Greetings Prayer Warriors.
After all these years, have you ever wondered why we are still praying for marriage and family? When I started requesting prayers for these intentions in 2009, I really had no idea why I felt the Lord was calling me to do this. I was not a writer, nor fond of writing, and I wasn’t an extrovert in my faith, but I was concerned about all the divorces I was both seeing and hearing about. Fast forward 12+ years later, and the picture is becoming clear; We are in a major battle.
One of the Fatima visionaries, Sr. Lucia, in the 1980’s wrote a letter to Cardinal Caffarra of Italy, telling him the following:
“The final battle between the Lord and the kingdom of Satan will be about Marriage and the Family.” Don't be afraid, she added, because whoever works for the sanctity of Marriage and the Family will always be fought against and opposed in every way, because this is the decisive issue. Then she concluded: “nevertheless, Our Lady has already crushed his head.” (emphasis added)
The sanctity of marriage and the importance of the traditional family, was once a given in society. Even Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader we honor today, would speak of the importance of marriage and family.
- "God has set the type of marriage everywhere throughout the creation. Every creature seeks its perfection in another. The very heavens and earth picture it to us."
- "There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage."
- "The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind."
- “Babies, we are told, are the latest news from heaven.”
As we see God's design for marriage and family being twisted, fractured, redefined, demeaned, devalued, and crushed, we must be the resistance!
This is why we pray and pray and continue to persevere in prayer. You were called to be in the army restraining Satan. You are a prayer warrior in this final battle. Take up your spiritual weapons (the rosary being the best sword) and keep it going.
Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. Ephesians 6:10-12
Grab your weapon and march on!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Pick up your sword and grow the army by passing it on!
