From the Gospel according to Luke
Lk 10:13-16

Jesus said to them,
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
at the judgment than for you.
And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven?
You will go down to the netherworld.’
Whoever listens to you listens to me.
Whoever rejects you rejects me.
And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.

Word of the Lord.

Blessed Saint.

Whoever listens to the successors of the Apostles, listens to Christ. And if that person is also Pope and a saint, it’s beyond words… 
We have heard Your voice, Lord, through Saint John Paul. What a wonder! How he is helping us to see and live the supernatural reality of our marriage, a covenant with which God began His work of salvation, culminating in the nuptial relationship between Christ and us. A great mystery that is both a sign and fulfillment of His redemptive work. Saint John Paul, like no one else, gradually unveils this great mystery, showing its essence, beauty, and sacredness. Thanks to you, Saint John Paul, we are living a love that is greater than ourselves and that sanctifies us.

Applied to married life:

**Luis:** My love, the love I feel for you is supernatural. 
**María:** How do you know? 
**Luis:** Because it is stronger and greater than I am, because it transforms me, because it is stronger than my sin and yours, because it produces effects in me that surpass my own abilities, because it draws many people with a force that is not human, and because it is sanctifying us. Do you need more proof? 
**María:** No. I would be ungrateful, and the Lord couldn’t work more miracles in me if I didn’t recognize it. May He be praised forever. 
**Luis:** May He be praised.

Mother,

This conjugal spirituality is penetrating the depths of my soul. A spirituality that is born from Christ’s nuptial love and is fulfilled in our own nuptial love until it becomes one with His. Blessed are you, Saint John Paul. Pray for us.