Nuptial Blessing # 2 (the Longer Version)
O God, by Your mighty power You made all things out of nothing.
First, You set the beginnings of the universe in order.
Then, You made man in Your image,
and appointed woman to be his inseparable helpmate.
Thus You made woman's body from the flesh of man,
thereby teaching that what You have been pleased to institute
from one principle might never lawfully be put asunder.
O God,
You have sanctified marriage by a mystery so excellent
that in the marriage union You foreshadowed
the union of Christ and the Church.
O God, You join woman to man,
and You endow that fellowship with a blessing
which was not taken away in punishment for original sin
nor by the sentence of the flood.
Look, in Your mercy,
upon this Your handmaid,
about to be joined in wedlock,
who entreats You to protect and strengthen her.
Let the yoke of marriage to her be one of love and peace.
Faithful and chaste,
let her marry in Christ.
Let her ever follow the model of holy women:
let her be dear to her husband like Rachel;
wise like Rebecca;
long-lived and faithful like Sara.
Let the author of sin work none of his evil deeds within her;
let her ever keep the Faith and the commandments.
Let her be true to one wedlock and shun all sinful embraces;
let her strengthen weakness by stern discipline.
Let her be grave in demeanor,
honorable for her modesty,
learned in heavenly doctrine,
fruitful in children.
Let her life be good and innocent.
Let her come finally to the rest of the blessed
in the kingdom of heaven.
May they both see their children's children
to the third and fourth generation,
thus attaining the old age which they desire.
Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ,
Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God,
world without end.
Amen.
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