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Praying hard.
It can be difficult for both partner for a period after retirement.
I ask You, loving God, to help this couple through the challenges of being together full-time. Please help Rye’s Dad to cope with the loss of structure in his life; and to be understanding of his wife’s needs and feelings, and her sense of being restricted, as the constant presence of a retired spouse can occasionally give the sense of being trapped and a little paralysed at the loss of the freedom of personal time.
Please help Rye’s mother to be more open to her husband’s frustrations and to be sympathetic to his needs and feelings, and not to crush his good spirits by rejecting and taking offence at his humour. Please help her to recognize when he is being whimsical and humorous, and to be open to enjoying it. Help her to be sympathetic to the fact that her husband has lost his daily function and structure, and his loss is the worse if home is uncomfortable.
Loving God, help this couple to find and allow time for hobbies and interests, and to allow some space for each other, in addition to improving the quality of their interactions and time together.
Please give Rye the peace and security, and the witness, of parent who are growing in relationship and kindly communication.
Thank You, loving God
***“Prayer for the Family”
Lord God, from You every family in heaven and on earth takes its’ name.
Father, you are love and life. Through Your Son, Jesus Christ, born of a
woman, and through the Holy Spirit, fountain of divine charity, grant that
every family on earth may become for each successive generation a true
shrine of life and love.
Grant that Your grace may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and
wives for the good of their families and of all the families in the world.
Grant that the young may find in the family solid support for their human
dignity and for their growth in truth and love.
Grant that love, strengthened by the sacrament of marriage, may prove
mightier than all the weaknesses and trials through which our families
somtimes pass.
Through the intersession of the holy family of Nazareth, grant that the church
may fruitfully carry out her worldwide mission in and through the family.
Through Christ our Lord, Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life for ever
and ever. Amen.