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WEDDING CEREMONY
I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THIS STARTING POINT OF A
NEW BEGINNING FOR BOTH (GROOM'S
NAME) AND (BRIDE'S NAME). TO START THIS BEGINNING, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A QUOTE FROM
THE PROPHET: 'LOVE ONE ANOTHER, BUT MAKE NOT A BOND OF LOVE; LET IT
RATHER BE A MOVING SEA BETWEEN THE SHORES OF YOUR SOUL' 'FILL EACH OTHER'S CUP, BUT DRINK NOT FROM ONE CUP.
GIVE ONE ANOTHER OF YOUR BREAD, BUT EAT NOT FROM THE SAME LOAF' 'SING AND DANCE TOGETHER AND BE JOYOUS, BUT LET EACH ONE
OF YOU BE ALONE. EVEN AS THE
STRINGS OF A LUTE ARE ALONE THOUGH THEY QUIVER WITH THE SAME MUSIC' 'GIVE YOUR HEARTS, BUT NOT INTO EACH OTHER'S KEEPINGS.
FOR ONLY THE HANDS OF LIFE CAN CONTAIN YOUR HEARTS'. 'AND STAND TOGETHER YET NOT TOO NEAR TOGETHER; FOR THE
PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE stand APART AND THE OAK TREE AND THE CYPRESS GROW NOT IN
EACH OTHERS SHADOW'. ALSO, REMEMBER, (NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM), 'YOU GIVE BUT LITTLE WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOUR POSSESSIONS.
IT IS WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF THAT YOU TRULY GIVE'. (NAME OF GROOM), DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE, TO
LIVE TOGETHER IN THE HOLY ESTATE OF MATRIMONY, TO LOVE HER, HONOR HER, COMFORT
HER AND KEEP HER IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE, FORSAKING
ALL OTHERS, KEEP YOU ONLY UNTO HER SO LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE GROOM RESPONDS
'I DO' (NAME OF BRIDE), DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED HUSBAND, TO
LIVE TOGETHER IN THE HOLY ESTATE OF MATRIMONY, TO LOVE HIM, HONOR HIM, COMFORT
HIM AND KEEP HIM IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE, FORSAKING
ALL OTHERS, KEEP YOU ONLY UNTO HIM SO LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE. BRIDE RESPONDS
'I DO' (GROOM TO BRIDE) 'WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED, IN LOVE AND TRUTH'. (BRIDE TO GROOM) 'WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED, IN LOVE AND TRUTH'. IN AS MUCH AS (NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE) HAVE THIS DAY CONSENTED TOGETHER IN
HOLY WEDLOCK, AND HAVE GIVEN AND PLEDGED THEIR TROTH, EACH TO THE OTHER, IN THE
PRESENCE OF THIS COMPANY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY IN ME VESTED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, I NOW
PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE. LET ME HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING TO ALL OF YOU MR. AND MRS. ___________________________
YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE! |
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