Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated,
it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NABRE)
Today is World Marriage Sunday. It begins National Marriage Week which ends on February 14, the feast of Saint Valentine.
Saint Paul's hymn of love is a beautiful reminder of the qualities we should seek to strengthen in our own marriages. As a way to celebrate this week, married and engaged couples have been invited to join in a virtual Marriage Retreat with Pope Francis. It is a seven-day retreat, that takes just a few minutes each day, during which couples can share time together in the company of the Lord.
Today, on this World Marriage Sunday, I will give thanks for my marriage and ask for God's protection over all marriages.
Saint Jerome Emiliani, patron of orphans and abandoned children, pray for us.
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