Each day, offer a Rosary in addition to the prayer of the day. Day 1 Lord Jesus, we thank you for the gift of Holy Matrimony. We lift up your servants, Rachel and Austin, and ask you to strengthen them as they prepare to enter into the sacred call of marriage. Please purify their love, that it might truly reflect the self-giving love of the Trinity. We pray that throughout the great adventure of married life, they may always rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, and persever

I lost my balance but it wasn’t mine to keep Now I feel the stirring of a deep, sacred dream The sunlight streaming in above the kitchen sink illuminates this blueprint of my soul, spilled in pen and ink. It’s hard to articulate the smell of rain and the deep dark ache But I’ll keep on trying anyway, I'll keep on waiting for the light of day