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The next novena we will pray is the Divine Mercy Novena!
We will start praying on Friday, April 19th, Good Friday.
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God bless you!
Annie & John-Paul – PrayMoreNovenas.com
Please help strengthen our relationship with one another.I pray we can overcome the struggles and challenges in our relationship together. I pray that Edgar’s heart and mind and actions are filled with love passion joy and comfort for me.
My son gets admission in Australia university and my husband court case solved and he gets is due from the company
I pray for good health and strength to be able to help myself a little more in my daily activities. That the members of my family who are unemployed at this time will soon find suitable jobs. That my daughter will become less moody and a little more plesant in character. Amen
Pray for my daughter, and granddaughter, they have had a really rough year, and need gentle guidance, healing and protection. Pray that she makes safe and smart choices for their lives, and that the past including a stolen car, be resolved so that she can move on free from the past.
continuing to pray for the conversion of my children. May the Holy
Spirit open their hearts and their eyes before it is too late
I pray for the healing of my husband’s depression and that our marriage may survive this difficult season of life.
Divine Mercy day 4.
A special prayer for Charles Martin. Untold prayers have been said for a speedy, peaceful death. St. Joseph please be with him but also and feeling even more important please God open Charlie’s heart to your beauty. Please help him believe and trust, releasing the fear and agony he carries. COPD is terminal. Charles is afraid but God’s love surpasses that fear. Thank you God for my beautiful faith and trust and keeping me strong. Amen
I pray for the grace of god to help me truly forgive the men in my life that have hurt me so that I can live in his glory. Just as he sent his son to forgive us down on earth.
I pray for my daughter to conceive very soon, have a safe, uncomplicated pregnancy and have a healthy happy baby.
Please Jesus – answer my prayer.
I pray for a deeper conversion of my son CM and for his protection.
For H@R C. for their green card and tax matter.
Deeper conversion of my husband RB that his head knowledge will become heart knowledge of God.
For my son CM that God will protect him and his family. And bring conversion.
For healing for myself and my daughter. Spiritual, mental, and emotional and physical.
For my 23 year old son Brendan who is struggling with faith and direction and circumstances in his life. I pray for his heart to be open and that he will experience joy and peace once again. I pray for my own trust in you, Jesus, and for your mercy for all.
Jesus I place my my fears and anxiety before you I pray for inner peace and joy. I pray for reconciliation with my former employers . I pray for my finances I pray for money to pay ny loans and bills. I pray for a complete and happy turn around with my situation.
I pray that my health issues will be resolved and I will be able to move into a home of my own soon..
I pray that my daughter and her husband are blessed with a child soon. And that God will ease their burdens.
In Jesus name I pray
Dear Jesus…. thank you for redeeming me by your death. Forgive me for not partaking in the Lenten season. Grant me success in my efforts to start up a business of my own. Whatever business I start,bless it for me to be successful in it. In a way that only you know and understand, silence the demos that are out to destroy my family’s peace and unity, may they not succeed in troubling my mother and bringing shame to the memory of my father. Please Sweet Jesus, touch my brother (you know the one) to call my mom. Protect him wherever he is and help him succeed. Hear me through the prayers of all making this novena all over the world and through the intercession of your mother Mary. Amen.
I pray this morning for the safety of my son Tyler and his family. I pray for them to find a good doctor for the upcoming birth of their son. I pray for Dominick to be healthy and in perfect condition.
Amen
Dear Jesus, please heal me of my depression. Change my life and make me whole again. Amen.
We pray in a special way for my daughter in law to have a successful surgery.
Keep me and my family in good health keep us safe from accidents and all calamities.
We pray that my daughter and her fiance do well in their profession.
We also pray for my son to do well in his profession and overcome the hurdles….
Thank you Jesus and thank you My Mother Mary for all the blessings poured out on us. Jesus you are our giver, provider and director and mother Mary always protecting us with your blue mantle.
I’m trying to refinance my home or get a loan. I haven’t been approved because my income is too low. Please pray for a miracle that God will open a door for me. Please help me to keep my home.
Ryan will be healed of his addiction in mind, body and spirit and have renewed faith.
I pray for healing for my mother, she has blockages in her heart and both legs.
