PLEASE PRAY FOR MY WIFE SANDRA AND I. WE HAVE BEEN MORE ARGUMENTATIVE AND SHORT WITH ONE ANOTHER LATELY. MAY WE BOTH SEEK TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER AND LOVE MORE DEEPLY. WE NEED TO MAKE MORE TIME FOR PRAYER, SCRIPTURE READING AND LIVING LIVES MORE. WE BOTH CAN LET WORK GET CARRIED AWAY AND LET THAT IMPACT OUR HAPPINESS AND FREEDOM. MAY WE GROW GROW IN GREATER INTIMACY AND TRUST IN GODS PROVIDENCE, REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE. I MUST ADMIT THAT I HAVE BEEN ALSO LETTING MY EYES WANDER LATELY, AND HAVE BEGUN TO SECOND GUESS MY MARRIAGE AS A RESULT. I WANT TO MAKE THIS WORK, BECAUSE ITS A COMMITMENT AND A SACRAMENT AND I WANT TO SEE IT THROUGH FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. BUT TRUTHFULLY WE NEED COUNSELING AND PROFESSIONAL HELP. WE BOTH NEED TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY AND SEEK TO GET THE HELP WE NEED TO DEEPEN OUR EMPATHY FOR ONE ANOTHER'S WEAKNESSES. I HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO BE PART OF A VERY WONDERFUL APOSTOLATE FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WHICH CONSTANTLY CHALLENGES ME TO GROW, ADMIT MY FAULTS, OWN MY SHORTCOMINGS AND BE SURROUNDED BY MEN OF THE SAME PEDIGREE AND DESIRE TO GROW IN HOLINESS. MY WIFE ISN'T BLESSED TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF COMPANY OR PEOPLE IN HER LIFE AND I ASK THAT THE GOOD LORD AFFORDS HER THIS GRACE. TOO OFTEN IT BECOMES A POINT OF TENSION WHEN I POINT OUT THINGS SHE NEEDS TO BE MINDFUL OF OR WORK ON, AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE VERY HEALTHY AND FRUITFUL FOR HER TO FIND THE STRENGTH TO ADMIT HER FAULTS AND BE SURROUNDED BY LIKE MINDED WOMEN. LORD KNOWS WE BOTH HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO, BUT WE ARE ALSO THE COMPANY WE KEEP, AND IF SHE CAN'T FIND THIS TYPE OF COMPANIONSHIP THAT I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE, MAY SHE SEEK GOD MORE INTIMATELY IN THE EUCHARIST. I THANK YOU IMMENSELY FOR YOUR PRAYERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE A PILLAR OF STRENGTH TO MY PRAYER LIFE AND AN IMMENSE SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT HELPS ME TO SHARE MY CROSS WITH OTHERS.