Prayer to ask Valentine’s Day (2024)

He Valentine’s Day It is this February 14, a date that has its origin in the Catholic liturgy and that therefore can be celebrated with a prayer for the patron saint of love,

This figure, somewhat diffuse in the history, but associated with love According to legend, it has its liturgical feast this February 14, but said religious celebration was withdrawn from the official calendar in 1969, after the Second Vatican Council, due to inaccuracies in the history of Valentine’s Day. However, the date kept the name of the saint, but turned its meaning towards the celebration of the loveof which it is pattern.

This status is maintained, since Valentine’s Day remains in the Martyrology, a Catholic compendium that brings together in its pages people throughout history who were murdered or lost their lives for preaching Christ. In its pages there are several references to martyrs by name Valentineas the ACI Agency: “In ancient martyrologies, at least three are mentioned on the date of February 14. Saints by name Valentineall of them martyrs.”

“One is described as a priest of Rome, another as bishop in Interamna (currently, Terni), and both apparently were martyred in the second half of the 3rd century, and would be buried on the Via Flaminia, but at different distances from the city. About the third Valentine’s Dayapart from the fact that he was martyred in Africa along with a certain number of his companions, nothing else is known.”

It is possible that time has compressed the history of the three or at least two of them into that of Valentine’s Day and has added to the defense of love as the cause of his martyrdom. That is why they remain prayers that can be done to this saint to approach his favor and ask for the love of friends, parents and partner.

Father, I ask you to bless my friends,

Reveal to them your love and your power again.

I ask you to be the guide for his soul

If he is in pain, give him your peace and your mercy.

If he has doubts, renew his confidence.

If you are tired,

I ask you to give him the strength to move forward.

If there is spiritual stagnation,

I ask you to reveal your closeness to him for a new beginning in faith.

If he is afraid, reveal your love and transmit your strength to him.

Where you have sinned, blocking your life,

make him seek reconciliation and forgive him.

Bless him, grant him more vision of You,

have the support of friends

to give him strength and courage.

Grant everyone the light

to be able to distinguish negative forces

that could affect it,

and reveal to them the power they have in You to overcome it. Amen.

In my heart, Lord, love has been kindled for a creature that You know and love. You yourself have made me find her and introduced her to me.

I thank you for this gift that fills me with deep joy, makes me similar to You, who are love, and makes me understand the value of the life you have given me.

Make me not waste this wealth that You have placed in my heart: teach me that love is a gift and that it cannot be mixed with any selfishness; that love is pure and cannot remain in any baseness; that love is fruitful and from today it must produce a new way of living in both of us.

I ask you, Lord, for those who wait for me and think of me; for who walks by my side; make us worthy of each other; May we be help and model.

Help us in our preparation for marriage, for its greatness, for its responsibility, so that from now on our souls dominate our thoughts and lead them in love. Amen.

Our mother:

In your name we have united our hearts. We want you to preside over our love; May you defend, preserve and increase our illusion. Remove from our path any obstacle that gives rise to shadow or doubts between the two of us.

Remove us from selfishness, which paralyzes true love.

Deliver us from the lightness that endangers the grace of our souls.

By opening our souls, make us deserve the wonder of finding God in each other.

Let our work be help and encouragement to fully achieve them. It preserves the health of our bodies. Solve material needs.

And make the dream of a new home and children born from our love and body, a reality and a path that leads us directly to your Heart. Amen.

Lord our God

we bless you for taking

In your hands our love.

Help us fulfill our mission.

Come share our life.

Help us educate our children,

to be witnesses of your love

in our family

and in the community.

Give us strength in discouragements.

Share our joys.

Lord, bless our love. Amen.

THE NATION