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Summary
- Short prayers cover constant fighting, an affair (for the betrayed spouse and for the one who strayed), a spouse who has turned cold or left, praying alone, seeing one’s own faults, outside pressures and love that has gone quiet.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer’s wedding prayer asks that husband and wife “may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made.”
- Paul mentions married couples setting aside time “that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer” (1 Corinthians 7:5).
- Hosea took back his unfaithful wife as a sign of God’s love for Israel (Hosea 3:1–3); Scripture does not promise that every spouse returns, and churches differ on divorce and remarriage.
- Russian Orthodox Christians ask the martyrs Gurias, Samonas and Habibus of Edessa to pray for peace in marriage, a popular devotion based on the story of Euphemia.
- Praying for a marriage never means staying in danger; domestic abuse helplines are listed for the US, the UK nations and Russia.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Psalm 127:1; Proverbs 15:1; 21:1; 28:13; Ecclesiastes 4:12; Hosea 3:1, 3; Joel 2:12; Matthew 7:3; Mark 10:9; Romans 12:18; 1 Corinthians 7:5, 15; 13:7; Galatians 6:9; Ephesians 4:26). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Solemnization of Matrimony, p. 303. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Orthodox Church in America. “Holy Martyrs and Confessors Gurias, Samonas, and Habibus, of Edessa.” https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2017/11/15/103304-holy-martyrs-and-confessors-gurias-samonas-and-habibus-of-edessa
- Azbyka.ru, church calendar. “Мученики и исповедники Гурий, Самон и Авив Едесские.” https://azbyka.ru/days/svv-gurij-edesskij-samon-edesskij-aviv-edesskij
- National Domestic Violence Hotline (US). https://www.thehotline.org/
- GOV.UK. “Domestic abuse: how to get help.” https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
- Всероссийский телефон доверия для женщин, пострадавших от домашнего насилия (All-Russian helpline for women affected by domestic violence), 8 800 7000 600. https://woman-help.online/
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