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WEDDING: MARRIAGE PRAYERS
The Marriage Prayer
O God our Creator, we feel that you brought {Name 2} and {Name 1} together in the beginning, helped their love grow, and are at this moment with them in a special way. We ask you to stay by their side in the days ahead. Protect them from anything which might harm their marriage, give them courage when burdens come their way, teach them to forgive each other when they fail. We ask, finally, that in their old age they may love one another as deeply, and cherish each other as much as they do at this very moment. Amen.
O God, we ask for {Name 2} and {Name 1} the excitement of new discoveries and new creations, that their lives may be an adventure together, wherever they go. Lord, make {Name 2} and {Name 1} instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let them bring love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. Grant that they may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. Amen.
O God, Creator of us all, we thank you for the gift of life, and in life, for the gift of marriage. We praise and thank you for all the joys that can come to us through the blessing of marriage. Today, especially, we think of {Name 2} and {Name 1} as they begin their life together as partners in the covenant of marriage. With them we thank you for the joy they find in each other. We pray for their parents, that at this moment of parting they may rejoice in their children's happiness. Give {Name 1} and {Name 2} strength, to keep the vows they have made, and to cherish the love that they share, that they may always be faithful and devoted to each other. Amen.
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