Wedding Poem/Reading Collections
1, If We Wanted To
Our love is strengthened
By knowing that
Each of us could survive
On our own If we wanted to
But realising more than anything
We choose to be together
2, I Cannot Promise
I cannot promise you a life of sunshine
I cannot promise riches, wealth or gold
I cannot promise you an easy path way
That leads away from change or growing old
But I can promise all my heart’s devotion
A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow
A love that’s ever true and ever growing
A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow
3, Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste
And remember what peace there may be in silence
Be yourself, especially do not feign affection
Neither by cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity
And disenchantment it is perennial as the grass
Be gentle with yourselves
You are the children of the universe
No less than the trees and stars
Be at peace with God
Whatever you conceive Him / Her to be
And whatever your labours and aspirations
In the noisy confusions of life
Keep peace with your soul
4, Above you are the stars
Below you are the stones
As time does pass remember
Like a star should your love be constant
Like a stone should your love be firm
Be close but not too close
Possess one another
Yet be understanding
Have patience with each other
For storms will come
But they will go quickly
Be free and giving of affection and warmth
And be sensitive to one another
To love is nothing
To be loved is something
To love and be loved is everything.
5, I carry your heart with me
I am never without it
Anywhere I go, you go, my dear
And whatever is done by only me, is your doing, my darling
I fear no fate.
For you are my fate, my sweet
I want no world
For beautiful, you are my world, my true
And it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing, is you
Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life
Which grows higher than the soul can hope
Or mind can hide
And this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart.
I carry your heart.
I carry it in my heart
6, How Do I Love Thee?
How do I love Thee
Let me count the ways
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of
Being and Ideal Grace
I love thee to the level of every days
Most quiet need, by sun and candle light
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints - I love thee with the breath
Smiles, tears of all my life, and if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death
7，Corinthians
If I speak with the eloquence of men and angel, but have no love
I become no more than blaring brass or crashing cymbal
If I have the gift of foretelling the future and hold in my mind all human knowledge
And if I also have that absolute faith which can move mountains, but have no love.
I amount to nothing
This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience
It looks for a way of being constructive
It is not possessive
It is neither anxious to impose nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance
It is glad when truth prevails
Love know no limits to its endurance, no end to its trust, no dashing of its hopes
It can outlast anything
It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else is fallen
8，I Love You
I love you
Not only for what you are
But for what I am when I am with you
Not only for what you have made of yourself
But for what you are making of me
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out
I love you
For putting your hand into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help dimly seeing there
And for drawing out into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find
I love you because you are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple
Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song
9，Dance Me To The End Of Love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
10，Oh the Places You’ll Go
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to great places!
You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes,
You can steer yourselves,
Any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the couple who’ll decide where you go.
You’ll look up and down streets. Look ‘em over with care. About some you will say, “We don’t choose to go there”.
With your heads full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
Out there things can happen,
And frequently do,
To people as brainy,
And footsy as you.
You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers
Who soar to great heights!
Wherever you fly you’ll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you’ll top all the rest.
Except when you don’t
Because sometimes, you won’t.
You’ll get mixed up of course, as you already know.
You’ll get mixed up with so many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact.
And remember that life’s a great balancing act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!
98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.
Kids, you’ll move mountains!
So, be your name,
Wilson or Finnegan Van Dyk or O’Shea,
You’re off to great places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So.... Get on your way!
11，Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
May God be with you and bless you
May you see your children’s children
May you be poor in misfortune
Rich in blessings
May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the warm rays of sunfall upon your home
And may the hand of a friend always be near
May green be the grass you walk on
May blue be the skies above you
May pure be the joys that surround you
May true be the hearts that love you
12，Learn How To Love
Every day you live
Learn how to love
Take time with each other
Restore each other’s soul
With loving words
Receive love with as much understanding you give it
Find that which is within yourselves
Then you can share it with each other
Do not fear this love, and do not fear this marriage
But keep open hearts and sincere minds
Be sincerely interested in each other’s happiness
Be, too, constant and consistent in your love, and in your actions
From this, as you know, comes security and strength
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us
So even though you retain your individuality
Today in a real sense you also become one in a true unity
That this maybe deep and rewarding
Today, the day of your marriage
Commit yourselves
Fully, freely and trustingly to each other
Without reservations.
