Infertility can feel like one of the most isolating journeys you have to walk along in life. Around the Feast of All Saints, we wanted to create a Litany of Infertility Saints so you know that, along with us here on earth, you have heavenly companions who not only pray for you, but who deeply understand the cross you are carrying. May your cross feel a little lighter, the grief more bearable, as you pray this litany.

No prayer offered in faith is ever wasted. Some prayers bloom quickly, others take years. Some may not blossom until eternity. But every prayer entrusted to God is heard. So do not lose hope. Continue praying, trusting, believing that God is working, even when you cannot yet see the fruit. May we become pillars of perpetual faith

Children do not establish a family, only the love of the two in matrimony under God does. I look at Saints Anne and Joachim, and how they direct us back to their daughter, who directs us back to her son, Love itself. If they can still have hope in God despite their pain and uncertainty, maybe I can take the first step in simply uttering a small, "Love I trust you".