Wedding Ceremony Number Two (Ring Ceremony)
FRIENDS, WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH____________________________________ _AND ______________________________ ON THE FIRST DAY OF THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER
AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. LET US REJOICE IN THEIR LOVE, FOR IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY AND SADNESS, THEY HAVE MADE A PLACE FOR BOTH LOVE AND JOY.
MARRIAGE IS A SACRED RELATIONSHIP, THEREFORE, AS YOU STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE WITNESSES TO BE JOINED IN MATRIMONY, I CHARGE YOU BOTH TO REMEMBER THAT LOVE AND LOYALTY ALONE WILL A VAIL AS THE FOUNDATION OF A HAPPY HOME. IF THE SOLEMN VOWS YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE BE KEPT SACRED, YOUR LIVES WILL BE FULL OF JOY AND THE HOME YOU ARE ESTABLISHING WILL ABIDE IN PEACE.
YOU MUST BE WILLING TO COMMIT YOURSELVES TO MAKING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN YOUR LIVES, SO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MYSTERY OF YOU AS PERSONS, THERE IS NOW THE MYSTERY OF YOUR LOVE THAT WILL CONSTANTLY EVOLVE AND GROW. IT IS MOST FITTING THAT YOU REST THE SECURITY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP ON THE STRENGTH OF YOUR LOVE, YOUR WISDOM, AS WELL AS YOUR MUTUAL RESPECT. ALLOW YOURSELVES THE COMFORT OF THIS LOVE AND FROM IT GAIN STRENGTH ENOUGH THAT NOTHING CAN DISTURB YOUR PEACE OF MIND. TAKE JOY IN THE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOU'LL SHARE, BUT RESPECT EACH OTHERS NEEDS FOR PRIVACY, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENCE. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION WILL BRING TOGETHER JUST AS SILENCE WILL SET YOU APART. EXPRESS TRUTHFULLY WHAT YOU FEEL AND BELIEVE, BUT STRIVE TO CHOOSE WORDS WITH GENTLE REASON, IN ALL DUE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION FOR ONE ANOTHER.
FINALLY, PLEASE MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO KEEP ALIVE THE ATMOSPHERE OR ROMANCE AND TENDER CARING, SO THAT YOUR DECISION TO LOVE EACH OTHER IS MOTIVATED BY THE MEANINGFULNESS AND GOODNESS THAT YOU SEE IN EACH OTHER. FOR IN DOING SO, YOU WILL ENRICH YOUR LIVES BEYOND YOUR HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS. (FACE EACH OTHER):
_________________________________ " DO YOU TAKE TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED
WIFE, AND DO YOU SOLEMNLY PROMISE THAT YOU WILL LOVE, HONOR AND
CHERISH HER IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN PROSPERITY OR ADVERSITY, FOR
BETTER OR WORSE, FORSAKING ALL OTHERS, SO LING AS YOU BOTH SHALL
LIVE?
________________________________ " DO YOU TAKE TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED
HUSBAND, AND DO YOU SOLEMNLY PROMISE THAT YOU WILL LOVE, HONOR
AND CHERISH HIM IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN PROSPERITY AND
ADVERSITY, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, FORSAKING ALL OTHERS, SO LONG AS YOU
BOTH SHALL LIVE?
THE WEDDING RING IS A SYMBOL OF AN INWARD AND SPIRITUAL BOND WHICH
UNITES TWO HEARTS IN ENDLESS LOVE.
THE BRIDE'S RING PLEASE. ________________YOU WILL PLACE THE RING ON THE
BRIDE'S FINGER. _______________WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS RINGS AS A SYMBOL OF
YOUR LOVE FOR _________________.
THE GROOM'S RING PLEASE. ________________YOU WILL PLACE THE RING ON THE
GROOM'S FINGER. _______________WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS RING AS A SYMBOL OF
YOUR LOVE FOR ___________________?
RINGS ARE CIRCLES WITHOUT END, AND SO SHOULD YOUR LOVE BE, FOREVER,
WITHOUT END.
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
ARIZONA, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE.