Marriage is a rollercoaster ride that’s full of highs and lows. While we enjoy and cherish the moments of marital bliss, we cannot deny the difficult times that all married couples have to go through. There is no perfect relationship, and marriage is all about love, trust, patience, compromise, and of course, lots of understanding. But as humans, we sometimes get exhausted, especially during tough times, which may lead us to make bad decisions, hurt our significant other and even break our marital vows.
There are times when our emotions get in the way of our rational thinking, and we get so overwhelmed by them. What we need to remember is that with God, we can get through everything. Whoever puts God in the center of their relationship will definitely have a long-lasting marriage ahead. This prayer will help us ask guidance from the Lord God for marriage protection and to help have a successful marriage.
Prayer for marriage protection
Father God,
I thank You every day for blessing me with my significant other. Thank You for gifting me a partner who will be my companion through thick and thin and who has wholly accepted me for who I am. I am fully aware that having made a major commitment to my other half will not automatically mean a smooth sailing relationship. Storms will come, and I may lose my heart somewhere along this journey. Lord Almighty, I ask that You would always touch both our hearts so that even in the strongest storm, we will remain committed to one another as we promised when we vowed to You during our union.
Lord God, keep the fire of love burning in our hearts so that we may never forget why we committed ourselves to one another. Keep our faith in You stronger so that we are never lost along life’s journey with each other. Keep our minds filled with Your grace so that we always make the right decision and put our commitment first before our own desires.
Dear Father, we ask that You reign in our relationship and grant Your wisdom to my partner and me. Shower us with Your never-ending love so that we may pour out pure and unconditional love for one another. We happily and wholly accept Your presence in our relationship, and we will ensure to keep You at the center of our marriage.
You are the reason why we are together and spending the rest of our lives with one another. It was Your will that we would end up with each other, so we humbly ask that You, Lord God, protect our marriage. Deliver us away from temptations brought by lust, money, vices, and other sinful desires. Help us build a marital life around You so that we may be filled with love, faith, loyalty, integrity, selflessness, and trust.
All these I ask in Your Great and Holy Name and with our savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Short prayer for marriage protection
Dear Lord,
I humbly ask that You protect my marriage so we may fulfill our marital vows to one another. Stand at the center of our relationship so that even in the toughest times, we will always make the right decisions for both of us.
Amen.
The Word of God
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:5-6 NRSVUE
Intercessory prayer to Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary our Mother
Saint Joseph,
As the loving husband of Mother Mary, may you inspire us with how to protect our marriages, just like the way you protected your commitment to the Virgin Mary. Teach us how to hold on and fulfill our promises with our spouse in moments of doubt and trials. Help us to keep a strong faith in the Lord our God, so we may always remember that our relationship was made possible by Him. With your life and noble deeds, may we find the proper way to cherish our significant other the way you cherished yours so that we may attain a happy and long-lasting marriage.
Saint Joseph, patron saint of married people, pray for us!
Amen.
Further reflection
Making the commitment of marriage is a huge decision people make as it will change our whole lives forever. Being committed to another person through the sacrament of matrimony takes a leap of faith, as we cannot predict our future life or the problems that may arise after we get married. After getting married, our partner will become more and more comfortable around us, and this is a good thing. But sometimes, when we’re already too comfortable with each other, our bad sides can also show – this is where it gets tougher.
Some people complain and say, “The person I’m with right now is not the person I fell in love with.” One way to help prevent a situation like this is to talk about absolutely everything with your intended spouse before and during the marriage. It may be a cliche, but communication really is key! Talking about both partners’ hopes and dreams and what each expects from the marriage is so important. Some questions we can ask ourselves; Are there any differences in how each of us wishes to raise children? or do we both even want children? How do we intend to split chores? Do we both want careers, or does one of us wish to work in the home? What will make us most happy in our marriage? Do we want to live in a town or city or would we be happier in the countryside? What are our daily routines, and how do we bring them together? Every aspect of our lives, no matter how trivial, is worth talking about honestly so that there will never be a time when one person feels that they can’t talk about something that is bothering them. A marriage should never be silent! Talk, laugh, joke and make each other smile.
Staying in love might be hard work. It takes a lot of patience, blind trust, unconditional love, never-ending compromises, and so much more. With all these in mind, marriage might seem really exhausting, but when we truly love our husband or wife, we will always want the other person to be happy; if both partners strive for each other’s happiness, then nothing can shake their bond.
Let’s rely on the Word of God. It encourages us to live in harmony with one another so we may create one voice that will sing praises to Him and will forever glorify His name. For us to live in harmony, we need to turn to God. Since it is because of Him that we are able to meet our soul mates and spend our whole life with them, it is He who we should confide in. We need to ask for His guidance and always remember to put Him in the center of our relationship so that He may continue blessing our union with our significant other.
Problems within a relationship are inevitable, it’s part of the journey. Every challenge that a relationship will go through will make the relationship grow stronger. But what will make it even stronger is when we lift up our relationship to God the Father and allow Him to reign in it. For He will help us protect our marriage and lead us to a long-lasting, happy, holy marriage.
