Prayers for Family & Vocation
A Prayer for Those Who Are Single
A contemporary pastoral prayer for single life, whether chosen or not.
Lord, you lived a full and holy life unmarried, and you were not lacking anything.
Teach me to receive this season rather than only endure it.
Give me friendships with real depth, work that matters, and a home that is genuinely mine.
Where I long for a spouse, hold that longing with me without shame.
Where I am tempted to think my life is on hold, remind me that it is not — it is happening now, and you are in it. Amen.
Contemporary pastoral prayer based on 1 Corinthians 7
About the prayer
Christianity has always honored the unmarried state — Christ himself, Paul in 1 Corinthians 7, and the whole monastic tradition — while refusing to treat loneliness as unimportant.
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