Wedding intercessions

Several of you seem to have stumbled onto my blog today looking for General Intercessions (Petitions) to be used at a Wedding Mass. I've seen this request before over the past several months and have composed a set of petitions that you might use:

For the bishops of the Church: may they be ever zealous in supporting, encouraging, and strengthening all married couples as they share with the world the love of Christ, we pray to the Lord.

For all civic leaders: may they work to safeguard the rights and dignity of marriage, we pray to the Lord.

For N. and N.: may their married love be for the world a sign and witness to the love of Christ for his Church, we pray to the Lord.

For all married couples: may they daily grow together in holiness and lead each other into the heavenly kingdom, we pray to the Lord.

For those of us gathered here: may we always be a source of support and love for N. and N. as they live out their committed love, we pray to the Lord.

For those who suffer in body and soul: may they be relieved of their pain and share in the glory of Christ, we pray to the Lord.

For our beloved dead: may they come to share at last in the eternal wedding banquet of the Lamb, we pray to the Lord.