Covenant of Love

Last weekend when many of you were at the local Mass, march and Rally for Life, Adam and I were at our parish Covenant of Love marriage ministry kickoff–a day retreat.  We discerned that we wanted to take up a leadership role in this ministry because we sincerely believe in strengthening marriage and we believe in the program that Greg and Julie Alexander developed after they bounced back from divorce into the arms of living their Catholic faith.  Many of you know they created the Alexander House and are now based in San Antonio.

Many of you also know that Julie suffered a heart attack late last year and truly a miraculous recovery.  I started crying when I saw her on Saturday, overjoyed that God has chosen to continue to use her and Greg to heal marriages.

We had a lovely time even though we had some duties to do for the retreat. And a couple of things became apparent during the retreat. When it comes to marriage, there’s no such thing as “preaching to the choir.” I think Adam and I are blessed with a WONDERFUL marriage, but we still walked away with some valuable insight into how we can fulfill each others needs and love each other more. Secondly, its important to have support in our vocation.  We are blessed with so many friends who are trying to living holy marriages, but not everyone is so blessed.  We need to be a light to the world of the joy and peace in living a God-centered marriage.

The Alexander House is very blessed to be in San Antonio as many doors have opened to them there. Fox 29 did a story on them yesterday! (Click on ‘Discovering the Covenant of Love’.) To the credit of Fox 29, they even included a piece in the segment on how contraception hurts marriage.  Bravo to them for keeping that in the segment!

Please continue to prayer for the Alexanders and their ministry.