{"id":2226,"date":"2017-08-11T15:56:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T22:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/?page_id=2226"},"modified":"2020-09-03T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:50:40","slug":"world-day-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/family-programs\/world-day-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"World Day of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wmd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wmd.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wmd-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wmd-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">World Day of Marriage (February 14, 2021)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u201cA Family that prays together, stays together.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cFAMILY \u2013 Father And Mother, I Love You!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our relationship with God and each other is the foundation of the family.\u00a0 Having a strong marriage bond will strengthen the family.\u00a0 Strengthen your family!\u00a0 Strengthen your marriage with God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Knights of Columbus would like to help strengthen your family and your marriage bond with God, we encourage you to dedicate a time each day for family prayers.\u00a0 Holding each other\u2019s hands during the family prayers as a symbol of family unity.\u00a0 As you pray your family prayers, we ask that you include this prayer below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When it is time to say this prayer, the husband should take his bride\u2019s hands, place them together, and wrap his own hands around hers.\u00a0 As husband and wife, pray these words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Marriage Prayer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lord, help us to remember when we first met<br \/>\nand the strong love that grew between us<br \/>\nTo work that love into practical things<br \/>\nSo that nothing can divide us<br \/>\nWe ask for words both kind and loving<br \/>\nand hearts always ready to ask for forgiveness<br \/>\nas well as to forgive<br \/>\nDear Lord, we put our marriage into your hands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Praying the <em><strong>Our Marriage Prayer<\/strong><\/em> is just one of the activities in the World Day of Marriage Program.\u00a0 <strong>World Marriage Day<\/strong> will be celebrated on the second Sunday of February each year.\u00a0 If you wish to learn more about the Knights of Columbus World Day of Marriage Program, please refer to the Service Program Handbook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roderico G. Galang, Committeeman<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>(510) 317-6890<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:Eric.galang@sbcglobal.net\">Eric.galang@sbcglobal.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Day of Marriage (February 14, 2021) \u00a0\u201cA Family that prays together, stays together.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cFAMILY \u2013 Father And Mother, I Love You!\u201d Our relationship with God and each other is the foundation of the family.\u00a0 Having a strong marriage bond <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/family-programs\/world-day-of-marriage\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":276,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6388,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2226\/revisions\/6388"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.californiaknights.org\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}