O God our heavenly Father, you have instituted marriage and blessed the earth with families to fulfill your purpose. May all husband and wife glorify your name as they reflect the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ, and honour you as they live in joyful humility. Teach them the fear of the Lord that they may always drink from their own cisterns and so preserve thesanctity of marriage; fill their cup of life with agape love that they may always rejoice in the blessedness of marriage, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever. Amen