Q: I’ve read that it’s emotionally unchaste to pray with your significant other if you’re not married because prayer is an intensely intimate experience between you and God. I’ve prayed the liturgy of the hours, chaplets of divine mercy, and rosaries with close friends daily, and we’ve discovered just how crucial that prayer has been to strengthening our friendship. Fill it with love, joy, patience, and understanding. The Bible has taught me that a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Bless me and my partner, so that we may never surrender to whatever challenges that come our way. Come and be with us, Lord, for only You can make two broken hearts understand each other. But what about couples who aren’t married, yet are in serious dating relationships? Should they pray with their significant others, or is couple's prayer an intimate activity that is better suited for marriage? People say prayer brings married couples together, but what about unmarried ones? They have clever adages in support of the idea, such as, "The couple that prays together stays together," as well as a whole host of surveys, books, and websites singing the praises of how prayer can strengthen a relationship.
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