It is your duty, _, to be to _, a considerate, tender, faithful, and loving husband: to support, guide and cherish her in prosperity and trouble to thoughtfully and carefully enlarge the place she holds in your life to constantly show to her the tokens of your affection, to shelter her from danger, and to love her with an unchangeable love. It is the duty of each of you to find your greatest joy in the company of the other to remember that your love pledged today must remain undivided for a lifetime. _ and _, let me charge you both to remember that your future happiness is to be in mutual consideration, patience, kindness, confidence, and affection. Its sacredness and unity is the most significant and binding covenant known in human relations. It is connected in our thoughts with the charm of love, the warmth of home, and with all that is pleasant, as being one of the most important events of our lives. May our participation in this celebration of love and commitment, give to us a new joy and responsiveness to the relationships that we cherish. Renew within us an affectionate and loving spirit.Įnrich our lives with the gracious gift of your love so that we may embrace others with that same love.
We praise you, Lord, for the ways you have touched our lives with loving relationships such as _ and _’s, and we give thanks for the special love and friendship you have put in their hearts. We rejoice that these two people have chosen to commit themselves to a life of loving faithfulness to one another. Heavenly Father, we gather to celebrate your gift of love, and its presence among us. It is fitting, therefore, that we should on this occasion begin by asking for God’s blessing on this marriage. Today, they will receive God’s greatest gift another person to share with, grow with, change with, be joyful with, and to stand with as one when trials and tribulations enter their lives. Marriage is an honorable estate, and is therefore not to be entered into lightly, but reverently, advisedly, soberly, and with God’s blessing.
We are gathered here in the presence of God, family, and friends to unite _ and _ in holy matrimony.
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