Eternal Father, through the powerful intercession of our Mother of Perpetual Help, I come to beg Your guidance and strength, during the important time of courtship.
Help us to realise, that genuine love, deep and lasting is Your own gift to those who respect and reverence one another. Take from our hearts all trace of selfishness so that in all things we may help each other to grow in true friendship. Convince us that true love will not hurt…use…or abuse the one loved.
To this end, keep ever growing in us an ardent love of Your Son and our Saviour Jesus Christ by means of constant prayer and frequent Holy Communion.
May the bright hope of a happy marriage make us determined to prepare well, by avoiding sin and the dangers that can so easily lead us into sin.
We thank You for our love and we desire to consecrate it to You. Keep it always pure so that we may continue to live as worthy children of Mary our Mother and You our heavenly Father. We ask You this through the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit of perfect love. Amen
St Mary MacKillop, pray for us
Diary of St. Mary MacKillop
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