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On behalf of Bride and Groom I’d like to welcome the family and friends who have come here today to be a part of this joyous occasion.

Minister (If appropriate)

Who gives Bride to be married to Groom?

(Dad says I do, her family does, etc.)

Minister: Bride, Groom, in presenting yourselves here today to be joined in marriage, you perform an act of faith. This faith will grow, develop and last as you both decide to make it so. A lasting and growing love is not guaranteed by any ritual.

If you would have the foundation of your marriage be the devotion you have one for another, not just at this moment, but for all the days to come, then treasure the hopes and dreams that you bring here today. Establish that the light of your love will never be blotted out by the common nor obscured by the ordinary in life. Faults may surface where now you find comfort, and admiration can be dulled by the routine of daily life.

Dedication, love, and joy will grow as you nourish them together. Stand fast in that hope and confidence, having faith in your shared destiny just as strongly as you have faith in yourselves and in one another today. Only with this spirit can you forge a union that will strengthen and endure all the days of your lives.

Addressing Bride and Groom:

Before these gathered witnesses, your family and friends, do you Groom take Bride to be your wife? Do you promise to love her and comfort her, honor and keep her and preserve with her this bond of matrimony?

Groom responds I do

Before gathered witnesses, your family and friends, do you Bride take Groom to be your husband? Do you promise to love him and comfort him, honor and keep him and preserve with him this bond of matrimony?

Bride responds I do

Groom: (repeat after minister)

I, Groom, take you, Bride, as my friend and love, beside me and apart from me, in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquility, asking that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us.

Bride: (repeat after minister) I, Bride, take you, Groom, as my friend and love, beside me and apart from me, in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquility, asking that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us.

Today you have chosen to exchange rings, as a sign of the love you have for each other and a seal of the promises you are making this day. 

May we please have the rings

The rings are a symbol of eternity and the gold is that which is untarnished and shows the purity of your love for one another.

Groom places ring on Bride’s finger and repeats: Bride, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you.

Bride places ring on Groom’s finger and repeats: Groom , I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you.

 (Have Bride and Groom turn to face minister)

Minister:

In as much as you, Groom and you, Bride have consented in matrimony and have witnessed the same before your family and friends, in accordance with the statement of love and trust, which you have just made and according to the laws of the State of New York, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

To seal this marriage, you may now kiss your -Bride.

May this day shine eternally in your lives. May it add brilliance to every achievement and cast a divine light over any misfortune. May you care for each other and always give cheer to each other. May you give vitality to each other in all undertakings. May all that is virtuous, beautiful and honest, remain with you always.

 (Turn and face the gathering)

May I present to you as husband and wife, Bride and Groom. .

On behalf of Bride and Groom I would like to welcome the family and friends who have come here today to be a part of this joyous occasion.

Minister (If appropriate)

Who gives Bride to be married to Groom? 

(Dad says I do, we do, etc)

We are gathered here today to take part in the most time-honored celebration, uniting a woman and a man in marriage. Bride and Groom have come to witness before us, telling of their love for each other. 

We remind them that they are performing an act of complete faith, each in the other; that the heart of their marriage will be the relationship they create.

Minister to Groom: Groom, do you receive Bride as your wife? Do you pledge to her your love, faith and tenderness, cherishing her with a husband's loyalty and devotion?

Groom: I do.

Minister to Bride: Bride, do you receive Groom as your husband? Do you pledge to him your love, faith and tenderness, cherishing him with a wife’s loyalty and devotion?

Bride: I do.

I’d like you to turn and face one another:

Groom:

I, Groom, take you, Bride, to be no other than yourself, in all the ways life may find us, tending you in

 sickness and rejoicing with you in health, as long as we both shall live.

Bride: (repeat after minister)

I, Bride, take you, Groom, to be no other than yourself, in all the ways life may find us, tending you in

 sickness and rejoicing with you in health, as long as we both shall live.

Today you have chosen to exchange rings, as a sign of the love you have for each other

 and a seal of the promises you are making this day. 

May we please have the rings

The rings are a symbol of eternity and the gold is that which is untarnished and shows

 the purity of your love for one another.

This circle of precious metal is justly regarded as a fitting emblem of the purity and perpetuity of the Marriage State. The ancients were reminded by the circle of eternity, as it is so fashioned as to have neither beginning nor end; while gold is so incorruptible that it cannot be tarnished by use or time. So may the union, at this time solemnized, be incorruptible in its purity and more lasting that time itself.

Minister hands the ring to Groom, who places it on Bride’s finger:

Wear this ring forever, Bride, as a symbol of love and peace and of all that is unending.

Minister hands the ring to Bride, who places it on Groom’s finger:

Wear this ring forever, Groom, as a symbol of love and peace and of all that is unending.

(Turn to face the minister)

Minister: We speak to Bride and Groom of love, in which the trust and freedom of the other person becomes as significant as the trust and freedom of one's self. We speak of our hopes for their continued growth through patience, one for the other. We speak of our confidence that new levels of understanding, discovered by them in the experiences of life, shall bring ever new surprises of strength and fortitude they do not now know.

In the years which shall bring Bride and Groom into greater age and wisdom, we pray that their love shall be ever young. In this hope may they keep the vows made on this day, freely, teaching each other who they are, what they yet shall be, enabling them to know that in the fullness of being, they are more than themselves and more than each other; and that together they share joyously the fruits of life.

Inasmuch as you, Bride and you, Groom have declared your love and devotion to each other before family and friends, in accordance with the statements of love and trust which you have just made, and by the power vested in me by the State of New York, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

As a seal of these marriage vows you may now kiss your -Bride.

May you never feel cold as you revel in the warmth of your love one for the other, may you never know isolation or loneliness as there are now two of you, but one life to be shared together.

Go now and enter into the days of your togetherness.

(Turn and face the gathering)

May I present to you as husband and wife, Bride and Groom. .