Pray for Marriages (Gratitude and Prayer)

Greetings Prayer Warriors,

As the year comes to an end, let us close this chapter, by filling our prayers with gratitude. Thank the Lord for your marital blessings. Thank Him for the crosses that kept you humble and for those that helped you grow in virtue. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement, who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Thank you, Father, for loving, reproving, and guiding us in the path to fulfillment. Thank you, Jesus, for the sacraments that feed us, cleanse us, and recharge us as we seek to live in your divine will. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for the nudges, encouragement, illumination, and peace that you continue to fill us with. Holy Trinity, we beg for an abundance of graces to help us deflect all that seeks to derail us. We trust in your unwavering love and care for us, so with deep gratitude as well as the help of your grace, pledge to surrender daily to your holy will. Amen.

Peace, Joy, and Love,

Janet

Ongoing gratitude and prayer are essential. Pass it on!

Pray for Families (Beseeching the Lord)

Greetings Prayer Warriors,

I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love,may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 14-19

Peace, Joy, and Love,

Janet

Play, pray, and pass it on! 

Pray for Marriages and Family

Greetings Prayer Warriors, 

As Christmas approaches, I want to wish all of you a blessed 12 days!  My gift to you all will be praying for your intentions, but especially for your marriage and family.  

May you find greater peace, abounding joy, and endless love.  

“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14

May His favor rest on you and your loved ones. Merry Christmas!  Keep on praying!

Peace, Joy, and Love,

Janet

Prayer is a gift.  Pass it on!

Pray for Marriages (Joy in Trials)

Greetings Prayer Warriors,

Ask anyone who has been married for decades, and they’ll tell you they didn’t get there without trials. For nothing of worth comes without effort.  So when frustrations or resentments creep in, know that your commitment is being refined and proven by fire. 

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 1 James 2-4

May your prayer fuel your strength, purify your heart, and bring you surprising joy, especially in trials.   Pray without ceasing.

Peace, Joy, and Love,

Janet

Pray. Repeat. Pass it on!

Pray for Families (Peace in the Stillness)

Greetings Prayer Warriors, 

If you are feeling any pre-Christmas stress, find a moment of solitude and meditate on these passages. 

Be still and know that I am God!  Psalm 46:11

For I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, Do not fear, I will help you. Isaiah 41:13

When you remain still and calm, those around you will feel your peace, as your prayer becomes contemplative. What more beautiful gift  to share than peace? 

Peace, Joy, and Love, 

Janet

Prayers of the heart on behalf of your family are received with joy by the Lord. Pass it on! 

Pray for Marriages (In Praise of His Perfection)

Greetings Prayer Warriors, 

After the glow of new love dissipates and the fireworks fade, a mature love may appear, one that consists of more acts of love and fewer feelings. There also may come a phase where one spends so much time dwelling on the faults of their spouse (which is easy), that they neglect to look at their own (which is much more difficult).  

You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5

While a self examination of conscience is always good, may I propose that perhaps rather than voicing or concentrating on one another’s imperfections, that we spend more time contemplating the Lord’s perfection? He is the ultimate example of virtue. What can we learn from His humility, kindness, patience, love, and understanding? How might we apply that to our marriage?

For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you fall upon me.” For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:3-6

When you feel like grumbling and complaining, praise God instead! Negativity cannot coexist with praise!  

Lord, continue to bless our marriages, for without the grace you grant us, where would we be? For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. Romans 7:19 Continue to infuse us with your grace, and may our guardian angels in conjunction with the scriptures, continue to guide us in the virtues, so that we may grow in the perfect imitation of you. Look upon us with your compassionate love, and in your mercy, hear our prayers. Amen.

Peace, Joy, and Love, 

Janet

Your prayer impacts at least 2 people: You and  another! Pray without ceasing and pass it on! 

Pray for Families (Open to Life)

Greetings Prayer Warriors, 

The blessing of a family can bring such joy! Children are such a blessing! What joy we experience when someone who’s been struggling shares that they are pregnant! Yet for decades, there has been a cultural shift towards delaying childbirth, choosing not to have children, and even worse, terminating pregnancies by choice. This trend is not of God, but I am starting to see the tide shift!

As we pray for families, let us pray that more and more couples become open to life.

For those who welcome children but struggle to get pregnant or stay pregnant, may we pray that God blesses them with fertility, as He delights in each new creation.

You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. 

Psalm 139:13

For each child of His is beloved, and called to reflect His light. As light increases, the darkness is dispelled, and a return to a healthy culture is attainable. 

You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14

Lord, hear our prayers as we ask for you to change hearts, so that more couples will long for children.  We pray that you will bring fertility to those open to life. Open and strengthen the wombs of those struggling with infertility and miscarriages. Renew their hope and strengthen their faith. May all know that nothing is impossible for You. They believe, help  their unbelief! 

“Let it be done for you according to your faith.” Matthew 9:29

Lord, help us to bring more light into this darkened world, by cherishing the gift of children once again!

Peace, Joy, and Love,

Janet

Pray like a child is depending on it! Pass it on!