Married Couple's Prayer To The Sacred Heart

(For the ideal union in love of husband for wife and wife for husband, God's examples are before you, Joseph and Mary. Your marriage is something to be appreciated ever more deeply. From time to time meditate on its precious character, as, for example, is suggested in the following prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for husband and wife to say in their own behalf. We can summarize the spirit of Christian married life no better than in this prayer.)
O most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
King and center of all hearts,
dwell in our hearts and be our King;
grant us by Your grace to love each other truly and chastely,
even as You have loved Your spotless Bride, the Church,
and have given Yourself up for her.

Bestow upon us that mutual love
and Christian forbearance
which are so highly acceptable in Your sight,
and a mutual patience in bearing each other's defects;
for we are certain that no living creature is free from them.
Do not permit even the slightest defect to mar that full and gentle harmony of spirit,
the foundation of the mutual assistance
in the many and varied hardships of life,
that is the end for which woman was created
and united inseparably to her husband.

** (See note below)

O Lord God, grant that between us there may reign a perpetual holy rivalry
toward a life perfectly Christian,
by virtue of which there may shine forth more and more clearly
the Divine image of Your mystic union with Your Holy Church,
as You have deigned to imprint it upon us
on the auspicious day of our being made one.

Grant, we beseech You,
that our good example of Christian living
may serve as a powerful inspiration to our children
to conform their own lives to Your holy law;
and finally, after this exile may we ascend into heaven,
where by the help of Your grace,
for which we earnestly pray,
we may merit to be joined with our children forever
and praise and bless You through everlasting ages.

Amen.

(** If there are no children, the prayer from this point reads:

O Lord God, grant that between us there may reign a perpetual holy rivalry
toward a life perfectly Christian,
by virtue of which there may shine forth more and more clearly
the Divine image of Your mystic union with Your Holy Church,
as You have deigned to imprint it upon us
on the auspicious day of our being made one,
and so living, may both of us ascend into heaven,
and merit to praise You and bless You forever.

Amen.)

[Source: Family for Families, The by Francis L. Filas, S.J.,
The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1947.]

A Marriage Blessing Prayer

We thank you, O God,
for the Love You have implanted in our hearts.
May it always inspire us to be kind in our words,
considerate of feeling,
and concerned for each other's needs and wishes.
Help us to be understanding and forgiving
of human weaknesses and failings.
Increase our faith and trust in You
and may Your Prudence guide our life and love.
Bless our Marriage O God,
with Peace and Happiness,
and make our love fruitful for Your glory
and our Joy both here and in eternity.

Wedding Anniversary Prayer

My wife Elena and I,
May God bless us and grant us joy.
May He deepen our love for each other.
May He bless us + in our family and friends,
And lead us to unending happiness in Heaven.
May Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Bless us all,
And keep us in His love for ever and ever.
Amen.

Dedication of Newly Married Couple to the Precious Blood

Lord Jesus, (on this happy day) we thank you for the joy of (say grooms name) and (say brides name).

Through all the years of their life you have watched over them to bring them together in holy Christian marriage.

Now Lord, bless them, for they are united in love of you and of each other.

Redeemed by your Precious Blood and strengthened by your grace, may they live in kindness and fidelity, in unfailing trust and love so that their whole life may be pleasing to you.

Mary, who with Joseph made a happy home at Nazareth for Jesus, take these dear friends into your motherly care.

You who showed concern for a newly married couple at Cana, help and guide (say grooms name) and (say brides name).

May their union on earth lead to that eternal union in which all the blessed will be joined together, praising the Redeeming Blood of Jesus, the Lord.

Amen.

Marriage Prayer

Lord, help us to remember when we first met and the strong love that grew between us.

To work that love into practical things so nothing can divide us.

We ask for words both kind and loving, and for hearts always ready to ask forgiveness as well as to forgive.

Dear Lord, we put our marriage into your hands.

Amen.