Day 1: Retreat for the Feast of Sts Joachim and Anne

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Wisdom on Love & Marriage:

Love is never something ready-made, something merely ‘given' to man and woman, it is always at the same time a ‘task' which they are set. Love should be seen as something which in a sense never ‘is' but is always only ‘becoming', and what it becomes depends upon the contribution of both persons and the depth of their commitment.

- Pope John Paul II, Love and Responsibility

Prayer: Remember Us Today

Father, all-powerful and eternal God, we give you thanks and bless your holy name. You created mankind as man and woman and blessed their union, making them a help and support for each other. Remember us today. Look kindly on us and grant that our love be completely unselfish, a gift like that of Christ to his Church. May we live many years together in joy and peace, and may we always give you heartfelt praise through your Son and in the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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Prayer to the Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I come to you to consecrate myself and my entire family to your two hearts. I desire to renew the vows of my baptism and place each member of my family through an act of Faith, Hope and Love into loving union with the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. I dedicate myself and each member of my family to the Guardian Angels God has given each one of us. O Holy Guardian Angels, enlighten, guide and protect each one so as to lead us safely home to heaven. At Fatima, dear Mother of God, you appeared with St Joseph and the Child Jesus, blessing the world. O Holy Family, bestow blessings upon me and my entire family so that we may live the Christ-life. I desire that each member of my family adore always the Most Blessed Trinity and love our God in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Grant peace to each member of my family. Keep each one in the grace of Jesus Christ. Never permit any of my family to stray from the true faith and for any member who has strayed, I beseech you to bind up the wounds, lift up the fallen, and keep each of our loved ones in grace. Bid them come back to their Father's true home. Amen.

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. Col 4:6

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