Do you pray for your daily graces of Matrimony?

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In the Sacrament of Matrimony, we are given special graces to strengthen our marriage and each person within it.

Do you pray each day to receive your daily graces of the sacrament?
 
I pray daily to be graced with matrimony! I would love to have a marriage to pray about.
 
Yes.
You have to. Too many ways for a marriage to go wrong as it is.
 
For those who are in a sacramental marriage, this is my take on it. The Sacrament of Marriage is one we enter and receive daily, not just one day out of our lives. We receive grace and mercy each time we enter the day praying and living out that vocation. We owe so much to God for putting our spouse together, so we also owe our spouse to give 100% to the union daily.

Marriage has been called a 50/50 propostion. I propose it is 100/100. I give 100 and my spouse gives 100 and we get 100% back every day. Some days, due to illness, depression, job loss, weakness, we need to deliver 120% but our spouse will still be giving back…That’s the secret to a successful marriage…Give as Jesus, with all our heart, mind and soul. Agape love, not Eros love for our spouse.
 
you don’t have an option for single people praying for graces for their future marriage/spouse, be they in a relationship or not.
 
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Marriage has been called a 50/50 propostion. I propose it is 100/100. I give 100 and my spouse gives 100 and we get 100% back every day. Some days, due to illness, depression, job loss, weakness, we need to deliver 120% but our spouse will still be giving back…That’s the secret to a successful marriage…Give as Jesus, with all our heart, mind and soul. Agape love, not Eros love for our spouse.
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AMEN.

One small quibble…Agape before Eros in loving your spouse. Not instead of. In a truly sacramental marriage, Agape encompasses Eros as well.

And yes, I pray for the graces of matrimony, and for God’s help in bestowing those graces on my spouse (since I am the minister of this sacrament to my spouse), every day.

And yes…it works!

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T.A.Stobie:
Do you pray each day to receive your daily graces of the sacrament?
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I never thought of it this way before.

Being a good husband is my number one priority. I’ve found the better I am as a husband, the better I get at everything else.
 
I am totally embarrassed to admit that I never even knew of this… I guess I need to start doing this. :o
 
I used to pray for my marriage, but I think that’s not exactly the same thing as praying for daily grace in the sacrament of matrimony, is it?

So, “No, I never thought about it” could have been the correct answer for me, but so was, “No, but I will in future,” so that’s what I picked.
 
Very inspiring ideas.
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stbruno:
For those who are in a sacramental marriage, this is my take on it. The Sacrament of Marriage is one we enter and receive daily, not just one day out of our lives. We receive grace and mercy each time we enter the day praying and living out that vocation. We owe so much to God for putting our spouse together, so we also owe our spouse to give 100% to the union daily.

Marriage has been called a 50/50 propostion. I propose it is 100/100. I give 100 and my spouse gives 100 and we get 100% back every day. Some days, due to illness, depression, job loss, weakness, we need to deliver 120% but our spouse will still be giving back…That’s the secret to a successful marriage…Give as Jesus, with all our heart, mind and soul. Agape love, not Eros love for our spouse.
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stbruno:
For those who are in a sacramental marriage, this is my take on it. The Sacrament of Marriage is one we enter and receive daily, not just one day out of our lives. We receive grace and mercy each time we enter the day praying and living out that vocation. We owe so much to God for putting our spouse together, so we also owe our spouse to give 100% to the union daily.

Marriage has been called a 50/50 propostion. I propose it is 100/100. I give 100 and my spouse gives 100 and we get 100% back every day. Some days, due to illness, depression, job loss, weakness, we need to deliver 120% but our spouse will still be giving back…That’s the secret to a successful marriage…Give as Jesus, with all our heart, mind and soul. Agape love, not Eros love for our spouse.
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I agree with this. I was once at a FamilyLife Marriage Conference and they explained why 50/50 marriages don’t work. It’s because each spouse always thinks he/she gives more than 50%!

Scout :tiphat:
 
Constantly!!! In fact, I told my husband before he ever proposed that i wouldn’t consider marrying a man that wouldn’t pray with me and for the graces of matrimony. He said he totally agreed, and well…we are now married.
 
From the Sacrament of Matrimony itself we all get some graces each day automatically, but by asking for them, we are granted more to help us love our spouses better and be better people ourselves.
 
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