We are gathered here today to celebrate one of life’s greatest moments, to give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, and to add our best wishes to the words that shall unite _________and _________in marriage.
______________and ____________, I would ask that you both remember to treat each other with respect, and remind yourself often of what brought you together today. Give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness, and kindness that your marriage deserves. When frustration and difficulty assail your marriage – as they do in every relationship at one time or the other – focus on what still seems right between you and not only on the part that seems wrong. This way, when clouds of trouble hide the sun in your lives and you loose sight of it for the moment, you can remember that the sun is still there. And if each of you will take responsibility for the quality of your life together, it will be marked with abundance and delight.
________, do you, take_______ to be your wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only onto her?
________, do you, take_______ to be your husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only onto him?
Ring symbolism
I _________, take you ____________as my wife. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, in joy and in sorrow. I promise my love to you.
I ________,take you ____________as my husband. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, in joy and in sorrow. I promise my love to you.
Pronouncement
Kiss