ST RAPHAEL, LOVING PATRON OF THOSE SEEKING A MARRIAGE PARTNER
This blessed prayer to St Raphael may be said by anyone any time who is seeking the wisdom to find and choose the right husband or wife. I found it in Patrick's book, Courtship of the Saints. I am doing the prayers-to-St-Raphael section of my book and am eagerly hunting for all prayers to the Archangel of marriage. Please leave a comment with any prayers to him.
Prayer to St Raphael For Marriage, For The Wise Choice Of A Marriage Partner
O Glorious St. Raphael, Patron and Lover of the Young, I call upon thee and plead with thee for thy help. In all confidence I open my heart to thee, to beg thy guidance and assistance in the important task of planning my future.
Obtain for me through thy intercession the light of God’s grace, so that I may decide wisely concerning the person who is to be my partner through life. O Angel of Happy Meetings, lead us by the hand to find each other.
May all our movements be guided by thy light and transfigured by thy joy. As thou didst lead the young Tobias to Sara and opened up for him a new life of happiness with her in holy marriage, lead me to such a one whom in thine angelic wisdom thou dost judge best suited to be united with me in marriage.
St. Raphael, loving patron of those seeking a marriage partner, help me in this supreme decision of my life. Find for me as a helpmate in life that person whose character will reflect the traits of Jesus and Mary.
May he/she be upright, loyal, pure, sincere and noble, so that with united efforts and with chaste and unselfish love, we both may strive to perfect ourselves in soul and body, as well as the children it may please God to entrust to our care.
St. Raphael, Angel of chaste courtship, bless our friendship and our love, that sin may have no part in it. May our mutual love bind us so closely that our future home may ever be most like the home of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Offer thy prayers to God for both of us and obtain the blessing of God upon our marriage, as thou wert the herald of blessing for the marriage of Tobias and Sara.
St. Raphael, friend of the young, be thou my friend, for I shall always be thine. I desire to ever invoke thee in my needs. To thy special care I entrust the decision I am to make as to my future wife/husband.
Direct me to the person with whom I can best cooperate in doing God’s Holy Will, with whom I can live in peace, love and harmony in this life and attain eternal joy in the next.
Amen.
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What is the focus of your book again? I know you've told us, but I just can't remember. Here's a prayer I found randomly on the internet without attribution. I wondered if praying to St. Raphael for healing of a relationship or marriage was a tradition, in addition to praying to the Archangel for physical healings and introductions. I found this, and a couple others, not sure they have any tradition behind them:
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Heavenly St. Raphael, glorious archangel and patron of love, I humbly beseech you to intercede for my relationship. Please bestow upon us the grace to love one another with the same ardor and devotion as Christ loves his Church. Guide us towards a deeper understanding and compassion for each other, as we navigate the challenges that come our way. I ask for your powerful assistance in healing any wounds or misunderstandings hindering our connection. Help us, St. Raphael, to grow together in faith, hope, and charity, so that our love may be a reflection of God’s infinite love for us. Through your intercession, may our bond be strengthened and our hearts be ever united in the sacred sacrament of marriage. Amen. Prayer to St. Raphael for Strengthening Love and Relationships
Heavenly St. Raphael, glorious archangel and patron of love, I humbly beseech you to intercede for my relationship. Please bestow upon us the grace to love one another with the same ardor and devotion as Christ loves his Church. Guide us towards a deeper understanding and compassion for each other, as we navigate the challenges that come our way. I ask for your powerful assistance in healing any wounds or misunderstandings hindering our connection. Help us, St. Raphael, to grow together in faith, hope, and charity, so that our love may be a reflection of God’s infinite love for us. Through your intercession, may our bond be strengthened and our hearts be ever united in the sacred sacrament of marriage. Amen.
Thank you for the prayers - I will look into them - and also maybe write a few of my own. God reward you.
DeleteMy aim with "Raphael and You" is to bring the Archangel of Healing out of the shadows, clean the stain of "fictitious" from him, and make him as real for people today as he was when he was a companion to Tobias. My book will be founded in an analysis of the Book of Tobit, while giving as best I can an endorsement for the Works of Mercy, notably burying the dead, and how Archangel Raphael's interventions were a reward for the family he befriended and helped on such a grand scale.
I hope to inform devotion to him, as well as lift him out from under suspicion so that people can gain a certain confidence in praying to him, as well as an understanding of the role of an archangel, thus there will be side and supporting studies of Michael and Gabriel, as well as demonology. We appreciate the archangels all the better when we know our shared enemy; the demons.
Thank you.
DeleteAlso, sorry for the double posting of the prayer I shared. You may wish to edit that if possible. Or maybe it's one for both parties.
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