Prayer to Saints Joachim and Anne for Married Couples
Tradition holds Joachim and Anne as the parents of the Virgin Mary — a couple whose long, faithful married life, marked by years of waiting and quiet trust, made room for grace none of us could have expected. They're a natural pair to ask for the ordinary, daily faithfulness a marriage needs.
Saints Joachim and Anne, you lived out a long and faithful married love and raised the Mother of God in your home. Pray for our marriage. Teach us your patience through waiting and hardship, your quiet trust when answers were slow in coming, and your steady faithfulness, year after ordinary year. Watch over our home as you watched over yours. Amen.
