My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

ERCI~LLY hear our prayers, 0 Lord, and graciously
m protect Thine ordinance, whereby Thou hast provided
for the propagation of mankind, that this union
made by Thy authority may be preserved by Thy bctp.
Through Our Lord Jesus Chnst, etc. Amen.
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GOD, Who by Thy mighty power hast made all things
0 out of nothing; Who, in the beginning having set up the
world, didst beatow on man, whoa Thou hadst created
in Thine own likenas, the inseparable help of woman, fashioning
her body from his very flesh, and thereby teaching
us that it is never lawful to put asunder what it has pleased
Thee to make of one substance; 0 God, who hast consecrated
wedlock by a surpassing myktay, since in the mamagebond
Thou didst foreshow the union of Christ with the
Church; 0 God, by Whom woman is joined to man, and
that alliance which Thou didst ordain from the beginning
is endowed with a blessing, which alwe was not taken away,
either in punishment of original sin or by the sentence of
the flood, look down in mercy upon this Thy handmaid
who, being about to enter upon wedded life, seeks to be
strengthened by Thy protection; may the yoke she has to
bear be one of love and peace; true and chaste may she
marry in Christ, and bt a follower of holy women; may
she be pleasing to her husband like Rachel; prudent,
like Rebecca; long-lived and faithful like Sara; may the
author of sin have no share in any of her actions; may
she remain firmly attached to the faith and the commandments,
and being joined to one man in wedlock, may she
all unlawful addresses; may she fortify her weakness by
strong discipline; may she be respected for her seriousness
and venerated for her modesty; may she be we1l:versed in
heavenly lore; may she be fruitful in offspring. May her
Ue he pure and blameless; and may she attain to the
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