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Prayer for Marriage from the Book of Common Prayer
Most
gracious God, we give you thanks for your tender
love in sending Jesus Christ to come among us, to be
born of a human mother, and to make the way of the
cross to be the way of life.
We thank you, also, for consecrating the union of
man and woman in his Name.
By the power of your Holy Spirit, pour out the
abundance of your blessing upon this man and this
woman.
Defend them from every enemy.
Lead them into all peace.
Let their love for each other be a seal upon their
hearts, a mantle about their shoulders, and a crown
upon their foreheads.
Bless them in their work and in their companionship;
in their sleeping and in their waking; in their joys
and in their sorrows; in their life and in their
death.
Finally, in your mercy, bring them to that table
where your saints feast for ever in your heavenly
home; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you
and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for
ever and ever.
Amen.
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Prayer for Marriage from the Book of Common Prayer
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