Father, by your power you have made everything out of nothing. In the beginning you created the universe and made mankind in your own likeness. You gave man the constant help of woman so that man and woman should no longer be two, but one flesh, and you teach us that what you have united may never be divided.
Father, you have made the union of man and wife so holy a mystery that it symbolizes the marriage of Christ and his Church.
Father, by your plan man and woman are united, and married life has been established as the one blessing that was not forfeited by original sin or washed away in the flood.
Look with love upon this woman, your daughter, now joined to her husband in marriage. She asks your blessing. Give her the grace of love and peace. May she always follow the example of the holy women whose praises are sung in the scriptures.
May her husband put his trust in her and recognize that she is his equal and the heir with him to the life of grace. May he always honor her and love her as Christ loves his bride, the Church.
Father, keep them always true to your commandments. Keep them faithful in marriage and let them be living examples of Christian life.
Give them the strength which comes from the gospel so that they may be witnesses of Christ to others. (Bless them with children and help them to be good parents. May they live to see their children's children.) And, after a happy old age, grant them fullness of life with the saints in the kingdom of heaven.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-10 15:23:47
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answered by imacatholic2 7
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You can get it from calling your Diocese Marriage Tribunal office and request a marriage handbook. But if you plan on marrying you will be getting this handbook from them, all marriages have to be counseled by the pastor of the parish you wish to marry in. You have one year from the time of the engagement till you are allowed to marry. Write me an email to violetmo41@yahoo.ca I think I might have something in my personal belongings from my wedding booklet.
2007-02-09 01:58:48
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answered by violetmom41 4
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