Friends
and family of the bride and groom , welcome and thank you for being
here on this important day. We are gathered together to
celebrate the very special love between ____ and _____ by joining
them in marriage.
All
of us need and desire to love and to be loved. And the highest
form of love between two people is within a monogamous, committed
relationship. ____
and ______, your marriage today is the public and legal joining of
your souls that have already been united as one in your hearts.
Marriage will allow you a new environment to share your lives
together, standing together to face life and the world hand-in-hand.
Marriage
is going to expand you as individuals, define you as a couple, and
deepen your love for one another. To be successful, you will need
strength, courage, patience and a really good sense of humor.
So,
let your marriage be a time of waking each morning and falling in
love with each other all over again.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Gathering Words 2
Good
evening, welcome to this most important moment in the lives of this
couple. We invite you to leave behind the worries and concerns
of everyday life and join us in the celebration of their marriage.
This
is an opportunity for us to share not only in the joy of _____and
_____love but also to reaffirm and appreciate the love and the
friendship we experience in our own lives. May we all celebrate
by being fully present during our short time together. _____and
_____ have chosen this setting in which to be married because it
provides an appropriate backdrop for the public affirmation of their
love. _____
and _____ view marriage as a coming together at all levels of
being-mind, body and spirit. A marital commitment includes the
willingness to be open and vulnerable, and the courage to take risks. Marriage
is a conscious act of will. To remain in marriage we must
continually renew our will to be married. Marital partners
accept the challenges that living together in love offer. They
decide that they will face the fears that are necessary part of
establishing and nurturing an intimate
relationship. And you _____and _____ have made the
commitment to create and recreate this conscious partnership.
Those
of us who are married or in relationships may take this moment to
consciously reaffirm our commitment to our partners and ourselves. Marriage
consists of entrusting our deepest selves into the loving care
of another. It is a public and legal act to be sure. It
is also an emotional and spiritual act. The spiritual aspect of
marriage must be embraced openly, seriously, and completely for the
marriage to endure. _____
AND _____ commit themselves today to each other in sacred trust.
They promise to embrace conflict as well as peace; to work as well as
play; to struggle as well as coast; to give as well as receive; and
to be with, stay with, and move toward one another
Charge to couple 1
____and
_____, I counsel you, as husband and wife, to always give respect to
one another even when you disagree, to bear with each other’s
weaknesses, to comfort each other in times of trouble or sorrow, to
work with generous hearts to provide for the material needs of each
other and the household, and to help one another experience
spiritual, mental, emotional and physical comfort.
Charge to couple 2
_____
and _____, as you stand here today, I remind you of the serious
nature of the relationship you are about to enter. Marriage is
the voluntary and full commitment of two consenting adults to love
each other for a lifetime.
For
a marriage to be successful, you must each be loyal to each other,
stand firm in your defense of each other and to be supportive of one
another’s life goals and dreams. It is a solemn, binding, yet
challenging relationship.
Charge to couple 4
___
and____ by coming here today, you have now taken the initial step in
what hopefully will be a wonderful and lasting life together. Understand,
that a union between two people takes work. Just as Rome
was not built in a day, neither is a relationship ever complete.
It needs constant nurturing. A
good marriage is one that fosters respect, a devoted love, and a
willingness to make sacrifices for each other. These
are the foundation blocks of a newly formed union. Symbolically
you have been brought together as one, yet are still two separate
entities with unique ideas, talents, and ways of being. Respect
and value those differences, and your relationship will flourish.
Vows 2
Please repeat after me:
I, ___, take you, ____, to
be my wife.
I, ____, take you, _____,
to be my husband.
To share all that I am and
all that I have, for all time to come. And I promise to do all
in my power to keep my love as deep and as strong as it is today.
Vows 3
This wedding ceremony is the public recognition of a
commitment that ____and _____ have already made privately in their
hearts. But it’s also their commitment to all of you who know
and love them. By
inviting you to bear witness to their vows this day, they have chosen
to take you with them on the first step of their journey into
marriage.
I,
_____, take you _____ to be my wife.
I,
_____, take you _____ to be my husband.
Your
love is my anchor. Your
trust is my strength. I will
give you all my love from now until eternity ends. You
make my life complete.
