Life events prayers

Prayers for the major passages of life: birth and baptism, marriage and anniversaries, illness and death, including the BCP prayers for these occasions and ecumenical prayers used across Christian traditions.

Catholic

Eternal Rest Medieval (Latin form); Lasance 1913 (English form)

Anglican

The Collect for All Saints Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form)

Ecumenical

A Prayer at a Funeral Traditional; BCP 1662 language A Prayer Before a Wedding Traditional; BCP 1662 language A Prayer for a Newborn Traditional; BCP 1662 language A Prayer for a Sick Person 1662 A Prayer for an Anniversary Traditional A Prayer in Sorrow Contemporary traditional form A Prayer of Thanksgiving for a Recovery 1662 Psalm 23 pre-6th century BC The Aaronic Blessing pre-6th century BC