sacrament in a chapel of perpetual adoration run by the reverend sisters. That was the same day the terrorist attack took place in Barcelona. As I came up to the reception booth, about to enter the chapel, a Reverend Sister approached me and announced to me that they were going on a pilgrimage to Lourdes the following day and invited me to come. At first, I wanted to go but on a second thought I felt it was so sudden that I would not have enough time to tell my wife about the trip. As I was beginning to tell the sister that I might not be able to join them for the trip, seeing me hesitating she said; “it could be that the Divine Providence wants you to go with us”. As soon as I heard the Divine Providence, I told her to allow me to go to the chapel and visit Our Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament first. As I was gazing on Christ in the monstrance, it became clear to me that the Lord has prepared that trip for me. When I came out after the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, I said yes to the sister.
I spoke to my wife about the trip at night and she said nothing. That was the kind of response I was expecting giving the circumstance but I knew I had made up my mind to go to Lourdes with the group and use that opportunity to present our marriage to the Blessed Virgin Mary. That was what I did. Throughout the three days we spent in Lourdes, I prayed for my wife and I and our matrimonial life.
Very early on Saturday morning, heaven revealed to me that the enemy was unleashing uncountable attacks on my marriage to tear us apart. Sometimes I do have what appears to be an interior discussion with supernatural presence in my mind that fills me with beautiful thoughts or directions on how to handle some situations. On that very Saturday morning, during similar experience, the voice in my mind tells me that this visit to Lourdes would bring to an end the attacks and assaults of the enemy on my marriage. Our Lady assured me that She has blocked the attack and that it would remain blocked forever. I called my wife and related the whole phenomena to her. She never said a word.
As we left Lourdes on Sunday on a seven hour journey back to Barcelona, as soon as I our bus entered Barcelona, the Spirit released that prayer to me. I began to write it down in my phone. As soon as I finished writing the prayer, I knew immediately that this is the prayer heaven has prepared for me to pray so that in answer to that my marriage would be made whole. I sent the prayer to my wife and I continue to pray it at Mass, in my bed once I wake up and after I have made my short consecration to Jesus and Mary. My wife was not disposed to join me in prayers. I continued to pray alone.
As I had already booked a flight to Fatima days before the sister invited me to Lourdes, I left for Fatima on 21st of August. In Fatima, I continued to lift my wife and I before Virgin Most Holy. By this time my wife was not responding to my calls. I continued to call her regularly. The children would answer the call in each of the occasion. When she manages to take the call she would not say a word during the duration of the call. I did not stop praying. In Fatima, I bought her a statue of St. Anthony of Padua whom she loves so much. I bought her a beautiful crystal and gold plated rosary, a wooden chaplet of the seven sorrows and a wooden St. Michael chaplet. I also got beautiful statues and rosaries for the children and myself. On my return to Barcelona, I was met with the biggest shock of my life.
As I returned home a little after midnight, my wife was the only one awake. After giving her the gifts I bought for her and she saying how much she loved the gifts, she was smiling broadly and I was so happy that she was doing better than I thought. When I told her how happy I was to see the smile on her face, her reply sent a chill up my spine. She said; “well, you do not have to be so happy because this smile may not be a pleasant one after all”. In continuation, she said that there is something she wants to tell me if I am not tired or she would leave it for tomorrow. I said that I wanted to hear what it was not to wait for tomorrow. She began by telling me not to take it personal because she was not saying it to hurt me. After I assured her that I wasn’t going to take it personal she began to tell me that she believed the time God has made us to be together has expired. She told me that she was praying and her heart told her what she was telling me. There are so many instances she gave to back up the suggestion including that she believed that God wants me to take on a big mission and that she and the children could be a set back to what God wants me to do. In conclusion she said that she was considering seeing a lawyer to begin the process of divorce. She said that she was sure that what she was doing was in divine plans. I began to talk after she said she had finished and that she was willing to listen to what I wanted to say.
First, I thanked her for presenting this matter to me before acting on it. I told her that the thought she got was not from heaven because heaven does not tear marriage apart. I continued by telling her that if God had wanted me to undertake a big mission that could be obstructed by my wife and children, he wouldn’t have allowed us to come in contact with each other in the first place. I advised her that even if she does not agree with my opinion, she should hold on a little while we continue to pray. I made known to her that the devil and his demons are targeting families as they vow to destroy family life. I told her that many Christian families are suffering the same kind of attack and we must resist the enemy and turn to God for his mercy and protection. She agreed to do as I said and I continued to say that prayer every morning I wake up. God answered the prayers in most amazing way.
Heaven turned everything around. Florence and I are seriously in love with each other that we cannot explain what has taken hold of us. The love we have for each other now is such that we had never experienced before even when we came to know each other. A great change took place in me that my heart is always filled with great love for Florence and I want to be with her every time. She told me two days ago that she felt like a newly married and her love for me has inexplicably grown to a drowning level. A lot of things we never did before since we got married we do now. I love Florence so much now and I noticed she loves me so much as well. I noticed a lot of changes in her attitude towards me. We pray together now more than we did ever since we started having the children. The Holy Spirit is guiding me on steps I should take on daily bases to build a solid unbreakable relationship with my wife. I will not stop saying that prayer. God is good to us! Please, friends that would read this message, offer one Hail Mary on my behalf to the Ever Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of Lourdes in thanksgiving to this August Temple of the Holy Spirit for all the favors She has obtained for this miserable sinner, me. God bless!
