Greetings Prayer Warriors,
Marriage is a labor of love. One quickly learns that love is a daily decision, an action that makes the desire to love visible. Note I didn’t say “makes the feeling visible”. Feelings come and go. If marriages ended any time the feeling disappeared, there wouldn’t be many marriages! It is grace that propels us in love and grace that diminishes the desire to avoid love.
Hatred stirs up disputes, but love covers all offenses. Proverbs 10:12
Loving another is very difficult if we don’t love God first. For it is in uniting with him that we are made strong. Like him, we will make merry at the wedding feast, but also be given a personal Calvary in which to glorify him.
The eyes of the Lord are upon those who love him; he is their mighty shield and strong support, a shelter from the heat, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard against stumbling, a help against falling. Sirach 34:16
Jesus, you bring us the joy of Cana, the understanding and need for prayer in our Garden of Gethsemane, and the strength to walk our Via Crucis. You have a special love for married couples and we pray that your grace will be especially abundant throughout each marriage. Lift each spouse up lest they stumble, and show them the narrow path, that they may enjoy peace, love, and happiness. Nourish them with your Word, strengthen them in the sacraments, and secure them with unshakable faith that they may forever praise your merciful love! Amen.
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Make a decision to first love, He who is Love. Pass it on!
