A Prayer of the Elements
God in heaven above
please protect the ones we love.
We honor all you created as we pledge
our hearts and lives together.
We honor mother-earth
– and ask for our marriage to be abundant
and grow stronger through the seasons;
We honor fire
– and ask that our union be warm
and glowing with love in our hearts;
We honor wind
– and ask we sail though life
safe and calm as in our father’s arms;
We honor water
– to clean and soothe our relationship
– that it may never thirsts for love;
With all the forces of the universe you created,
we pray for harmony and true happiness as we forever grow young together.
Amen.
Where it fits in the ceremony
Blessings belong near the end: just before the couple are pronounced married, as the closing words of the ceremony, or at the reception as a grace before the meal or the opening of the toasts.
Pair it with
Two readings that balance this one:
- A Marriage Prayer and Blessing (Book of Common Prayer) — A prayer for faithful love and the service’s closing blessing, from the 1662 Prayer Book.
- 1 John 4:7–12 — “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God.”