I pray for healing for my daughter, she has autism, severe anxiety, severe depression, and ADHD. She is having severe panic attacks and depression which is affecting her ability to function.
I pray for a financial miracle.
I pray for financial blessings, financial prosperity, financial stability.
I pray my children & I are lifted out of poverty & into better circumstances.
I pray I am able to return to school to provide a better life for my children.
I pray for the sale of my home.
I pray to be able to find a new home.
I pray for joy, peace, and happiness for my children and I.
I pray for physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual healing for my children and I.
I pray my ex-husband’s pays the back owed child support/alimony.
I pray my ex-husband pays the full amount of child support and alimony each month.
Amen
Dear Jesus,
My husband and I are praying for the gift of a child. Lord bless us.
Caro
My vocation
Praying for a good job
For Leon to go have a swift, peaceful and joyful transition from our earthly world, to his new home in heaven.
Lord Jesus, I pray for all affected earthquake in Philippines please help them and keep safe to our family Philippine back home.
Lord God, I pray for instant healing for baby addy she will not go for liver transplant.
Lord Jesus, I pray for Sis Mayan and bro John whatever trials there are facing now it will be smooth and fine, please touch there both hearts and I pray also to all couples struggles their relationship and temptation.
Lord Jesus I pray for you that we can pay our last payment in our investment we left up and surrender to you oh Lord you are the great provider, we claimed that top up loan of my husband is approved in Jesus mighty name amen.
Lord Jesus, I pray that I will be pregnant soon with your miracle in a normal way i Jesus mighty name amen.
For slavation for my son in law!
My alcoholic husband and our marriage. May I be able to accept what God wills for us.
Healing of physical illness. Companionship. Vocational guidance. The grace to love more.
Thanksgiving for a successful surgery forKobie and asking for a healthy and normal life for him in Jesus name.
For the healing of every member of my family of origin; parents and siblings.
Please pray for my nephew Tyrone. He suffers from severe depression, OCD and has very bad eye sight. I beg for prayers for him to be cured of his depression and OCD and if possible his eye sight too.
Thank you with all my heart.
she may get teaching job
Please pray for my son as he struggles from panic and anxiety attacks. He feels that we think he is a disappointment because he has been unable to finish college. Please pray for his healing.
Thank-you for the opportunity. I pray for healing of myself and my family members, individually and as a family, such that none of our time, talent, or treasure is wasted. I pray that God’s will is done in each of our lives. I pray for direction and ambition in the right places for my teenage son and daughter, I pray for guidance for my husband and I as parents and in our marriage. I pray that we all find our right place in the church. I pray that I find the right next job. I pray that my husband is healed of cancer and that he is relieved of as many of the side effects from treatments as possible.
Please pray for my granddaughter who was diagnosed with leukemia. She is beginning chemo treatment today. I ask for complete healing. She is 16 months old.
Dear Jesus, I pray for family peace, faith, health and unity, and that my husband and sons return to the church. I pray for my sons’ health. May they overcome their depression and anxiety. I pray for my son to realize that he needs help and wants the help and take his medicine and realizes how important it is for him. I pray that they stay away from marijuana and realize how bad it is for them. May my son stay away from tattoos, piercings and never want them anymore. I pray that they be ready for work both mentally and physically and be happy, alert, and safe. May they always make the right choices. May my son want to go back to work, find a job and love his job. May my nephew find a job. I pray for my sons and husband to be successful with their jobs, and keep their jobs. May they be safe and people around them to be safe and that they be highly respected. I pray for my husband’s, mothers’ and aunt’s health. May my mother’s memory not deteriorate, and she be healthy and calm and make friends. I pray for my sons to meet good Catholic Christian wives so that they may have their own Christian families. I pray for my friends’ sons, brother and mother’s health. I pray for my husband to have patience. I pray for Sabrina to get pregnant. I pray that Ricky comes back and may he be healthy and safe. I pray for all the people saying this novena. I pray for Alia to meet a good husband. I love You!
Amen
Please help me to find resolution to my lung problems and to make the right treatment choices. Jesus I trust in you. Help all those family and friends on my Departed Prayer List and those with special needs. Watch over my family especially my First Responders. Jesus I trust in you. Amen
Praying for a favourable outcome of our refinancing application needed at this difficult time. In Jesus name. AMEN!