13，Like Lamplight
One day when you are beside me
Invite me to speak
Of the secrets I never knew I wanted to tell you - of the warmth I never knew I owned Until you released it
By moving close as lamplight Seems to glass
Ask me why I came to you
With the reverence of one
Who sees a flower bloom Where none has bloomed before
By saying what is I will have said what was
Sometimes when you are content Ask me what it is
That moves me to want to hold you so
So often, and laugh when I tell You the same old Indestructible thing
One day when you are
Where you need no invitation to be
I will tell you how you flower
Like lamplight
in me.
14, Love
By Rod McKuen
Love puts the music in laughter
The beauty in song
The warmth in a shoulder
The gentle in strong
Love
Puts the magic in memories
The sunshine in skies
The gladness in giving
The starlight in eyes.
Love
Puts the fun in together
The sad in apart
The hope in tomorrow
The joy in the heart.
15, Love
Love comes to us with no forewarning, and once given to us it can never be taken away.
We must remember that.
It can never be lost.
Love is not measurable.
It cannot be counted in years, minutes or seconds, kilos or grams.
It cannot be quantified in any way.
Nor can it be compared, one with the other.
It simply is.
The briefest brush with real love can sustain you for a lifetime.
We must always remember that.
16, Excerpt from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Love is a temporary madness,
It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement,
It is not the promulgation of eternal passion.
That is just being “in love”, which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.
17, MY LOVE by Linda Lee Elrod
When I met you, I had no idea how much my life was about to be changed... but then, how could I have known?
A love like ours happens once in a lifetime.
You were a miracle to me, the one who was everything I had ever dreamed of, the one I thought existed only in my imagination.
And when you came into my life,
I realized that what I had always thought was happiness couldn't compare to the joy loving you brought me.
You are a part of everything I think and do and feel, and with you by my side,
I believe that anything is possible.
This day gives me a chance to thank you for the miracle of you... you are, and always will be, the love of my life.
18, Now We Are One
by Kate Fisher
When thought stake wing
A wedding ring Encircles all our dreams
And love abounds
Above, around,
Enriching all our schemes
We plan together All our life
To make our dreams come true
When love is there A smile, a prayer,
A hug, a kiss will do
And then together
Hand in hand
We go in love- we’ve won
And you will see
That you and me
That once were two - are one
19, The Apache Wedding Prayer
Now you will feel no rain
For each will be shelter for the other
Now you will feel no cold
For each will be warmth for the other
Now you will feel no loneliness
For each of you will be companion for the other.
Now you are two persons,
But there are three lives before you:
His life, her life, and your life together.
May beauty surround you both
On the journey ahead and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion
To the place where the river meets the sun.
Go now to your dwelling
To enter into the days of your life together.
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
20, Passion
Keep your passion alive
It will warm you when the world around grows cold
It will not allow comfortable familiarity to rob you of that special glow that comes with loving deeply
It can lift you over stone walls of anger
And carry you across vast deserts of alienation
But its greatest gift is that of touch - for passion cannot dwell in solitude
It thrives best in a loving embrace
So keep your passion alive
Hold one another as a tree holds the Earth, and your love will bear the fruit of many, many seasons
21, Somewhere I have never travelled
Somewhere I have never travelled
Gladly beyond any experience
Your eyes have their silence
Your slightest look easily will unclose me
Though I have closed myself as fingers
You open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
Touching skilfully, mysteriously her first rose
Or if your wish be to close me
I and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly
As when the heart of this flower imagines
The snow carefully everywhere descending
Nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
The power of your intense fragility
Whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries
Rendering death and forever with each breathing
I do not know what it is about you that closes and opens
Only something in me understands
The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses
Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands
22, That Still and Settled Place
In that still and settled Place
There’s nobody but you
You’re where I breathe my oxygen
You’re where I see my view
And when the world feels full of noise
My heart knows what to do It finds that still and settled place
And dances there with you
23, This Day By Brian Couch
This day we shall remember well
As in our married love we dwell
And cast our minds back to this time
You made me your and I you mine
In wedded love we choose to be
Each binding each and yet each free
As days and months and years go on
Our love will hold us firm and strong.
