For a crade Catholic

[louisak]

This is a prayer request for my wife… a dear woman, devoted mother and a loyal and generous friend; but she is a cradle Catholic and her appreciation of our Faith is so limited. She attends weekly Mass with me and the children, maintains the customs of grace before meals and bedtime prayers, is supportive of sending the kids to a good Catholic school… but she is resistant to going beyond that; she seems to feel that practices such as daily rosary, Bible reading/study, fasting, studying lives of the saints etc. is somehow extreme or fanatical. Also she doesn’t understand the Church’s teaching on marriage/chastity, and although she is pro-life, (and has paid a price for this in her own life, sorry not to be more specific but I need to keep this within boundaries), she can’t see anything wrong with contraception or sterilization, and this has caused difficulties in our marriage as she is emphatic that she wants to have no more children (we have three).

We have been married for over six years and I have praying, almost for that long, for her to have a deeper conversion, a greater zeal for the Catholic faith. In recent months I have realized that I need to be more persistent in my prayer and support it with mortifications. I fast once a month for this intention and recently I have begun adding daily rosary. But I still feel that something more is needed. So I am turning to this community for help. For all those who read this, I would be most grateful for your prayers. Words cannot express how much grief this situation causes me. I will offer my daily rosary for your intentions as well (I don’t know who you are, but God knows, and that’s what matters).

Thanks so much to everyone and I look forward to thanking you more personally in Heaven

 

[DanWelshiMac]

**Dear Friend,
I will be praying for your wife!
I can not offer advise on this forum; but I know in my past Fasting along
with Prayer can move mountains.

Praying,
Dan**

 

[UpUpAndAway]

Remembering your wife in my daily prayers. May God bless her, you and your children

 

[LB_in_TX]

Gracious and Holy Father,
Please give Your daughter:
intellect to understand You,
reason to discern You,
diligence to seek You,
wisdom to find You,
a spirit to know You,
a heart to meditate upon You,
ears to hear You,
eyes to to see You,
a tongue to proclaim You,
a way of life pleasing to You,
patience to wait for You
and perseverance to look for You.

Grant her a perfect end,
Your holy presence,
a blessed resurrection
and life everlasting.
Amen.

 

[ready]

I will include you and your wife in my daily Rosary. May our Lord enlighten your wife, grant her deep contrition and forgiveness for her sins. May he help you to persevere in praying your daily Rosary and in your prayer life in general. May you, with Christ, be a true light in the darkness for your wife. Amen.

 

[hopeful01]

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with You
Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb, Jesus
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death
Amen.

May God bless you and your wife… May He touch her heart through your loving example of Catholic devotion. May He grant you patience and understanding. Amen.