I pray thro this novena for Gods forgiveness of my sins, cleansing of my mortal sins, for a job & financial breakthrough
My Dear Jesus, I pray for your mercy and Grace upon my family. I ask that you continue to work in our lives, cover and protect us. I ask especially for healing for my brother, that he will go into spontaneous remission by your healing power. Thank you for your peace that surpasses all understanding, for your comfort and your love. Jesus I trust in you. Amen
Healing in the neck for my brother Rev Fr. Elorm. He is having a severe neck pain and l am asking the Lord to heal him from that pain. Divine mercy for divine healing. I believe that God will touch him now in Jesus name
For me, Gary, Brad and Nick.
Today bring to Me THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD AND THOSE WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.”
I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE DOING ALL SORTS OF WITCHCRAFT, BLACK MAGIC & BLACK MASS AGAINST ME, MY LOVED ONES AND ALL OUR BELONGINGS. I PRAY FOR THEIR SOULS
Dear Jesus
I ask for your mercy, please make a way for me to pay for my daughter’s school fees , please touch the hearts of those who owe me for the work i have done so far.You know my needs Jesus .
I have to pay the fees on the 29th of April
My dear prayer intercessors,
Happy Easter!! And blessings & graces to us from our Risen Lord.
Requesting for prayers for my husband Wenzil’s job restoration.
Please, please pray for him.
And for my good health and deliverance from demonic attacks and witchcraft or black magic done to me.
With prayerful wishes,
Dear Lord, please keep my husband healthy and have a positive attitude going through the journey of Parkinson’s disease. Help us financially and put peoples in our lives that can guide us in making the right decisions. Also, help keep me and my family healthy and balanced, and find a way to help a specific love one to end his seizures and enjoy the remainder of his life. Thank you
To become a grandmother in Jesus holy name. Amen
Please pray for me. I recently tripped on Easter Sunday on a pop up sprinkler while on my walk. ER and X-rays have shown a fractured on my arm near my shoulder . I’m having many issues with my everyday living. I ask for prayers to ease the pain to heal quickly to ease back on feeling nauseous and get back to my everyday routines.
Jesus Mary and Joseph and all the saints please put your healing hands on my injury.
Please pray for me as am having a reocurrance of Cancer even after amputation. I also pray I find solace in God with a spouse also. Also for help, love and comfort during this trying times. I pray for my family too.
Divine Mercy in my Heart.
Lord, I pray my brother finds a job and is able to provide for himself. Amen
Please pray for my safe delivery.I am 30weeks of pregnancy having gestational diabetes and anemia.Baby has grown up more means increased weight in the womb.Please pray for my safe delivery and baby should be born healthy.
I pray for my husband to reunite with our family after 2 weeks sobriety.
I pray for him to stand up for love and us.
continued conversion
Please pray for my FAMILY
healing of all families
Dear Jesus,
Please bless everybody in my family with good health and financial stability. I pray for complete healing of my elder daughter of all her health problems, please bless her with healthy children soon and a prosperous business. I pray for my younger daughter to be healthy, to be blessed with healthy children soon and a very successful career. I pray for my nephews to be healthy, to find good jobs and good wives and to have children of their own. I pray for G to heal from all his addictions and to turn his life for the better. I pray for my sister to be healthy, to keep her job and to have peace and quiet at home and for my mom to be healthy and content. I pray for my husband and me to be healthy, to be blessed with grandchildren from our both daughters soon, to keep our jobs and to pay off our debts soon. I also pray for the intentions of all who are praying this novena. Amen.
Pray for the sake of my family in law , for Gods divine Mercy.
My dear friend Tricia, who lives with and suffers from mitochondrial disease. She basically lives in the hospital because she’s there so often. This time in particular, she’s been there for nine months. Her parents are getting ready to move all of her medical wiring/pumps/supplies home for the summer, and she told me that it will basically cost thousands of dollars. This is her LIFE on the line.
