A TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS CEREMONY

Dearly beloved,
We are gathered together here in the sight of God and in the presence of these witnesses to join together this couple in holy matrimony, which is an honorable estate instituted by love. It is therefore not to be entered into unadvisedly, but reverently, discreetly and in the eyes of God.


Into this holy estate these two persons come now to joined. If anyne can show just cause why they may not be joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.

Will you have this man/woman to be your wedded husband/wife to live together in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt you love him/her, comfort him/her, honor and keep him/her, in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him/her so long as you both shall live?

(Repeat for other Spouse)


Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way it is not irritable or resentful. Love does not rejoice at wrong but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, love never ends.


(Couple face and each other and hold hands.)
________ look into ________'s eyes and into his/her heart and repeat after me.

I _______ take _______ to be my wedded husband/wife. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till death do us part.

(Repeat for other Spouse)

You have chosen these rings as the symbol of your marriage covenant. They are made of gold, a metal that does not tarnish and is enduring. These rings represent the ties that bind you together.. They are an endless circle representing your marriage union which shall be eternal and pure as these rings.


________, please place the ring on _______'s finger and repeat after me.
With this ring, I wed you ______ for today, for tomorrow, and for all the years to come. Please wear it as a sign of my love and a notice to all the world that you have chosen me to be your husband/wife. 

(Repeat for other Spouse)


(optional ceremonies can be added here)


For as much as _______ and _______ have consented together in holy wedlock and have witnessed the same before this company and have pledged their faiths each to the other, and have declared the same by joining hands and giving or rings; And now by the authority vested in me, but most of all by the power of your own love, I pronounce you are married. 
You may seal your promise with a kiss.



Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to present ____________.

 

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