You may listen to the novena recited in the video at the bottom of this email.
The special intention for this day is for:
For engaged couples and newlyweds
Many couples, at this very moment, are contemplating marriage for many reasons. They need to look deeply into the commitment they are asking of one another, a commitment that calls for the greatest love they can give - the total giving of themselves to one another and the total acceptance and support of one another. They are the seeds of a newly forming family.
Let us pray:
God, Keeper of Promises, help the newly married from the very onset to love each other into the best that they can become for themselves, for each other, and for all those whose lives they touch.
Expand their hearts to include new life born of that love, if such is part of Your plan for them. Mary and Joseph, just as at Nazareth you laid the foundation for Jesus to grow in wisdom, age, and grace, give these couples the greatness of heart to love their children into new loving persons. We ask this through the intercession of the family of Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, model for all Christian families. Amen.