I pray my sons return to Church. I pray for Debbie and Victor to be healed from Cancer. I pray Raul business continues to prosper and he gets paid weekly. I pray for Jacob to meet a good Catholic Christian wife that you have chosen for him and bless him with children. I pray you guide Jason and Jessica back to each other. I pray Joseph and Dani walk in your image. I pray you guide us to help mom navigate the future
Danielle come out of the same sex marriage and return home to us safely
Help me find a job
Help Michelle in her business dealing
Help Bryan and Priscilla come back to the church and Christ
Dear Jesus, I pray for family peace, faith, health and unity, and that my husband and sons return to the church. I pray for my sons’ health. May they overcome their depression and anxiety. I pray for my son to realize that he needs help and wants the help and take his medicine and realizes how important it is for him. I pray that they stay away from marijuana and realize how bad it is for them. May my son stay away from tattoos, piercings and never want them anymore. I pray that they be ready for work both mentally and physically and be happy, alert, and safe. Guide them to always make the right choices. May my son want to go back to work, find a job and love his job. May my nephew find a job. I pray for my sons and husband to be successful with their jobs, and keep their jobs. May they be safe and people around them to be safe and that they be highly respected. I pray for my husband’s and mothers’ and aunt’s health. May my mother’s memory not deteriorate, and she be healthy and calm and make friends. I pray for my sons to meet good Catholic Christian wives so that they may have their own Christian families. I pray for my friends’ sons, brother and mother’s health. I pray for my husband to have patience. I pray for Sabrina to get pregnant. I pray that Ricky comes back and may he be healthy and safe. I pray for all the people saying this novena. I pray for Alia to meet a good husband. I love You!
Amen
Please pray for our grandson who is being treated for severe anxiety
And depression. Help him Lord Jesus to do well in this program.
To graduate high school in June. THANK YOU TO ALL.
For release of Leah and all children being held in captivity by militants
For successful surgery for Roland and for his return to Catholic Church.
For Theresa to overcome health challenges,and for help with exam preparation
For Marie in exam preparation and to get internship
For financial recovery of Electrotech Services Ltd.
Spiritual, mental and physical healing for Elizabeth.
Peace in our world
End to abortion
Thanksgiving for many blessings
Healing for Blanche and Walt
Healing for all those on our prayer lines
Mary please be my mother now and direct me to make good medical decisions for my diagnosis- in Jesus’ name Amen.
1. God’s mercy and grace for conversion for all my family members and myself to turn away from sin and turn to God.
2. For God’s healing, liberation, restoration and salvation for my sons, Peter and Andrew and for my husband Dalhatu, that God sets them free from every affliction, addiction and bondage and grants them life in Christ Jesus.
3. For God’s grace to break every yoke, curse and bondage upon my family members and myself and to lead every member of my family especially my husband and children back to the sacraments, that their tepid souls may burn with fervor for God and they be filled with sufficient grace to dwell in God’s presence all their lives.
4. For God’s safety, protection, deliverance, healing, transformation, restoration and salvation for all family members, that none of us be lost to perdition, Amen.
Thank you Lord for all you have done, is doing and will do🙏🏽
Thank you Lord for great health, protection, provision, supply, sustenance🙏🏽
Thank you for calming every storm in my life and granting me victory roundabout in Jesus mighty name Amen 🙏🏽
Thank you Lord for our career, finances, marriage settlement, accommodation, Joshua’s 2019 unilag admission, Kamsi’s total healing from autism, payment receipt of my outstanding at Whitehall, mobility, uncommon and unmerited favour in the eyes of all and sundry in Jesus mighty name Amen 🙏🏽
Thank you Lord for silencing my adversaries🙏🏽
Thank you Lord for granting me the peace that passes all human understanding 🙏🏽
Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy and for everything🙏🏽
Thank you Paul John and Annie for this Novenas once again I am asking for prayer that me and my fiancé relationship would go stronger each and every day I am also asking for prayer that my VA appeal will be granted and ask an hour so that my VA rating Will be 100% approve I asked this in Jesus name we pray Amen !
I am praying for forgiveness of my sins so that I will be worthy to stand before God to pray.
I pray for God’s mercy upon my family, blessings, employment and career fulfilment for my wife.
I pray for redemption from my financial crisis, restoration and prosperity according to God’s will for me and my family.
I pray for progress and God’s blessings upon my siblings.
I pray for God’s guidance and protection over my mother, children and entire family.
