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Blessings and Prayers continued
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3. We lift our love and hopes for you,___________and _____________,
praying that the promises you have spoken
to one another will be kept,
and that your dreams will all come true as
you grow old together. We
wish you happiness, joy, faithfulness, togetherness,
tenderness,
contentment. Now we greet you as husband and
wife. |
4. We lift our hopes and prayers for _________and ___________,
who
have pledged themselves to one another, to
give life, to share life, and
to receive life. May the hopes and dreams
of this day, and the words
and prayers spoken and unspoken, be fulfilled.
This is the prayer for
them in the spirit of the one who has declared
the gives of grace, mercy
and peace. Amen. |
5. We who surround you bless you, as life and love have blessed
your
coming together. We pray for you a long life
of sunrises and sunsets
together. May the words of your promises,
the dreams of your hearts,
and the deep and abiding hopes of your lives
find fulfillment today and
always, Amen. |
6. Let the people speak out a blessing word/wish for this couple:
(Minister encourages the people to participate). |
7. "Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter
for the
other. Now you will feel no cold, for each
of you will be warmth for
the other. Now there is no loneliness, for
now you are not two persons,
but one. There is but one life before you.
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." (From Native American
Blessing) |
8. "Eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind, Giver
of all
spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting
life; Send thy blessing upon
this man and this woman, whom we bless in
thy name; that they, living
faithfully together, may keep the vow and
covenant between them, and
may they live in perfect love and peace together,
and live according to
thy laws through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
(The Book of Common
Prayer). |
9. Allow the minister to create or choose a blessing he considers
appropriate for your particular wedding. (He/she
may do so anyway!) |
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