Opening Prayers for the Invocation at a Christian Wedding

Invocation Prayer for Wedding
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Prayer is an essential ingredient to any Christian worship experience and a fitting way to open your wedding service. In a Christian wedding ceremony, the opening prayer (also called the wedding invocation) typically includes giving thanks and a call that asks (or invokes) God to be present and bless the service that is about to begin and the participants in that service.

The invocation prayer is an important part of your Christian wedding ceremony and can be tailored to your particular wishes as a couple, along with other prayers typically used in a wedding. You may use these prayers just as they are, or you may wish to modify them with the help of a minister or priest for your wedding ceremony.

Wedding Invocation Prayers

Prayer #1

Our Father, love has been your richest and greatest gift to the world. Love between a man and woman which Today we celebrate that love.
May your blessing be on this wedding service.
Protect, guide, and bless (Surround them and us with your love now and always,
Amen.

Prayer #2

Heavenly Father, (We ask you to accept the shared treasure of their life together, which they now create and offer to you.
Grant them everything they need, that they may increase in their knowledge of you throughout their life together.
In the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.

Prayer #3

Thank you, God, for the beautiful bond of love that exists between (Thank you for this wedding ceremony with family, friends and loved ones.
We are grateful for your presence with us here today and for your divine blessing on this holy event, the marriage day of (name of groom) and (name of bride).
Amen.

Prayer #4

God, for the joy of this occasion we thank you.
For the significance of this wedding day we thank you.
For this important moment in an ever growing relationship, we thank you.
For your presence here and now and for your presence at all times, we thank you.
In Jesus Christ's holy name, 
Amen.

Prayer #5

Family, friends, and love ones, let us pray together:
Gracious Father God, we give you thanks for your gift of enduring love and your presence here with us now as we witness the vows of marriage between (We ask you to bless this couple in their union and throughout their life together as husband and wife.
Keep and guide them from this day forward. In the name of Jesus Christ. 
Amen.
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Fairchild, Mary. "Opening Prayers for the Invocation at a Christian Wedding." Learn Religions, Aug. 25, 2020, learnreligions.com/the-opening-prayer-700415. Fairchild, Mary. (2020, August 25). Opening Prayers for the Invocation at a Christian Wedding. Retrieved from https://www.learnreligions.com/the-opening-prayer-700415 Fairchild, Mary. "Opening Prayers for the Invocation at a Christian Wedding." Learn Religions. https://www.learnreligions.com/the-opening-prayer-700415 (accessed March 28, 2024).