{"id":43839,"date":"2025-11-16T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=43839"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:58:25","slug":"prayers-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/prayers-for-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Gebeden voor liefde: voor een relatie, een huwelijk en een liefdevol hart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A short prayer for love: &quot;God of love, fill my heart with your love. Teach me to love you and the people you have given me, and guide the love I hope for. Amen.&quot; Two traditional prayers about love are the Catholic Act of Love and an Anglican prayer for &quot;that most excellent gift of charity.&quot; Traditional prayers about love The Act of Love The Baltimore Catechism, approved for American Catholics in 1885, prints the Act of Love beside the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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