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Heavenly Father, we thank You for the gifts of life and love, which we know are never to be separated.
May we always strive to live in conformity with Your plan for our present state of life.
Help all of us to love properly in our relationships. May the married remain faithful to their spouses. May the single remain pure in their friendships.
In this day, when every pleasure seems to be encouraged, give us strength, resolve, and grace to remain pure in all our words, thoughts and actions, and to realize that true joy and freedom come not from doing whatever we want, but from what we should.
We ask this, as we ask all things, in the name of Jesus Christ, Your Son and our Savior.
Amen.
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
