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Summary
- Prayer asks God to act but does not force a wife’s feelings; Song of Solomon 8:7 says love cannot be bought, and 1 Peter 3:7 ties a husband’s prayers to how he treats his wife.
- Ten short prayers cover a husband’s own change, asking forgiveness, her hurt, constant fighting, broken trust, separation, her saying the love is gone, blessing her, old memories and patience.
- “A Husband’s Prayer” from the 1888 Catholic Manual of Prayers asks “that I may love her as Christ loved His Church” and for peace “without contention.”
- Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom, who died in 1228 by tradition, are honored by the Orthodox Church as models of Christian marriage; Peter refused to leave his wife when the nobles demanded it.
- A husband who has been violent or threatening must put his wife’s safety first; the UK Respect Phoneline (0808 8024040) helps people who want to stop abusive behavior.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Numbers 6:24–26; Psalm 51:10; 147:3; Proverbs 21:1; 28:13; Song of Solomon 8:7; Lamentations 3:21; Matthew 5:24; Galatians 6:9; Colossians 3:19; James 1:19; 1 Peter 3:7). 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. The Sacrament of Matrimony, “A Husband’s Prayer,” pp. 450–451. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888/page/450/mode/1up
- Orthodox Church in America. “Saints Peter and Fevronia (tonsured David and Euphrosyne), Wonderworkers of Murom.” Lives of the Saints, June 25. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/06/25/101811-saints-peter-and-fevronia-tonsured-david-and-euphrosyne-wonderwo
- Respect Phoneline. https://respectphoneline.org.uk/
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. https://988lifeline.org/
- Samaritans. “Contact a Samaritan.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
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