For my boyfriend's discernment

[Ad_Deum_1]

In April I was struck by God and told to re-open my discernment towards the Dominican religious life. Wonderful! Except for the boyfriend of one and a half years… I came out of the discernment process with a strong certainty that my vocation is to be a wife and mother and the process forced me to sort out a few other things in my life.

Now it’s my boyfriend’s turn. Frustrating? Of course - but I am happy that he is taking the time to sort it all out rather than lead me on and not keep me posted! After all, he was in my current position a few months ago!

So, I beg for your prayers as he discerns. I will be doing a novena to Saint Gabriel (patron of messengers) starting tomorrow. I’m asking him to make the Lord’s will clear to my dear boyfriend and to encourage him to respond to God’s call - whatever it may be - with an open and big YES!

Here is the novena prayer I will be praying:

St. Gabriel the Archangel, I venerate you as the “Angel of the Incarnation,” because God has specially appointed you to bear the messages concerning the God-Man to Daniel, Zechariah, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Give me a tender and devoted Mother, more like your own.

I venerate you also as the “strength from God,” because you are the giver of God’s strength, consoler and comforter chosen to strengthen God’s faithful and to teach them important truths. I ask for the grace of a special power of the will to strive for holiness of life. Steady my resolutions, renew my courage, comfort and console me in the problems, trials, and sufferings of daily living, as you consoled our Savior in His agony and Mary in her sorrows and Joseph in his trials. I put my confidence in you.

St. Gabriel, I ask you especially for this favor: (Mention your request). Through your earnest love for the Son of God-Made-Man and for His blessed Mother, I beg of you, intercede for me that my request may be granted, if it be God’s holy Will.

Pray for us, St. Gabriel the Archangel. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us Pray. Almighty and ever-living God, since You chose the Archangel Gabriel from among all the Angels to announce the mystery of Your Son’s Incarnation, mercifully grant that we who honor him on earth may feel the benefit of his patronage in heaven. You live and reign for ever. Amen.

It’s a long one!

If you think of it - please say a short prayer to St. Gabriel over the next nine days for my boyfriend!

I’ll be sure to remember you all in my prayers as well!

THANK YOU!

 

[musicmantg11]

I am praying for you and your boyfriend. May God give you strength, forgiveness, and courage!

God Bless! +

 

[pyropam]

WoW! I’m impressed with both of you and your commitment to GOD! I’m praying for him and for you! May God’s will be done!

 

[Trishie]

May the Holy Spirit guide and direct and strengthen you both!
Holy Spirit, please fill the hearts and minds and souls of these tow generous people.

Zelie and Louis Martin, St Therese’s parents, will be beatified soon. They both went through this religious-vocation discernment process before marriage, I hope they will pray for you both.

Trishie

 

[alh5184]

praying

 

[onaquest]

I prayed your prayer and will continue to pray to St Gabriel.

 

[244Rocket]

Praying, God bless you both!

 

[DiggidyDog]

I am praying for both of you.

 

[Ad_Deum_1]

Thank you all for the prayers! We both really appreciate them.