For a husband or a wife
Prayer for a future spouse
Plain English only: no traditional English wording is given for this prayer
Master, Lord our God,Source of life and immortality,Maker of all creation, seen and unseen,You govern all things by Your wise and all-good providence.Look mercifully on us, Your unworthy servants.Do not remember our iniquities,but in Your boundless kindness forgive us our sins.
Almighty Creator and Maker of all,You said that it is not good for man to be alone,and so You made for our forefather Adama helper suited to him.
You went with the servant of Abraham the patriarchto Mesopotamia, when he was sentto find a wife for his master Isaac,and by the drawing of waterYou showed him Rebekah, to be betrothed to Isaac.
You guided Tobias wisely too.When he had found a wife, he prayed to You with thanksthat he might find mercy and grow old with her.And through the mouth of wise Solomon You said,“He who finds a good wife finds favor.”
Our most pure Savior,You took flesh from the ever-virgin Maryand were born for the salvation of mankind.Out of Your great goodness and Your gift beyond words,You came to Cana in Galilee and blessed the marriage there,so that all might know that lawful marriageand the bearing of children within it are Your will.
Hear our prayer, O Lord,and grant this Your servant (name)a marriage after their own heart,as a help, and for the continuing of the human race,so that, living together in one mind,they may spend this life in faith, love and holiness, with chastity,and reach the dwellings of heaven,where all the saints give thanksand glorify Your all-holy name,of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Master, Lord our God,Source of life and immortality,Maker of all creation, seen and unseen,You govern all things by Your wise and all-good providence.Look mercifully on me, Your unworthy servant.Do not remember my iniquities,but in Your boundless kindness forgive me my sins.
Almighty Creator and Maker of all,You said that it is not good for man to be alone,and so You made for our forefather Adama helper suited to him.
You went with the servant of Abraham the patriarchto Mesopotamia, when he was sentto find a wife for his master Isaac,and by the drawing of waterYou showed him Rebekah, to be betrothed to Isaac.
You guided Tobias wisely too.When he had found a wife, he prayed to You with thanksthat he might find mercy and grow old with her.And through the mouth of wise Solomon You said,“He who finds a good wife finds favor.”
Our most pure Savior,You took flesh from the ever-virgin Maryand were born for the salvation of mankind.Out of Your great goodness and Your gift beyond words,You came to Cana in Galilee and blessed the marriage there,so that all might know that lawful marriageand the bearing of children within it are Your will.
Hear my prayer, O Lord,and grant me, Your servant,a marriage after my own heart,as a help, and for the continuing of the human race,so that, living together in one mind,I may spend this life in faith, love and holiness, with chastity,and reach the dwellings of heaven,where all the saints give thanksand glorify Your all-holy name,of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The closing prayer of the Russian Church’s service for the gift of marriage, for a man or a woman alike. It recalls Rebekah, Tobias and the wedding at Cana, and asks God for a marriage after your own heart.
Plain English by Wiser Walk, from the Church Slavonic (no English translation was found, so this one is our own). How the wording is made.