The marriage vow this day we say
Is a vow we’ll build on day by day
And as we walk the path of life
The world will know we’re man and wife.
We two who now are but one soul
Have each to play a different role
And yet we know that all shall see
That bond of love twixt you and me.
For in this life we each shall care
That all we do is all time fair
We pledge this day to be as one
In all those wondrous years to come.
24, The Key to Love
The key to love is understanding
The ability to comprehend not only the spoken word
But those unspoken gestures
The little things that say so much by themselves
The key to love is forgiveness
To accept each other’s faults and pardon mistakes
Without forgetting, but with remembering
What you learn from them
The key to love is sharing...
Facing your good fortune as well as the bad, together
Both conquering problems, forever searching for ways
To intensify your happiness
The key to love is giving
Without thought of return
But with the hope of just a simple smile
And by giving in but never giving up
The key to love is respect
Realising that you are two separate people, with different ideas
That you don’t belong to each other
You belong with each other and share a mutual bond.
The key to love is inside us all
It takes time and patience to unlock all the ingredients
It is the continual learning process that demands a lot of work
But the rewards are more than worth the effort
And that is the key to love
25, Today
Today I marry my friend
The one I have laughed with,
The one I have learned from and shared with,
The one I have chosen to support,
Encourage and give myself to,
Through all the days given us to share.
Today I marry the one I love.
26, Song of the Open Road
By Walt Whitman
I do not offer the old smooth prizes
But offer rough new prizes
These are the days that must happen to you
You shall no heap up what is called riches
You shall scatter with lavish hand all that you earn or achieve
However sweet the laid-up stores
However convenient the dwellings
You shall not remain there
However sheltered the port
And however calm the waters
You shall not anchor there.
However welcome the hospitality that welcomes you
You are permitted to receive it but a little while
A foot and light-hearted, take to the open road
Healthy free, the world before you
The long brown path before you
Leading wherever you choose
Say only to one another
Camerado, I give you my hand
I give you my love, more precious than money
I give myself before preaching or law
Will you give me yourself
Will you come travel with me
Shall we stick by each other as long as we live
27, The Promise
by Heather Berry
Within this blessed union of souls
Where two hearts intertwine to become one
There lies a promise
Perfectly born, divinely created, and intimately shared
It is a place where the hope and majesty of beginnings reside
Where all things are made possible
By the astounding love shared by two spirits
As you hold each other’s hands in this promise
And eagerly look to the future in each other's eyes
May you run conditional love and devotion
Take you to places of which you've both only dreamed
Where you'll dwell for a lifetime of happiness
Sheltered in the warmth of each other’s arms
28, Friends for Life
By Carol Shields
When two people have shared as much as you both have, when they’ve opened their hearts
Shared their dreams, thoughts and fears
When two people know each other well enough to know if sadness is hiding behind a smile
Or if happiness is glowing in the eyes
When they’ve shared so many laughs
Trusted one another at all times
You can be sure they are made for each other
(your names here)
Don’t forget to
Go for long walks together and indulge in hot baths
To question your assumptions
Be kind to yourselves
Live for the moment
Loosen up and scream
Curse the world and count your blessings.
Remember to live, to love, to let go, to just be
29, BLESSING FOR A MARRIAGE
by James Dillet Freeman
May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring
And may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.
May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with you and you.
May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice one another, but not compel one another.
May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults.
May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities.
May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy.
May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.
30, Rumi
May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk,
This marriage, like wine and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade Like the date palm.
May this marriage be full of laughter.
Our every day a day in paradise.
May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
A seal of happiness here and hereafter.
May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,
An omen as welcome
As the moon in a clear blue sky.
I am out of words to describe ....How spirit mingles in this marriage
31, Wedding Reading... By Robert Fulgham
You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry.
From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way.
All those conversations that were held riding in a car, or over a meal or during long walks. All those sentences that began with when we’re married and continued with - I will and you will and we will - those late night talks that included someday, and somehow, and maybe.
And all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart.
All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.
The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word.
Look at one another and remember this moment in time.
Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years.
Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you.
For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this- is my husband, this- is my wife.