May God grant eternal rest to my Father’s soul.
Jesus I trust in You.i pray that in this novena you will give me the grace to serve you in truth and in faith., strengthen me to always do your will all the time.
Through this novena I ask for your intervention with tears in my eye I plead with you to look with pity upon my husband business that has been crumbled for past 2 years.pls arise and let your face shine upon his business, restore all he has lost and send a destiny helper to him.
Through this novena I pray you intervene in my career,I need you to show your face in my work,may I be converted to permanent staff of StanbicIbtc bank ,no more working as a contract staff.
Intervene in my marriage,give us sound health body and mind,bless my son Chidumebi and bring forth his siblings to us by making me to conceive without delay again.all I ask through Christ our Lord .Amen
Please pray for the conversion of my children and my husband and for the healing of my son David of his hernia and his ear problem. Lord please hear my prayers, st Faustina pray for us.
Lord Jesus, as you know me and my family went through alot these months. Please have mercy on us. Help my brother to walk the right path. Help my cousin recover his Kidney problem. Help us to be strong, and give us the strength to go through any problems that come by. As you know that I have applied for my permanent residency application and it is still processing. I keep getting troubles with my application. Please walk before me and help me with my application. Help us get the approval soon.
Prayers for complete healing for my daughters after their miscarriages, and for new healthy babies. Also for healing of my back and good health for the rest of my family.
Please Jesus, on this blessed Easter Sunday, grant ALL of my prayer requests SOON through the intercession of Mary and her most holy rosary, especially regarding Susan Keaton.
Thank You Jesus!!
Please help Lord to strengthen the love passion joy and comfort between Edgar and myself.Please grant us more time together without worrying about others.Thank you
For my son’s skin condition to go into remission. That my granddaughter makes better choices and receives the help she needs. My daughter does the same. All my friends with cancer. Safety and health for my family and friends. Safety on our trip.
I pray Lord to please strengthen the love,passion joy and comfort between Edgar and myself. Please grant us more time together days,nights week ends without worrying about other people. I pray thank you.
This intention is for my son, Max. He has fallen away from God. He’s gotten himself wrapped up with a really bad crowd and is seeing the world with his eyes closed, completely clouded and misguided. I’m scared for him. I am grateful that he has come open about it but I am completely heart broken by his poor choices. It’s not who he is. He has even admitted that but feels like he can’t be forgiven or turn back. I’m praying that God will wrap his loving arms around Max and heal his heart, mind and soul. I’m praying really hard that he will open his eyes and break free from the evil that’s gotten ahold of him. I would like help with lifting him in prayer.
My intentions: pray for my daughters Mary and Agnes in their studies so that they can perform better. Pray for mum in law for good health. For my husband to manage his Alcoholism.
Please may we have good health – physical and emotional. May we find sustainable income and be guided by the Holy Spirit in our decisions. May my sons return to me. May there be peace in this world and may the intentions of those in this novena be granted. I thank you for my trials and tribulations and for the many blessings I have received.
Please pray that my marriage can be renewed. Thank you!
my intentions are for my family’s recovery from financial difficulties. that we will be blessed financially and be a blessing to others. for divine mercy to continue to protect us from harm, good health and to be closer to God.
Thank God for his love and for the opportunity to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection today. Pray for unity in my family and for God’s wisdom for my cousin Hillary Dachelem Bishop of Bauchi to be a good shepherd of the flock entrusted to him.
My intentions: the convertion of my sister Linda, bring her back from the streets and drugs. For my son Gabriel who has all his Sacraments to be married by the Church and receive the Sacrament of Marriage. For my son Jorge, to be able to purchase a home of his own to raise his family. Asking for better health for my husband and protection from temptation of alcoholism. I ask for myself patience, better health and patience to care for elderly mother and increase my faith.
Please pray for my grandaughter Penelope, that she will be heal by God, she is still in intensive care unit, since she was born, the sugery that was done to her fail, she still cn not take her milk, formula in her body, and ad her sugars are not stable in her blood, plese pray for complete healing of body, mind, and that she will not have any mental retardation, and be home with mom and dad soon.
