Prayer to keep a woman away from my husband
"Therefore, I will allure her now; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak persuasively to her." (Hosea 2:16). Who better than God can understand what drives a heart whose love has been deceived and scorned? Sorrow, anger, but also love - wounded but still alive - and the hope of a return, that's what the biblical book of Hosea is all about. So when faced with a spouse's infidelity, when a mistress or lover threatens the marriage's unity, God can help. Married life is full of pitfalls and sometimes a source of suffering, but it is also beautiful despite its imperfections and turmoil. Many saints bear witness to this. These saints - such as Zélie and Louis Martin or Saint Rita - can be powerful intercessors and protectors of fragile relationships.
Three prayers for coping with marital infidelity
Prayer to ask Saints Louis and Zélie Martin for the grace of fidelity in marriage
"God of eternal love, you give us in the married couple Louis and Zélie Martin an example of holiness lived in marriage.
They kept faith and hope in the midst of life's duties and difficulties.
They raised their children to become saints.
May their prayer and example sustain couples and families in their Christian life, and help us all to walk towards holiness.
If this is your will, please grant us the grace I now ask through their intercession: to keep away anyone who could harm my marriage and my family, and to make my husband and me faithful to our marriage vows.
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord".
Louis and Zélie Martin were canonized as a couple. They show us that marriage is a path to sanctification. We can entrust all our difficulties as a couple to them, and ask for their protection for our family. (See other saints who protect couples and families).
Prayer to Saint Rita for an unfaithful husband
"Saint Rita, you suffered greatly from your husband's violent, brutal character, but you remained faithful to him, attentive, gentle, patient and kind.
You prayed for him so much that he repented, corrected himself and became a good husband and father.
Saint Rita, I entrust to you my marriage and my husband who is in an extramarital relationship.
Obtain for us the strength and courage to restore our relationship and find peace, love and fidelity in our marriage.
Saint Rita, saint of desperate and impossible causes, I trust in your powerful intercession with the Lord. Obtain for me from God that "confident hope" which does not deceive, and the ardent desire for immortal goods, and I beg you also to obtain for me the grace to reconcile my marraige in difficulty.
Saint Rita, pray for us.
Amen."
This prayer is a variation on the prayer to Saint Rita for couples in crisis. Saint Rita, patron saint of hopeless causes, knows well the suffering of a wounded wife. Her powerful intercession can obtain many graces... and miracles!
Prayer to forgive and heal wounds caused by a spouse's infidelity
"In your Name, Lord Jesus, by the power of your Holy Spirit, I forgive my husband... (say his first name), for all the evil he has done to me, consciously or unconsciously.
In your Name, Lord Jesus, by the power of your Holy Spirit, I release him from all debts to me, unconditionally and forever.
I beg you, Lord Jesus, to fill him with your Love and your blessings.
In your name, Lord Jesus, by the power of your Holy Spirit, I forgive myself for all the sins you have already forgiven me, and I accept myself as I am, with all my faults. I accept myself as I am, with all my weaknesses, all my limitations, all my faults, all my qualities, and I love myself as I am, since you, the first, Lord, have always loved me and still do.
In your name, Lord Jesus, by the power of your Holy Spirit, I free myself from all fear, all dread, anguish, anxiety. I free myself from all hatred, pride, aggression, resentment, desire for vengeance. I free myself from all feelings of guilt, insecurity, inferiority, and the like.
And I beg you, Lord Jesus, to bless me and fill me with your Love."
Psalm 34 to remember God's faithfulness and justice
"I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned."
Pray for your marriage with Hozana
By downloading Hozana or visiting the website, you'll discover numerous proposals for free online novenas and retreats to pray for your marriage and entrust it to God. Here are just a few examples:
- , to bring peace, reconciliation and love back to a suffering relationship.
- to Saints Anne and Joachim (Jesus' grandparents) for your family.
- for renewed emotional connection and spiritual healing.
