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For Guidance

O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us do, that the Spirit of wisdom may save us from all false choices; that in your light we may see light, and in your straight path we may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Nuptial Blessing

Holy Matrimony

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, bless, preserve, and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favor look upon you, and fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace; that you may faithfully live together in this life, and in the age to come have life everlasting. Amen.

Benedicat vos Deus Pater, custodiat vos Iesus Christus, illuminet vos Spiritus Sanctus. Ostendat Dominus faciem suam in vobis et misereatur vestri. Convertat Dominus vultum suum ad vos et det vobis pacem, impleatque vos omni benedictione spirituali in remissionem omnium peccatorum vestrorum, ut habeatis vitam aeternam, et vivatis in saecula saeculorum.

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Found in the Prayer Book

  • Holy Matrimony

Provenance

Sarum Manuale, 1506

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

The closing blessing of the marriage rite is one of the oldest continuous formulas in Anglican worship. Cranmer carried it nearly verbatim from the medieval Sarum Manual into the first English prayer book in 1549, and it has stood in every prayer book since.