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Romantic Wedding Ceremony
Introduction: Good afternoon, … Groom … and … Bride …, family, friends, ladies and gentlemen. We are met here before these witnesses to join together this man and women in marriage. ______and______have asked you to share this moment when they bring the fullness of their hearts together. The best of wishes for you all during this ceremony and for the rest of this special day!
Ladies and Gentlemen:
For centuries,rituals and ceremonies have been used to mark unique events in people’s lives. By being here together today as a community of family and friends, we are witnessing and celebrating the marriage of …Groom & Bride….
This ceremony is a symbol of the love that has led them here and marks a watershed in their relationship. It is the most meaningful way they know of communicating and sharing their joy at being together. It is a statement to all of you who know them that they have found love, friendship, and support that they wish to share for the rest of their lives.
This ceremony provides the opportunity to bring friends and family together, to impart this message of love and commitment, and for everyone to celebrate in their happiness. Marriage is all about laying down one’s life for his or her partner. The poet Roy Croft once wrote: I love you, not for what you are, but what I am, when I amwith you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out. You have done it without a touch, without a sign. You have done it by being yourself.
Do you, “…Groom …”, declare that as far as you know there is no lawful impediment to your proposed marriage with “…Bride…”, here present, and that you call all here present to witness that you take “…Bride …” as your lawful wife? I do.
Do you, “…Bride …”, declare that as far as you know there is no lawful impediment to your proposed marriage with “…Groom…”, here present, and that you call all here present to witness that you take “ Groom ….” as your lawful husband? I do.
Into this relationship these two persons “…Groom … and …Bride …” now desire to enter; therefore if anyone can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together in marriage, let him or her now declare it ……; or else hereafter hold his or her peace. Since no impediment has been alleged or confessed, and in token of the vows you are about to make, give each other the right hand.
Who accompanied this beautiful woman to the altar? ……Father or Relative… I do.
….Groom …. please repeat after me:
I … Groom..….. take you …… Bride …. whose right hand I hold, to be my lawfully wedded wife, and I promise, before these witnesses, to be to you a loving, faithful, and dutiful husband as long as we both shall live.
….Bride…. please repeat after me:
I …… Bride …….. take you …… Groom …. whose right hand I hold, to be my lawfully wedded husband, and I promise, before these witnesses, to be to you a loving, faithful, and dutiful wife as long as we both shall live?
… Groom … please repeat after me:
(….Bride ….), I vow to love you and care for you, through times of joy and times of sorrow, to rejoice when you are happy, and support you in times of hardship, to share your interests, and hopes for the future, to try to understand you even when I do not agree. I take you, with all your faults and your strengths, as I offer myself to you with my faults and my strengths. I will help you when you need help, and will turn to you when I need help. You are mine, my love, and I am yours, my priceless treasure, my blessing for life. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.
… Bride… please repeat after me:
(…Groom …), I vow to love you and care for you, through times of joy and times of sorrow, to rejoice when you are happy, and support you in times of hardship, to share your interests, and hopes for the future. I take you, with all your faults and your strengths, as I offer myself to you with my faults and my strengths. I will help you when you need help, and will turn to you when I need help. You are mine, my love, and I am yours, my priceless treasure,my blessing for life. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.
Candle ceremony
Bride and Groom are going to light their unity candle, a symbol of their marriage
relationship. The candles from which they light it have been lit by …………………..
and …………………… to represent their lives to this moment.
Bride and Groom will light the centre candle to signify the union of their lives. As
this one light burns undivided, so shall their love be one. From now on, your
thoughts shall be for each other rather than for your individual selves. Your joys
and sorrows shall be shared alike. May the radiance of this one light be a
testimony of your unity. You may proceed.
As a seal of the covenant into which you have entered, rings are given and received.
The Ring ceremony:
The wedding ring is the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual bond, which unites two loyal hearts in endless love. It is a seal of the vows …. Groom…. and … Bride… have made to one another.
… Groom …please repeat after me:
___Bride ___ take this ring as a symbol of our vows, and as a sign of my love. All that I am, and all that I have, I give to you. With this ring …Bride… , I thee wed.
… Bride …please repeat after me:
_Groom ___ take this ring as a symbol of our vows, and as a sign of my love. All that I am, and all that I have, I give to you. With this ring _ Groom …., I thee wed.
The marriage officer concerned shall declare the marriage solemnized in the following words:
In as much as you have each pledged to one another your lifelong commitment, love and devotion, I declare that “….Groom... and ..Bride ” here present have been lawfully married. By the authority vested in me,I now pronounce you husband and wife.
[Groom], You may kiss your bride! [You may seal this union by kissing your bride.]
The register will now be signed by the married couple and two witnesses.
Ladies and Gentlemen: I introduce to you Mr and Mrs ………………..