We have been invited here today to witness and celebrate the uniting in marriage of BRIDE and GROOM.
They are taking the first step of their new beginning; their new life together.
The ability and desire for one human being to love another is perhaps the most precious and fulfilling gift that has been entrusted to us.
It is an all-consuming task, a lifelong endeavor — the journey we’ve been preparing for all of our lives.
Loving someone is a reason to stretch beyond our limits, to become more for the sake of the other.
It is to look into the soul of your beloved and accept what you see.
Loving is the ultimate commitment which challenges humans to become all that we are meant to be.
As they join in marriage today, BRIDE and GROOM are announcing to the world that they are welcoming that challenge.
Who gives this bride today?
(Addressing guests) Marriage is a sacred ceremony. Today we observe the union of these two people with the respect the occasion warrants. What we honor with reverence, however, we also celebrate with great joy! For married life – a shared life – is a tremendous blessing. Now, as Bryan and Jillian embark on this journey together, they will be able to nurture a love that makes each of them better versions of themselves. Marriage is, indeed, the perfect garden from which to sow and harvest personal growth.
(Addressing couple) Bryan and Jillian, learn to work together, to laugh together, and to love together. Don't get caught up in worldly things that will draw you apart. Instead, focus on your shared devotion and turn inward. As your relationship strengthens you will find that you come to share a remarkable love; a love that is both abundantly given and freely accepted.
The joy you'll find as you pursue your shared lives will fuel you to face head-on the challenges you'll encounter on this Earth. On your journeys together, keep your spouse in the space of highest priority in your heart. The love you share must be guarded and cherished, it is your most valuable treasure.
Consecration
Minister: Bryan and Jillian, the sacred vows that you make to one another today present you with the opportunity to express your love in your own words. I would at this time invite you to publically declare these vows:
Bryan: I, Bryan, take you, Jillian, for my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life, until death do us part.
Minister: Jillian, you may now make your promise.
Jillian: I, Jillian, take you, Bryan, for my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life, until death do us part.
Declaration of Intent
Minister: Jillian and Bryan please face one another and join hands. Under the eyes of God, Jillian, do you take Bryan to be your lawfully wedded husband? By making this commitment, you are joining in the sacred covenant of marriage.
Do you promise to honor him in love, to be sensitive to his needs, to comfort him in difficulty, and to put your full and complete trust in him, so long as you both shall live?
Minister: Under the eyes of God, Bryan, do you take Jillian to be your lawfully wedded wife? By making this commitment, you are joining in the covenant of marriage.
Do you promise to honor her in love, to be sensitive to her needs, to comfort her in difficulty, and to put your full and complete trust in her, so long as you both shall live?
Minister: To commemorate this union, you may now exchange rings. The circle formed by each ring symbolizes your eternal love and commitment to one another. Let these rings remind you always of that love, and of the promises you have made here on this day.
Will each of you please repeat after me as you place the ring on your loved ones hand?
Jillian: I, Jillian, give you Bryan this ring as a symbol of my love and commitment. With this ring, I thee wed.
Bryan: I, Bryan, give you Jillian this ring as a symbol of my love and commitment. With this ring, I thee wed.
Pronouncement
Minister: By the power vested in me, by .........I pronounce you, husband and Wife
Kiss
Minister: Bryan, you may now kiss the bride, forever sealing your union.
Presentation
Minister: Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to present to you Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Jillian Malo!
Recessional
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