Following the pattern of the prayer our Lord taught us, we can cry to God for a particular person or situation using and applying each of the petitions in turn. The whole prayer can be focused and brought to bear, for example, on a particular meeting, or on a particular person in physical or spiritual need or on particular members of a family. We all wish them well, so would it not be good to continue to pray for William and Kate:

Father we place into your hands William and Kate.

Thank you that your holy name was held high, hallowed on their wedding day in all that was said and done in the service.

May your name be honoured, too, in their relationship with one another as they settle into marriage and as they build their married home together.

May your kingdom come, may they, together, submit to your holy rule and live in a way that pleases you.

May your will be done and in each decision of the months and years that lie ahead. May there be a touch of heaven about this marriage.

Give them day by day godly wisdom and peace that they may live without anxiety before you.

Lord, have mercy upon them and grant them each a forgiving spirit towards one another as they adjust and settle to married life.

Grant them grace to withstand the particular temptations that come with wealth and position, and from would-be suitors who would break the marriage.

Finally, Father, we ask you to protect them from every kind of evil; evil from within and evil from without, and from every onslaught of the evil one.

May your holy name be held high in this marriage, Sovereign Lord, King of Kings.’

Adapted from 'Lord Teach us to Pray . . .' published by Parva Press

 

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