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What is Prayer?
"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy."
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Marriage Ministry Novena
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Ninth Week: Healing Traumas and Deep Connection The Scriptures for the Nuptial Mass have much to offer those living the Sacrament of Marriage. In his Letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul talks a great...
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Eighth Week: Keep the Fire Burning You may have chosen the Wedding at Cana as the Gospel for your wedding: “There was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and...
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Seventh Week: Bonding Through Sex and Touch For young people, the great danger is the ‘hookup culture’ which comes from fear of or simply disinterest in communication, and thus communion, with a...
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Sixth Week: Forgiving Injuries When Mary, my sister, married her husband Paul, I was still practicing law. She asked me to be the reader at her wedding and they chose Ephesians 4:1-6 (“I … urge...
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Fifth Week: Engaging and Connecting Do you remember the readings at your nuptial mass that you picked? One of the readings often used at a wedding mass is from Mark 10: "The Pharisees...
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Fourth Week: Repairing Repetitive Arguments Y our preparation for marriage involved three kinds of preparation. Your remote preparation was the experience you had growing up of your own parent’s...
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First Week: What Does it Mean to Love? Commitment and Love When you love your spouse, perhaps, you mean two things: First, perhaps you admire their intelligence, sensitivity, care for you and...
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Third Week: Finding the Raw Spots At a wedding, when a married couple promises ‘… to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in...
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become a prayer warrior
Many St. Mark parishioners serve as Prayer Warriors by praying for the needs of others. If this interests you, please fill out the form below with your name and email address.
When prayer requests are received, they will be forwarded to you and then YOU along with all of us will pray for those needs. Prayer is one of the greatest gifts we can extend to one another. We welcome your participation.