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Standard Religious Ceremony Princess Grace Package
Presentation of the Bride: (Optional)
Officiant: Being assured that your love and your choice of each other as lifelong companions are in God's will and that you have your families' blessings. I now ask. Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
Bride’s Father (or chosen escort): I do. (Or: Her mother and I.)
(Bride's father places the Bride’s hand in Groom's hand and takes his seat.)
Welcome:
Officiant: Dearly Beloved: We are gathered here, in the presence of God and of this company, that ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ may be united in holy matrimony. We are here to celebrate and share in the glorious act that God is about to perform - the act by which He converts their love for one another into the holy and sacred estate of marriage.
This relationship is an honorable and sacred one, established by our Creator for the welfare and happiness of mankind, and approved by the Apostle Paul as honorable among all men. It is designed to unite two sympathies and hopes into one; and it rests upon the mutual confidence and devotion of husband and wife.
May it be in extreme thoughtfulness and reverence, and in dependence upon divine guidance, that you enter now into this holy relationship.
Reading/Prayer: (Optional)
Intention: (Optional)
Officiant: Marriage is a decision of two individuals to share the same type of pure, love described by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 13, Versus 4 to 8. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails....
This kind of love enriches each part of life and marriage enriches love. Two lives, shared with this kind of love, can hold more fulfillment and happiness than either life alone.
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____, are you ready to enter into this marriage with ___(Bride)_____, believing the love you share and your faith in each other will endure all things?
Groom: I am.
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____, are you ready to enter into this marriage with ___(Groom)_____, believing the love you share and your faith in each other will endure all things?
Bride: I am.
Exchange of Vows:
Officiant (To couple): Will you please join hands.
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ do you take __(Bride)_____ to be your wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in holy matrimony? Do you promise to love her, to honor and cherish her, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, and to be to her in all things a good and faithful husband as long as you both shall live?
Groom: I do.
Officiant: __(Bride)_____ do you take __(Groom)_____ to be your wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in holy matrimony? Do you promise to love him, to honor and cherish him, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, and to be to him in all things a good and faithful wife as long as you both shall live?
Bride: I do.
Prelude to Ring Exchange (Blessing of Rings):
Officiant: May I have the rings?
Officiant: Heavenly Father, bless these rings. Grant that ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ may wear them with deep faith in each other. May they do your will and always live together in peace, love and abiding joy. Amen
The Exchange of Rings:
Officiant: It is a religious custom to exchange rings as a symbol of love. As these rings have no end, so your love should have no end. As these rings are made of gold symbolizing purity, so should your marriage have purity. As often as either of you see them, you will be reminded of this moment and the endless love you promised.
Officiant (to Groom): Repeat after me. __(Bride)_____ , this ring I give to you, in token and pledge of my constant faith and abiding love.
(Groom places ring on Bride’s finger.)
Officiant (to Bride): Repeat after me. __(Groom)_____ , this ring I give to you, in token and pledge of my constant faith and abiding love.
(Bride places ring on Groom’s finger.)
Final Blessing:
Officiant: Let us pray: O thou eternal God, who art our Father and our Friend, as you have heard these words of promise just spoken, may the Holy Spirit deepen in the mind of this man and this woman the sense of the sacred and binding power of their vows. And as in Thy Name these words were spoken to make these lives one, may your rich blessing be added. Give them Your grace and guidance that they may loyally fulfill the vows they have taken. May Your joy abide with them always, that thus they may be a blessing to each other, and to those about them, finding in the blessedness of the home life on earth a sample of the happiness of Thine eternal home. Amen.
Pronouncement and Kiss:
Officiant: What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Forasmuch as ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ have consented together in holy matrimony, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and have pledged their love and loyalty to each other, and have declared the same by the joining and the giving of rings, I, therefore, by the authority of the state of Washington, pronounce that they are husband and wife.
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ you may now kiss your Bride.
Introduction as Husband and Wife:
Officiant: It is now my pleasure to present Mr. and Mrs. ___________ |
