Wedding Novena~Ninth Day~Even of the Wedding, Friday, December 5th, 2014

 Our Lady Undoer of Knots

Make the Sign of the Cross
Pray one Our Father and Hail Mary

The Last recorded words spoken by Mary 

at the wedding feast of Cana, echo through the ages. 

Wedding days, marriages and miracles follow those who respond to her plea; 

"Do…whatever…He…tells…you…."

Marriage Intentions for Heather and Ryan

May they continue to develop a deep love and commitment to one another.

May they have greater awareness of their call to holiness as a couple.

May they continue to communicate well as spouses and to pray together as a couple.

May they understand and practice the acts of forgiveness and repentance.

May they offer thankfulness for the gifts 
God has bestowed on each of them,

and understand how they are to share their gifts with others.

May they have an Increased awareness of their vocation 
in service to the Church and in bringing souls to Christ.

May they continue to have openness to the life giving aspects 
of the marital covenant and an understanding 
of the value of every human life.

May they grow in their understanding of the unitive aspects of marriage 

and an increase in those virtues most important in marriage;

Charity, humility and obedience.

May they express genuine thanksgiving for all the graces and blessings 

they have received as a couple united in love and in union with Christ.

Quotes from Saint John Paul the Great on Love and Marriage

"When a man and woman are united by love, each one takes on a destiny,

the future of the other, as his or her own."

~"An Invitation to Joy" by Pope John Paul II, 1999

"God calls everyone to holiness, but without forcing anyone's hand. 

God asks and waits for man's free acceptance."

~Homily, Beatification of the 5 Blesseds, Rome, 1997

"Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history".

~Papal Address, Rome, 1994

"The human body includes right from the beginning…

the capacity of expressing love,

that love in which the person becomes a gift
~and by means of this gift~

fulfills the meaning of his being and existence."

~Theology of the Body, Jan 16, 1980

"Marriage is the primordial sacrament,

reborn in a certain sense in the spousal love of Christ and of the Church."

~Theology of the Body, Dec. 1, 1982

"In order that Christian Marriage may favor the total good and development

of the married couple, it must be inspired by the Gospel,

and thus be open to new life~new life to be given and accepted generously."

~Homily at the Washington Mass, October 7, 1979

"Christ manifests the love with which He has loved Her

(the Church) by giving Himself for Her. 

That love is an image and above all a model of the love

which the husband should show to his wife in marriage,

when the two are subject to each other 'out of reverence for Christ.'"

~Theology of the Body, Aug. 25, 1982

"The bond that unites a family is not only a matter of natural kinship

or of shared life and experience. 

It is essentially a holy and religious bond. 

Marriage and the family are sacred realities."

~Pastoral Visit to the Unties States 1987

The Marriage Novena Prayer

We come before You, God our Father, 

and ask through the intercession of your servant, 

Saint Pope John Paul II, that Heather and Ryan's 

hearts be united in love and in union with Your will.

We pray for the graces necessary  for them 

to live lives worthy of the vocation of marriage.  

May they imitate the example of Saint John Paul 

by serving others with love and humility 

through a generous donation of their time, talent and treasure.  

We ask this in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

The Bavarian Madonna

This image of our Blessed Mother is very special to Heather.

Before their Wedding Mass is ended, 

Heather and Ryan will be taking a moment to offer prayers to our Blessed Mother, 

while Heather presents a beautiful bouquet of roses.  

These roses will be placed before the Bavarian Madonna present in their parish.

any couples who have a devotion to Mary want to take a moment before the conclusion of the liturgy to offer prayers to Mary as they begin their life together. Mary is a wonderful model of how we are to live out our faith and trust in God. - See more at: http://togetherforlifeonline.com/wedding/flowers-to-mary-catholic-wedding/#sthash.vFGhpt9f.dpuf

any couples who have a devotion to Mary want to take a moment before the conclusion of the liturgy to offer prayers to Mary as they begin their life together. Mary is a wonderful model of how we are to live out our faith and trust in God. - See more at: http://togetherforlifeonline.com/wedding/flowers-to-mary-catholic-wedding/#sthash.vFGhpt9f.dpuf

During this moment of prayer, Heather's friend will be singing the  Ave Maria (linked)

I have placed a link to a beautiful rendition by Michal Lorenc.

The video is from footage of the time when Mary left her home 

to be with her cousin Elizabeth.

In the opening video, 

Saint Ann is there and in the end, Saint Joseph.

Watching this was so prayerful and serene, 

a very timely review on the eve before the wedding.

many couples who have a devotion to Mary want to take a moment before the conclusion of the liturgy to offer prayers to Mary as they begin their life together. Mary is a wonderful model of how we are to live out our faith and trust in God - See more at: http://togetherforlifeonline.com/wedding/flowers-to-mary-catholic-wedding/#sthash.vFGhpt9f.dpuf

Latin Catholic prayer version

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Maria, gratia plena, Maria, gratia plena, Ave, Ave, Dominus, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus, Et benedictus fructus ventris (tui), Ventris tui, Jesus. Ave Maria! Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, Ora, ora pro nobis; Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, Nunc et in hora mortis, In hora mortis nostrae. In hora, hora mortis nostrae, In hora mortis nostrae. Ave Maria!

Hail Mary, full of grace, Mary, full of grace, Mary, full of grace, Hail, Hail, the Lord The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed, Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Thy womb, Jesus. Hail Mary! Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Pray, pray for us; Pray for us sinners, Now, and at the hour of our death, The hour of our death. The hour, the hour of our death, The hour of our death. Hail Mary!

 

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Prayer Intentions, Quotes and Marriage Novena

Taken from Novena for Engaged and Married Couples

In Honor of Saint John Paul II's Theology of the Body

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Rev. Michael F. Burbidge

Bishop of Raleigh

October 22, 2009

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