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Hints on Traditional Vows

   

A Beautiful Beginning

Give your wedding day a personal touch. To make your day more meaningful, you can select from a number of vows. Personalize your ceremony; choose traditional vows, include your family and friends, include a candle lighting ceremony and exchange of rings. Your vows can reflect your relationship. This is your wedding day!

Customize Your Vows

I can customize your vows with passages and readings from any number of literary works. You can choose sections from the bible, songs, books, poetry, and even greeting cards that express your thoughts, feelings and commitment to make your ceremony personal. 





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Selecting Your Vows

Some hints on Selecting your Vows

Traditional Vows

We are gathered here, not to witness the beginning of what will be, but rather to celebrate what already is!

-----------------and------------------- have a long proven love and commitment to each

other. We gather today to solemnize and celebrate with----------------- and --------­

----------- the wondrous and joyful union that has been long time cultivated and secured.

We celebrate the marital commitment they make today.

No other human ties are more tender and no other vows more important than those you are about to take. Both of you come to this day with the deep realization that the contract of marriage is sacred as are all of its obligations and responsibilities.

Vows (Please hold hands)

I, ---------------take you-----------------, to be my wife to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; until death do us part.

"With this ring I give you my heart, I promise from this day forward you shall not

walk alone. May my heart be your shelter and my arms your home."

I,----------------- take you-------------, to be my husband to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; until death do us part.

"With this ring I give you my heart, I promise from this day forward you shall not

walk alone. May my heart be your shelter and my arms your home."

"And now, by the power vested in me by the State of Massachusetts, I hereby present you to your family and friends as husband and wife. You may kiss your Bride!


  

We are gathered here, not to witness the beginning of what will be, but rather to celebrate what already is! --------------- and------------ have a long-proven love and commitment to each other. We gather today to solemnize and celebrate with ---­------------ and--------------- the wondrous and joyful union that has been long time cultivated and secured. We celebrate the marital commitment they make today.

No other human ties are more tender and no other vows more important than those you are about to take. Both of you come to this day with the deep realization that the contract of marriage is sacred as are all of its obligations and responsibilities.

Vows {Please hold hands)

Vows: I,--------------- take you-----------------, to be my partner in equal love, as a mirror for my true Self, as an ally on my path, to honor and to cherish, in sorrow and in joy, till death do us part.

111 give you this ring as a visible and constant symbol of my promise to be with you, for as long as I live."

Vows: I,----------------, take you----------------, to be my partner in equal love, as a mirror for my true Self, as an ally on my path, to honor and to cherish, in sorrow and in joy, till death do us part.

"I give you this ring as a visible and constant symbol of my promise to be with you, for as long as I live."

"And now, by the power vested in me by the State of Massachusetts, I hereby pronounce you Married! You may kiss."

I present to you" The newlyweds!


  

Marriage Ceremony Bride/bride or groom/groom


    

Today we come together, not only to mark the start of a relationship but also to recognize the bond that already exists between (name) and (name). When two people promise with love in their hearts to share the adventure of life, it is a beautiful moment that they and all of us who are here today, will always remember.

Real love, is something beyond the warmth and romance of being deeply in

love. It is caring as much about the welfare of your partner as of your own. Real love is not total absorption into each other, but rather the sharing of two hearts, two minds, and two bodies. Love makes burdens lighter because you have someone with whom to share them. Love makes you stronger in many ways and able to face life in ways you dare not face alone.

May the promises you make to one another today, be lived out to the end of your lives in an atmosphere of love. Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys, but today is the day it all starts. A wedding is for a day, a marriage for a lifetime.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future, and it doesn't brood over the past.

Flavia wrote: " Sharing a life together is sharing steps in time. The music is different to each of us, but how beautiful the dance. When two hearts share the vows of love, the sweet dance of forever begins."

The vows which you are about to exchange, serve as a verbal representation of the love you pledge to each other.

For it is not the words which you will speak today which will bond you together as one, but it is the inner sense of love and commitment that each of you feels within your soul.

(name), please say your vows to (name) (name), please say your vows to (name)

Exchange of rings:

The wedding ring is a circle with no beginning or end, and is thus the symbol of the endlessness of love that is pledged between you, that will last through all eternity.

I ask now that rings be presented.

(name): As you place the ring on (name)'s finger please repeat:

"I give you this ring as a token of my love and of all that we share."

(name): As you place the ring on (name)'s finger please repeat: "I give you this ring as a token of my love and of all that we share."

In the tomorrows which you enter together, may your trust bring you strength and confidence whatever trials and adversities you may meet.

May your understanding, support and acceptance of each other make your love an avenue of insight into the deepest realities of your beings.

