![]() To Bride: Will you please repeat this vow to (Groom), saying after me: I (Bride), take you (Groom), to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, I promise to love and cherish you. To Groom: Will you please repeat this vow to (Bride), saying after me: I (Groom), take you (Bride), to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, I promise to love and cherish you. Now, will you please pass your flowers, turn and face one another and join hands to express your vows of love and devotion each to the other. Marriage is the clasping of hands, the blending of two hearts, the union of two lives into one, and your marriage must stand, not by the authority of the State, nor by the seal on your wedding certificate, but by the strength and power of the faith and love you have in one another. I believe that marriage is a gift given to comfort the sorrows of life and to magnify life’s joys. Marriage is a gift in that we give ourselves totally to one another. Minister to Bride and Groom: The ceremony of marriage in which you come to be united is one of the first and oldest ceremonies in the entire world, celebrated in the beginning in the presence of God himself. Who is giving this woman to be married to this man? (Father): Her mother and I do! I believe marriage is of God, and (Bride) and (Groom) come today desiring to be united in this sacred relationship of marriage. ![]() This outward celebration that we shall see and hear, I believe, is an expression of the inner love and devotion they have in their hearts toward one another. Traditional Wedding Ceremony & Vow Exchange Statement of Purposeįriends and relatives, we have come here today at the invitation of (Groom’s name) and (Bride’s name) to share in the joy of their wedding.
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