Cassie,
I am simply in awe of you and the journey you have been on. You are a saint for persevering as you have in seeking reconciliation with your husband John, for sticking by him even when it wasn’t easy. God be praised he has realized his need for help. God be praised, that though it has taken a long time, it appears he is beginning to appreciate the power of God manifest in you through your continuing “agape” love of John. What an amazing witness to magnify the Lord our God!
Heavenly Father, you sent your Son who among so many things was also present at the wedding at Cana. All too often, like the wine at that wedding, our lives and or our marriages seem to run dry too. Yet there you are, answering the plea of Mary, Mother of our Lord and Mother of the Church. It is evident that she, along with so many of her children here who keep the commandments have been praying for Cassie and John and you have surely heard all these prayers. The changes in John are beginning to become manifest. Please, we all beseech you to continue the healing and the conversion needed for John and for the broken marriage between him and Cassie. Please also continue to heal their children in their brokenness. Fill their hearts with heavenly joy, peace, and love as you do this, just as you had the water jars filled and converted to the sweetest most delicious wine ever tasted. Grant this couple and this family to be a sign to all who struggle with the weakness of broken marriages and families that indeed your grace and power can and does make all strong in you and offers hope that the redemption of heaven does not only come at the return of Christ when he shall gather his faithful to rejoice before your heavenly throne, but that it comes now, in this life with mended and converted hearts and relationships. Grant this please, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour of our death. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, now and forever. Amen.