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Summary
- Ephesians 6:12 says the fight is “not against flesh and blood,” so a spouse is not the enemy; Ephesians 4:26–27 and 1 Corinthians 7:5 name anger kept overnight and sexual separation as openings for the devil.
- James 4:1 traces “wars and fightings” to human desire, so resisting the devil goes with each spouse examining his or her own part (James 4:7).
- Eleven short prayers cover protection, constant fighting, lasting anger, adultery and temptation, unfaithfulness, a husband, a wife, drifting apart, interference from others, talk of divorce and a prayer for a couple together.
- Traditional prayers are quoted from the 1888 Catholic Manual of Prayers (p. 452), the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (pp. 54 and 303) and, for Catholics, the prayer to St. Michael from Lasance’s Catholic Girl’s Guide (1906).
- Abuse is not a spiritual test to endure: the US National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233, and UK helplines are listed by nation.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Job 1:10; Proverbs 15:1; Ecclesiastes 4:12; Song of Solomon 8:7; Mark 10:9; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 10:13; Ephesians 4:26–27; 5:25; 6:11–12, 16; Colossians 3:13; James 4:1, 7). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. “A Prayer to be said by Husband or Wife,” p. 452. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Litany, p. 54; The Solemnization of Matrimony, p. 303. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Lasance, F. X. The Catholic Girl’s Guide. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1906. Prayers ordered by Pope Leo XIII after Low Mass, p. 462. https://archive.org/details/catholicgirlsgui00lasa
- National Domestic Violence Hotline. https://www.thehotline.org/
- GOV.UK. “Domestic abuse: how to get help.” https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
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