Dear Heavenly Father, through the intercession of the Holy Family, we pray for A. and E. as they approach their wedding day. Please grant them a permanent faith in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, an outward sign instituted by Christ to give them grace. Help them to always remember that by living their marriage in obedience to You, You will always give them the help they need to live life in a way pleasing to You.
We pray that You bless them with permanent faithfulness of heart and soul as they join their lives in love. Trusting not in themselves but always depending upon You, may You fill them with a patient hope and charity, in good times and in bad.
Please bless them further with generous spirits so that they may continue to grow in love. May they anticipate the needs of serving one another; may they treasure their gift of marriage, and may their marriage reflect the love of Christ for His Church. May the self-giving love between husband and wife unite them more perfectly, and may they be made cooperators in Your plan for bringing forth new life made in Your image.
Grant that A. and E. will cherish any children You might bless them with, giving them hearts ready to love any You might send; let them realize that family love, and all love that brings true happiness, is sacrificial in nature.
Grant them an understanding of higher things, that they may grow in wisdom and always encourage one another on the path toward Heaven.
Grant that they constantly choose to be cheerful and forgiving, so that their home may be a joyful refuge forever blessed by Your presence, protected by Your holy angels.
Make A. and E. the husband and wife you wish them to be, so they will be truly happy as husband and wife. Fulfill Your holy will for their lives, and may the path of holy marriage be for them their path to citizenship in heaven.
Finally, we ask for these same gifts to be granted to each married person joining in this novena.
We ask this in the Name of Jesus, through the intercession of His holy mother Mary and her most chaste spouse Joseph. Amen.