32, The Art Of Marriage
A good marriage must be created
In the marriage, the little things are the big things...
It is never being too old to hold hands It is remembering to say “I love you”
It is never going to sleep angry
It is the ability to be able to laugh and cry
It is to remember to kiss each other goodbye
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives
It is standing together and facing the world
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful
It is not only marrying the right person
It is being the right partner
33, Come Live With Me and Be My Love
By Christopher Sousa
Come live with me and be my love
We'll lay and watch the skies above
I'll take you out upon the sea
And show you what it means to me
The wind will be calm yet lightly blowing
The cabin's warm with oil's glowing
Just think of us upon this ocean
Sipping tea as a soothing potion
I'll climb up high into the rig above
To share the starry night with you, my love
The sails will be full with autumn's breeze
Our bow dipping gracefully into the glowing seas
And as we dig into my coffers' deep
You shall behold the things that make women weep
Bottles of wine from the finest vineyards
And wool from only the most renowned spinners
These things and more can be fully your own
But mostly the beauty that the sea has shown
The most graceful porpoises will be swimming by
As the sea birds sing with their siren-like cry
Precious few have answered our ocean's calling
Shouting out with eyes bright and bawling
So take this proposal and fly like the dove
To come withme and be my love
34, Friends
There is no better way
To live on this earth
Than to be friends
Friends who will always love and stand by each other
Till life is end
Friends, who will share their lives together Through good times and bad, and
Who will bring joy and comfort to each other when times are sad
Friends, who will always stand together, and stand strong
To help share with life’s burdens
To help each other carry on
Through the tears, through the pain
Through the sun, through the rain
No matter what happens to them
As friends they will always remain
And so it is that your friendship now has grown into love
And into marriage, into a love that is so beautiful to see
So may your love and your friendship
As you begin your life together Last you an eternity,
And as friends may you both forever be.
35, What is Marriage
Marriage is more than the exchange of rings and the sharing of a household
It is much more than just living together
It is the desire to truly want to know and understand another human being
To feel and share in that person's happiness, as well as their pain
Marriage is to never feel alone
But rather, to know that you always have a friend
A partner in life that you can laugh and cry with
To know that you always have that special someone to share your Innermost thoughts and fears, and know that you will be heard
Marriage is helping your partner to be the absolute best that they can be, While still being able to experience your own need and goals
Marriage is love
True love that goes far beyond passion
It is a love that you can reach for in times of crisis as well as joy
And know it will be there to comfort and to share.
36, Love
To love very much is to love inadequately:
We love, that is all.
Love cannot be modified without being nullified.
Love is a short work but it contains everything.
Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being.
We feel loves we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe the air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts
Nothing more exists for us
Love is not a word
It is a wordless state indicated by four letters
37, The Promises of Marriage
Marriage is a promise of companionship
Of having someone to share all of life’s experiences
Marriage does not promise that there will not be any rough times
Just the assurance that there will always be someone who cares and will help you through to better times
Marriage does not promise eternal romance
Just eternal love and commitment
Marriage cannot prevent disappointments, disillusionment, or grief
But it can offer hope, acceptance, and comfort
Marriage can’t protect you from making individual choices
Or shelter you from the world
But it will help to reassure you that there is someone by your side who truly cares.
When the world hurts you and makes you feel vulnerable
Marriage offers the promise that there will be
Someone waiting to listen, to console, to inspire
Marriage is the joining of two people who share the promise
That only marriage can make
To share the sunshine and the shadows
And to experience a richer, more fulfilling life because of it.
38, Love
Love is a friendship that has caught fire
It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving
It is loyalty through good and bad
It settles for less than perfection
And makes allowances for human weakness
Love is content with the present
It hopes for the future and it doesn’t brood over the past
It’s the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories, and working towards common goals
If you have love in your life
It can make up for a great many things you lack
If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is
It is not enough, so search for it, ask God for it, and share it
39, On your wedding day
Today is a day you will always remember
The greatest in anyone’s life
You’ll start off the day just two people in love
And end it as Husband and Wife
It’s a brand-new beginning, the start of a journey
With moments to cherish and treasure
And although there’ll be times when you both disagree
These will surely be outweighed by pleasure
You’ll have heard many words of advice in the past
When the secrets of marriage were spoken
But you know that the answers lie hidden inside
Where the bond of true love lies unbroken
So live happy forever as lovers and friends
It’s the dawn of a new life for you
As you stand there together with love in your eyes
From the moment you whisper “I do”
And with luck all your hopes and your dreams can be real
May success find its way to your hearts
Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys
But today is the day it all starts.
