Join Catholic Action and pray Novena for the Protection of Marriage

Join this catholic action and Novena initiated by Catholics for the Common Good
Between the lines we can read : "The only thing left for us to do is to pray. With marriage and the sovereign right of the voters to amend their constitution hanging in the balance, we must mount a massive prayer effort – equivalent to that which took place during the fall campaign. "

This novena is offered for the attorneys and justices involved in the challenges to California Proposition 8. Oral arguments will be held on the last day of the novena, March 5, in San Francisco. You may pray any prayer, offer fasting or any sacrifice for this novena. Suggested daily prayers can be found at the bottom of this sheet. We do ask that you consider saying either or both of the following prayers:
Start with
A Morning Offering

Heavenly Father, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings today, and unite them with those of the whole mystical Body of Christ. Imploring the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I beg You to protect marriage as authored by You at the very time of creation.
Open the minds and hearts of the California Supreme Court Justices to accept Your Divine Plan for marriage.
Inspire the Justices to consider the delight You take in families.
Guide them with wisdom and understanding of the rights of children to know and be cared for by their father and mother.
Fill them with right judgment and courage to decide legal challenges to marriage on their merits, and to uphold the sovereign power of the voters.
Send Your Holy Spirit, we beg You, upon the attorneys to guide them in their presentations and to make their arguments compelling.
We ask these things in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
St. Joseph, earthly father of Jesus and protector of the family, pray for marriage.
Ss. Joachim and Anna, grandparents of Jesus, parents of His mother Mary, pray for marriage.

Prayer at Other Times of the Day
Dear Father in Heaven, You are Lord, not only of individuals, but of nations and governments.
I thank You for Your law, which our Founding Fathers acknowledged and recognized as higher than any human law.
Jesus, in performing Your first public miracle during the wedding feast of Cana, You confirmed the goodness of marriage. Continue to bless marriage in our day by guiding the Justices of the California Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8 against its attackers.
Holy Spirit, please strengthen me and all supporters of Proposition 8 so that we never despair, not even in the face of ferocious opposition.
Grant us strength, fortitude, and energy to persevere in the work for life, marriage, and family. Amen.
St. Thomas More, father of a family and patron of lawyers, you defended your nation’s law with your life. Please intercede for us in this legal challenge to
marriage.
Blessed Junipero Serra, missionary to California pray for marriage. Amen

Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone
who fled to your protection, implored your help, or
sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you,
O virgin of virgins, my mother.
To you I come, before you I stand,
sinful and sorrowful.
O mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my
petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer them.Amen