Stage 4: Planning the prayers

Ready-to-use prayers

These prayers are ready-made for weddings. If you like any of them, select it to include in your plan. Once selected, you can ask the vicar about inviting someone to say it during the service, if you'd like that:-

• To say thank you for the sharing of love
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  God of love,
  we thank you for the gift of marriage and for the joys it brings.
  Bless us as we share in this wedding.
  We thank you for the love
  which has brought N and N to each other
  and for their desire to share that
  love for the rest of their lives;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• To ask for God’s grace to help you live well
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  Faithful God,
  giver of all good things,
  give N and N wisdom and devotion
  in the ordering of their life together.
  May they dwell together in love and peace
  all the days of their life,
  seeking one another's welfare,
  bearing one another's burdens
  and sharing one another's joys;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• To ask God to help you model Christian love and living
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  Eternal God,
  without your grace nothing is strong, nothing is sure.
  Strengthen N and N with patience, kindness, gentleness
  and all other gifts of the Holy Spirit,
  so that they may fulfil the vows they have made.
  Keep them faithful to each other and to you.
  Fill them with such love and joy
  that they may build a home of peace and welcome.
  Make their life together a sign of Christ's love
  in this broken world,
  that unity may overcome estrangement,
  forgiveness heal guilt,
  and joy conquer despair;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• To say thank you for the gift of love
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  God of wonder and of joy:
  grace comes from you,
  and you alone are the source of life and love.
  Without you, we cannot please you;
  without your love, our deeds are worth nothing.
  Send your Holy Spirit,
  and pour into our hearts
  that most excellent gift of love,
  that we may worship you now
  with thankful hearts
  and serve you always with willing minds;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• To help others see how marriage can be a sign of God’s love
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  Almighty God, in whom we live and move and have our being,
  look graciously upon the world which you have made
  and for which your Son gave his life,
  and especially on all whom you make to be one flesh
  in holy marriage.
  May their lives together be a sign of your love to this broken world,
  so that unity may overcome estrangement,
  forgiveness heal guilt,
  and joy overcome despair;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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• For God’s grace and delight in your marriage
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  God of love, ever gracious and kind,
  we pray for N and N as they make the promises of marriage.
  Let them know you
  as the God of mercy and new beginnings,
  who forgives our failures and renews our hope.
  May the grace of Christ
  be poured into their wedding
  for celebration and for joy.
  God of love, ever present and faithful,
  may N and N know that their marriage is your delight and will.
  May the promises they make govern their life together,
  as your presence surrounds them,
  and your Spirit strengthens and guides them;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• For faithfulness
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  God of all grace,
  friend and companion,
  look in favour on N and N ,
  and all who are made one in marriage.
  In your love deepen their love
  and strengthen their wills
  to keep the promises they have made,
  that they may continue
  in life-long faithfulness to each other;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• For an existing family
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  God of all grace and goodness,
  we thank you for this new family,
  and for everything parents and children have to share;
  by your Spirit of peace draw them together
  and help them to be true friends to one another.
  Let your love surround them
  and your care protect them;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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• For the support of friends
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  Holy Spirit of God,
  you know our strength
  and have compassion on our frailty.
  Be with N and N
  in all they undertake.
  And grant that we their friends,
  with all who become their friends,
  may sense and understand their needs;
  through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  All: Amen

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Prayer requests

If you'd like the vicar to create prayers for you about specific things, use the box to record your ideas – if your ideas change, keep your vicar informed.