God our Father, we give you thanks
 for the gift of marriage: the bond of life and love, 
and the font of the family.

The love of husband and wife enriches your Church with children,
 fills the world with a multitude of spiritual fruitfulness and service,
 and is the sign of the love of your Son, Jesus Christ, for his Church.

The grace of Jesus flowed forth at Cana at the
 request of the Blessed Mother. May your Son,
 through the intercession of Mary, pour out upon us
 a new measure of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
 as we join with all people of good will
 to promote and protect the unique beauty of marriage.

May your Holy Spirit enlighten our society 
to treasure the heroic love of husband and wife, 
and guide our leaders to sustain and protect
 the singular place of mothers and fathers
 in the lives of their children.

Father, we ask that our prayers
 be joined to those of the Virgin Mary,
 that your Word may transform our service
 so as to safeguard the incomparable splendor of marriage.

We ask all these things through Christ our Lord,

Amen.

(For the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2025)