Vows 4
___AND
___KNOW THAT THIS WEDDING IS A CELEBRATION OF THE MARRIAGE THAT HAS
ALREADY OCCURRED IN THEIR HEARTS, A MARRIAGE THAT WILL GROW NOT
WITHOUT CHALLENGE AND ADVERSITY, BUT WITH PATIENCE, LOVE AND THE
BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN WISELY IN CHOOSING EACH OTHER.
____PLEASE
REPEAT AFTER ME
_____
,AS YOUR HUSBAND, I PROMISE TO CARE FOR YOU, TRUST YOUR LOVE BE
RESPONSIVE TO YOUR NEEDS, COMMUNICATE MY FEELINGS, AND BEHAVE IN A
WAY THAT SHOWS MY LOVE AND RESPECT. I SAY THESE THINGS BECAUSE I
LOVE YOU AND WANT TO LIVE OUT THE DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH YOU.
_____PLEASE
REPEAT AFTER ME
_____,
AS YOUR WIFE, I PROMISE TO CARE FOR YOU, TRUST YOUR LOVE BE
RESPONSIVE TO YOUR NEEDS, COMMUNICATE MY FEELINGS, AND BEHAVE IN A
WAY THAT SHOWS MY LOVE AND RESPECT. I SAY THESE THINGS BECAUSE I
LOVE YOU AND WANT TO LIVE OUT THE DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH YOU.
Vows 5
I
___________ TAKE YOU ________ TO BE MY WIFE. I PROMISE TO BE TRUE TO
YOU ALWAYS, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN POVERTY OR WEALTH, IN MY
THOUGHTS AND IN MY SPEAKING. I WILL BE YOUR DEAREST FRIEND, YOUR
LOVER, AND THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILDREN. WITH THESE VOWS, I COMMIT
MYSELF TO YOU.
I
_________TAKE YOU________ TO BE MY HUSBAND. I PROMISE TO BE TRUE TO
YOU ALWAYS, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN POVERTY OR WEALTH, IN MY
THOUGHTS AND IN MY SPEAKING. I WILL BE YOUR DEAREST FRIEND, YOUR
LOVER, AND THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILDREN. WITH THESE VOWS, I COMMIT
MYSELF TO YOU.
Vows 6
________
PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME:
TODAY,
I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR TOMORROWS.
I
PROMISE TO LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE CAN;
TO
GIVE YOU MY STRENGTH AND ASK FOR YOURS IN RETURN.
TO
HELP YOU IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD.
I
GIVE YOU ALL MY TRUST AND ASK YOU TO ACCEPT ME AS YOUR HUSBAND.
_______PLEASE
REPEAT AFTER ME:
TODAY,
I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR TOMORROWS.
I
PROMISE TO LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE CAN;
TO
GIVE YOU MY STRENGTH AND ASK FOR YOURS IN RETURN.
TO
HELP YOU IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD.
I
GIVE YOU ALL MY TRUST AND ASK YOU TO ACCEPT ME AS YOUR WIFE.
Promises 3
Do
you, ____, welcome _____ as your wife, offering her your love and
encouragement, your trust and respect, as together you create your
future?
Do
you, _____, welcome _____ as your husband, offering him your love and
encouragement, your trust and respect, as together you create your
future?
Promises 4
We
are here today, to celebrate the love, which ____ and ___ have for
each other, and to give social recognition to their decision to
commit their lives and accept each other totally.
Do
you ___ take____ to be your lawfully wedded wife, to share your life
openly, standing with her in sickness and in health, in joy and in
sorrow, in hardship and in ease, to cherish and love forever more?
Do
you ____ take____, to be your lawfully wedded husband, to share your
life openly, standing with him in sickness and in health, in joy and
in sorrow, in hardship and in ease, to cherish and love forever more?
Traditional Promises
___As
you place this ring on ___________ finger please answer with I do
Do
you____take___to be your lawfully wedding wife? From this day
forward to have and to hold, for richer and for poorer, in sickness
and in health to love and to cherish til death do you part:
___As
you place this ring on ___________ finger please answer with I do
Do
you____take___to be your lawfully wedding wife? From this day
forward to have and to hold, for richer and for poorer, in sickness
and in health to love and to cherish til death do you part
I
Do
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