Saints for family conflict

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Would someone be able to suggest any Saints for family conflict/problems?

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Well, Saint Rita of Cascia is the patron saint of marital problems, but that might not quite be what you’re looking for. Saint Jude is the patron saint of last resorts and lost causes, so he’s a pretty good all around patron.
 
St. Thomas Aquinas had to escape from his family’s castle, with the aid of some of his brothers and sisters, after being imprisoned for a year by his father, mother, and the other half of his brothers and sisters. And he’s just one of the saints that had lots of family conflict!

Heh, guess that’s not what you mean…

St. Catherine of Siena actually lived in her family home nearly all her life, and basically had to ride out both normal family conflicts and those caused by her family’s worries and dislike of her vocation and prayer life. She ended up as a great reconciliator of conflicts who was strongly supported by her family, so she’s probably a good one to pray to.
 
Patron Saints of…
… Families: Sts. Francis of Assisi, Joseph, and Maximillian Kolbe.
… Family Happiness and Harmony: Sts. Dymphna and Ksenya Blazhennaya.
… Desperate Situations: Sts. Jude, Gregory the Wonderworker, Rita of Cascia, and Eustace.
 
St. Joseph , head of the Holy Family, would be a good Saint to pray to. At Fatima He and the child Jesus blessed the world.

may the peace of Christ be with us all
 
There’s also the Peace In Family prayer to the Infant Jesus:

Divine Infant, at Your entrance into the world You proclaimed peace, and You are pleased to be called the Prince of Peace. You know the strife and discord in my house, among my relatives. Especially N.N. You know how loveless and discontented we are with one another, how much strife, enmity, discord, rule in the midst of us, and how many sins we commit against the love of our neighbor. This is a truly sad Life! Where shall I turn if not to You. O Peace-loving Infant Jesus! You have reunited those divided against one another, reconciled enemies, and given peace to troubled souls. Give us, I beseech You, the precious gift of peace. This I beg of You through the love and harmony You shared with Joseph and Mary. Come to our aid, that all passions may be stilled, and that peace and harmony may return to me and N.N., that so we may deserve to be called Children of God. Amen.
 
St Rose of Lima is the patron saint of family discord. Her mother used to beat her with a stick.
 
One of the Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart is “I will establish peace in their families.”

So establish a daily devotion to Our Lord’s Sacred Heart, for example one could place a picture in a good place and say daily prayers, morning and evening, before the image to honor Him.
 
Personally I like praying to both St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary for family harmony, but I have learned of some other saints now
from this thread.
 
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