May you find far more in life than either would have found alone.

May you find tolerance for the prejudices, reverence for the beauties and respect for the truths you will encounter as you go forward together.

And now for as much as you bride/groom, have consented in wedlock in this company, before these witnesses and in my presence, and have exchanged rings as a pledge of your troth to each other...

By the authority vested in me by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I now pronounce you married.

You may seal this marriage with a kiss.


  

We are gathered here today to unite you ------ and you ----- in marriage. Today we come together, not only to unite this marriage but also to recognize the bond that already exists between ------ and ------. When two people promise with love in their hearts to share the adventure of life, it is a beautiful moment that they and all of us who are here today, will always be remembered.

The vows, which you are about to exchange, serve as a verbal representation of the love you pledge to each other. For it is not the words, which you will speak today, which will bond you together as one but it is the inner sense of love and commitment that each of you feels within your soul.

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same. For after today you shall say to the world This is my wife. -----, please hold ------- hands palm up, so you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises to love you and cherish you through the years for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will love you passionately, and, with the slightest touch, comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes-tears of sorrow, and tears of joy. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart. These are the hands that will give you strength and support when you can't do it alone. These are the hands that, when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

-------, please hold ------ hands palm up, so you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your best friend, smooth, young and carefree, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as she promises to love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will love you passionately, and, with the slightest touch, comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes-tears of sorrow, and tears of joy. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart. These are the hands that will give you strength and support when you can't do it alone. These are the hands that, when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

May these hands be blessed this day. May they always hold each other. May they have the strength to hang on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. May they remain tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love. May they build a relationship founded in love, and rich in caring. May these hands be healer, protector, shelter, and guide for each other.

The giving and wearing of rings symbolize your marriage to your friends and to your families, but most importantly, they symbolize your dedication to each other and are a constant reminder of the love you share.

Daniel, while placing the ring on Jody's finger, please repeat after me: 

With this ring I seal my vow of love to you, with all that I am and all that I will ever be. With this ring, I thee wed. Jody, while placing the ring on Daniel's finger, please repeat after me: With this ring I seal my vow of love to you, with all that I am and all that I will ever be. With this ring, I three wed.

Daniel and Jody, you have consented together in wedlock and have pledged yourselves to each other.

For as much as you have consented together in marriage and have pledged your love and loyalty to each other and have declared the same by joining hands and by giving and receiving a ring, I therefore by the powers vested in me by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pronounce that you are husband and wife.

You may kiss your bride.



  

We are gathered here today to unite you ------- and you ------ in marriage. Today we come together, not only to unite this marriage but also to recognize the bond that already exists between ------- and --------. When two people promise with love in their hearts to share the adventure of life, it is a beautiful moment that they and all of us who are here today, will always remember.

The vows, which you are about to exchange, serve as a verbal representation of the love you pledge to each other. For it is not the words, which you will speak today, which will bond you together as one but it is the inner sense of love and commitment that each of you feels within your soul.

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same. For after today you shall say to the world - This is my husband. This is my wife.

----, please hold ------ hands palm up, so you may see the gift that they are to you.

These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises to love you and cherish you through the years for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will love you passionately, and, with the slightest touch, comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes-tears of sorrow, and tears of joy. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart. These are the hands that will give you strength and support when you can't do it alone. These are the hands that, when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

------, please hold ----- hands palm up, so you may see the gift that they are to you.

These are the hands of your best friend, smooth, young and carefree, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as she promises to love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. 

These are the hands that will love you passionately, and, with the slightest touch, comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes-tears of sorrow, and tears of joy. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart. These are the hands that will give you strength and support when you can't do it alone. These are the hands that, when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

May these hands be blessed this day. May they always hold each other. May they have the strength to hang on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. May they remain tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love.  May they build a relationship founded in love, and rich in caring. May these hands be healer, protector, shelter, and guide for each other.

The giving and wearing of rings symbolize your marriage to your friends and to your families, but most importantly, they symbolize your dedication to each other and are a constant reminder of the love you share.

------, while placing the ring on ------- finger, please repeat after me: With this ring I seal my vow of love to you, with all that I am and all that I will ever be. With this ring, I thee wed.

-----, while placing the ring on ------ finger, please repeat after me: With this ring I seal my vow of love to you, with all that I am and all that I will ever be. With this ring, I three wed.

Daniel and Jody, you have consented together in wedlock and have pledged yourselves to each other.

Forasmuch as you have consented together in marriage and have pledged your love and loyalty to each other and have declared the same by joining hands and by giving and receiving a ring, I therefore by the powers vested in me by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pronounce that you are husband and wife.

You may kiss your bride