- Pray for a future spouse to God.
- Make sure that you get married in the church.
- PREPARATION! Go to preparation courses that the church offers.
- PRAYER! As a couple preparing to get married, you must pray together.
- ASK FOR PRAYERS. Beg other couples and the church to pray for you.
- MENTORS! Get good mentors to help you out; follow their advice.
- SPIRITUAL DIRECTION. Make sure that you receive proper instruction from a priest.
- MASS & COMMUNION. Go to Mass and receive Communion together. Archbishop Fulton Sheen states: “It takes 3 to marry: the man. woman and Jesus. He binds the couple in love.
- NFP. Learn Natural Family Planning.
- MARY. Beg the Blessed Mother and St Joseph to pray for you!
Father Ed Broom, OMV, is Associate Pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and was ordained by Saint John Paul II on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction.