40, If you can always be as close
If you can always be as close and as happy as today
Yet be secure enough to grow and change along the way
If you can keep for you alone your love as man and wife
Yet find the time to share your joy with others in your life
If you can be as one and walk through marriage hand in hand
Yet still support the goals and dreams that each of you have planned
If you can dare to always go your separate ways together
Then all the wonder of today will stay with you forever
Biblical readings
1 Corinthians13: 4 - 13
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. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
But when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child,
I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; the we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.
For Everything there is a Season
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 - 8
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven;
A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill and a time to die, a time to tear down and a time to build,
A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
A time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
A time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Prayer and Blessings:
Father of all, we are grateful for all that is important and precious in life.
In particular we are glad that.............. and...... have decided to commit themselves to one another within the context of the marriage relationship.
Love is of the essence of life, and marriage provides a secure basis for love to develop and grow.
We pray that the love.......... and....... have for each other will never die, but deepen and
increase as time goes by.
May their love and care for each other last a lifetime.
May this act of marriage start them on a lifelong task of honest sharing and open communication.
May their example of love be that of Jesus Christ who has shown us meaning of loving acceptance and self-giving service.
Amen
God of Light
Who gives us the longing for love
And the capability of loving,
We give thanks for........... and..........
For their open hearts and willing spirits,
And for the example of love that they embody here in our presence.
Be with them on this joyous occasion of showing their love and making their vows;
And be with us, their witnesses,
That we may all be changed by what is said and witnessed here.
Amen.
May God Grant Love
May God Grant Love
May God grant...................... and................
Enough love to give each other trust,
Enough trust to give each other faith,
Enough faith to give each other strength,
Enough strength to give each other courage,
Enough courage to give each other freedom
And enough freedom to give each other love.
Prayer for wedding
Let us give thanks for this marriage: Let us pray.
Lord God we give thanks for our coming together to share in this joyful yet mindful act. We rejoice in the relationship of.................and...........
We give thanks for the love which has bought them together and which gives direction and purpose to their future.
We pray that in their life together......... and... will come to know the depths of
true love, and the blessing of true caring support for each other.
Grant them, we pray, the strength and grace to live and grow in each other’s love.
Amen.
PRAYER
Dear Lord
Help them to hug each other often...laugh a lot, talk more, and argue less.
Help them to continue to enjoy each other as they did when they first met.
Help them to realize that nothing nor no one is perfect and to look for the good in all things and all people including themselves.
Help them to respect each other's likes and dislikes, opinion and beliefs, hopes and dreams and fears even though they may not always understand them.
Help them to realize that there is design and purpose in their lives as in the world and no matter what happens to them they will hold on to each other and know that things have a way of working out for the good. But most of all, dear God, help them to keep lit the torch of love' that they now share in their hearts. Amen
Prayer
Let us give thanks for this marriage: Let us pray.
Lord God we give thanks for our coming together to share in this joyful yet mindful act. We rejoice in the relationship of............. and...........
We give thanks for the love which has bought them together and which gives direction and purpose to their future.
We pray that in their life together........... and... will come to know the depths of
true love, and the blessing of true caring support for each other.
Grant them, we pray, the strength and grace to live and grow in each other’s love.
Amen.
Prayer of Love
by Carol Merolla (based on I Corinthians 13:7)
My marriage prayer for you is this: that you will always remember the qualities that attracted you to each other when you first met and how you felt as your feelings of attraction turned into respect, admiration, and finally love. That you will work hard to turn your feelings of love into acts of love so that nothing and no one can divide you. That you will always have kind and loving hearts that are quick to ask for forgiveness when you are wrong as well as to forgive when your partner is wrong. That your love might grow to bear all things, believe all things, and hope for all things, endure all things.
I pray you place your marriage in God's hands, and that your love increases and overflows, beyond anything you can yet imagine.
