![]() ![]() Adding children into the mix can not only greatly increase the love and happiness but also increases the complication and trials. In this way, marriage is both a source of great value and a test of character, requiring couples to navigate the complexities of life together while remaining true to their bond and their commitment to one another. While marriage can bring great joy and fulfillment, it also brings challenges that require patience, communication, and compromise to overcome. ![]() The success of a marriage depends on the commitment of both partners to maintain a strong and enduring relationship built on devotion, fidelity and of course, putting God at the center of it. It is a partnership based on love, respect, and mutual understanding. And sometimes-more often than I would expect-I discover the impossible wasn’t impossible after all.Marriage is a sacred bond between a husband and a wife who make a commitment to share their lives together. Asking someone else to join me in prayer-whether on earth or in heaven-always helps me feel better about the road ahead. Rita the most is when life hands you a situation that seems to have no solution in sight. Maybe she enjoys the little league-related requests mixed in with the heavy, impossible life-changing ones.īut where I like to turn to St. I don’t care whether the team wins or loses, but I want my son to feel good about himself on the field. ![]() So, although I normally don’t turn to her for small requests, I have to admit that there are times I’ve turned to her while I’m sitting on the bleachers, hoping my son would make it through a difficult at bat. Rita is also considered to be the patron saint of baseball. Now, to a lesser extent, and in a much less formal way, St. After all, nothing is impossible for God. That’s when you might think of asking St. But it’s at times like that when we can reach out to friends and ask them to pray. When we are struggling with an unfixable situation, we can feel overwhelmed and defeated. ![]() I think of that often, especially this time of year, as we celebrate St. Rita had been asking Jesus to do his best. And bit by bit, the waves parted, doors opened, dots connected, and there was the answer. And she has been a faithful friend in precarious times.ĭuring some of the most difficult days of the pandemic, I asked her to intercede on a specific issue-one that seemed to have no solution. I feel like complicated messes are something St. After they died and she was left alone, she entered religious life. She had a difficult marriage and two sons who wanted to avenge their father’s murder. Saints are our friends and intercessors, and we can ask for their assistance whenever we want. There are times when it feels like she might be just the right heavenly friend to ask for help. Rita happens to be the patron saint of the impossible. That’s when I know that it’s time to take it to prayer-and it might be time to ask my patron saint for help. I look at it from every angle and see no way through. But every now and then, I come up against a problem that simply can’t be solved. Rita to intercede for me on ordinary problems. ![]()
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