Prayers for marriage

Prayers for the day of a wedding and for the years that follow.

Christian marriage has been marked with prayer in every tradition for two thousand years. The prayers gathered here are for the day of the wedding itself and for the longer commitment that follows. They include the BCP nuptial blessing used in Anglican weddings, the prayer used in the Catholic Rite of Marriage, the ecumenical prayer for an anniversary, and the prayers said in private by Christian couples beginning or continuing their life together. They reflect the tradition's consistent understanding of marriage as a covenant before God and the community, requiring the kind of grace that only sustained prayer can ask for.