Prayers for a successful surgery for me and for the doctors and nurses to be blessed and guided by our Lord Jesus Christ. Prayers for peace and calm before my surgery as well. Amen!🙏🏻
Holy Father, please look down on me with mercy and forgiveness and let me accept your grace for all that you have done and are still yet to do for me until I am here in this earth.
Let me be the hands and feet of your son here on earth to show your love and mercy to others. May they see in me what you want me to imitate for your sake and kingdom.
Amen
Firstly grant good health for my husband James Prithivirau. Make him fit and strong
Secondly my Son Joel Raj..I dedicated him to St. Faustina already please send a mentor to motivate him to study and excel. as he spends all his free time playing online Games instead of studying. I feel so depressed and sad he refuse to study
Thirdly I am tired wish to retire now age 54 so that I can dedicate time for myself and God
Happy Easter to us all.
I am prayer for God to bless me with my visa inorder to join my husband for us to live as husband and wife.
Dear Jesus, Happy Easter to all! I need your guidance, through this most difficult time for my boys and myself. Please guide me to the job you have planned for me..take all my fear away and let me trust in you knowing you will help me financially. Thank you for all you have done over the last 8 months. Please Jesus, Mary and St Joseph help us and guide us to where we are suppose to live. Please, I pray to help k to do something with his life and stop the swearing at us. Thank you . Please give me the strength to get through all this and lead me to your path for me and the boys. Thank you for sending j home and please guide him to you and what is right. Please guide me to forgive those who hurt and lie about me. Help me from all this sadness and let us see all the good you give us. Please keep all evil out of my house and let the boys and me find peace. Keep a. on right path with work and school..please cure t from his stutter..he tries so hard. Lead us to the right dr for his wrist and let it heal completely. Keep leading r on right path and let him see continued happiness. Thank you to my family for helping us. Thank you for am. Bless all of us…In Jesus’s name I pray.
Jesus, I Trust in You!
Thank you for fast Your response to a need of my son to obtain employment. You is whom I trust with all my needs.
Today I’m asking with Your will be done when I get my colonoscopy done this June, that the results will be negative.
I’m asking for a friend name Grace which had heart surgery, that with Your will everything goes well and fast recovery.
Prayers for our nation and our leaders that there will be peace in the whole world. Amen
1-Divine healing
2-My sons placement I university
3- My mother’s healing as well
4-My children’s success in studies
5-Financial break through
6-Guidance in what business to undertake ad also retire well.
7-We need a house in the village
Dear lord Jesus,
Kindly prayer to almighty god for my job which am searching, am a jobless searching for good jobs, am facing a financial problems in my present days, and also prayer for my health and my wife and children’s, and also prayer for my parents & grandparents soul.
Lord Jesus please forgive me for my sins which I did in past & present.
Now am asking you a blessings from you., and I believe that I will get very good job offer from your blessings and the almighty father.
Please prayer for me
For taking away all the evils in my family and having a happy and peaceful family life
My sister has colon cancer and a swollen liver. Please pray for her improved health.
For all prayer requests and intentions on the prayer chains at St. Pius X and St John Before the Latin Gate. We trust in you Jesus!
Happy Easter to Everyone! May God’s Mercy heal us all and our loved ones.
Thank you Jesus for Your ultimate Sacrifice on the Cross to save our eternal souls.
Please continue to protect and heal my family and I. Please heal us Spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally.
Thank you Lord.
Pray for my husband and me to get our own house soon and for the problems in our family to end soon
I pray for the following:
For my children and I to be lifted out of poverty and into better circumstances.
For a financial miracle.
For relief of my financial burdens.
For financial prosperity, abundance, financial freedom, and financial stability.
To heal my daughter from severe depression & anxiety.
For the sale of my home.
To find a new home.
To return to school to provide a better life for my children.
For my children & I to have peace, joy, happiness, and calm.
To be a good mother.
For my faith to be strengthened.
To heal my children & I physical, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
To be able to buy food, pay for car repairs, pay bills, & make house repairs.
I pray that my ex-husband puts our children first.
I pray that my ex-husband pays the back owed child support and alimony.
I pray that my ex-husband pays the full amount of court ordered child support and alimony each month.
Amen
For my brother, who is undergoing treatment for alcoholism, that he will be successful in overcoming its effects on his life, his family, and his marriage