Let Us Save Marriages! A prayer for marriages experiencing breakdown

You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. 'It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. 'Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,' but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black. But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one. 'You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'* But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you. 'You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,* and hate your enemy.*' But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.

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	Let Us Save Marriages! A prayer for marriages experiencing breakdown

Author: Editorial Staff,
Love One Another! 15/2010 → Family Life

“It is indispensable and urgent that every person of good will should endeavor to save and foster the values and requirements of the family” (John Paul II.)

“The future of humanity passes by way of the family! It is therefore indispensable and urgent that every person of good will should endeavor to save and foster the values and requirements of the family. I feel that I must ask for a particular effort in this field from the sons and daughters of the Church. Faith gives them full knowledge of God’s wonderful plan: they therefore have an extra reason for caring for the reality that is the family in this time of trial and of grace. They must show the family special love. This is an injunction that calls for concrete action” (John Paul II, Familiaris consortio, 86).

The Prayer Crusade for the Intentions of Marriages Experiencing Breakdown is a response to John Paul II’s appeal on behalf of families in crisis. Participants pledge to recite the prayer for threatened marriages along with a decade of the rosary every day for a period of six months. They can also offer up frequent reception of Holy Communion or any other voluntary spiritual gift. Any willing person may take part in the crusade. Trusting in God’s almighty power and healing love, let us not spare our efforts and sacrifices in rendering spiritual assistance to the many families suffering breakdown throughout the world!

Daily prayer for marriages experiencing breakdown

“Heavenly Father, in calling the institution of marriage into existence, you wished to assure us of the best means of carrying out the commandment of love. Your Son, Jesus Christ, began his saving ministry by providing support to the married couple and their friends at the wedding feast of Cana. Mary was also there. It was she who first noticed that this new marriage was experiencing difficulty. I beseech you dear Father, Jesus, and Mary to save all marriages experiencing breakdown for whatever cause. Grant that this couple, for whose intention I now pray, may experience the miracle of changing evil into good, coldness into warmth, callousness into sensitivity, bitter words into tender ones, detachment into intimacy, sorrow into joy, and indifference into sympathy. May your glory be made manifest so that this couple and their children may renew their belief in you. Amen.”

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The above article was published with permission from "Love One Another!" in June 2016.

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