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As exhilarating as it is to be newly engaged, it can be all too easy to get swept up in the wedding planning process and lose sight of what those endless checklists are actually about: celebrating the love between you and your partner. But with that celebration and planning will eventually come the need to dive into your vows, whether you're writing your own or opting for an officiant's help. Either way, including a romantic quote is a great way to spark inspiration and truly express your love for your spouse.
How to Incorporate Quotes Into Your Vows
The perfect quote might just be the thing you need to dive in on your vows. "Reading through love-focused quotes can sometimes be the nudge that someone needs to start expressing themselves in a certain way," says wedding officiant Bethel Nathan. "Or sometimes it can give them the needed words around which they can build their vows." Consider these tips if you're thinking about incorporating a quote into your own vows:
• Select a quote that's authentic and meaningful to you.
• Choose a quote that truly relates back to your relationship.
• Don't worry too much about whether all of your guests will understand the selected quote.
Meet the Expert
• Bethel Nathan is a wedding officiant specializing in ceremonies for couples who are non-traditional and often non-religious. Nathan has owned and operated Ceremonies by Bethel since 2009.
• Alisa Tongg is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant and a graduate of the Celebrant Institute and Foundation. Tongg specializes in non-denominational, intercultural, interfaith, and secular wedding ceremonies.
According to Nathan, it's all about finding a fluid way to incorporate the quote, weaving it into the ceremony in an authentic way. "Making your vows real, showing true appreciation for what this person adds to your life and what you promise to do in return, are the keys to moving, impactful, and memorable vows," she says.
Ready to find the perfect quote to incorporate into your vows? Here are 101 of our favorites.
About Love
A quote about love is the perfect way to include a simple expression and to add meaningful prose into your vows. "Because the vows are typically the only time during a wedding ceremony where a couple is actually speaking, it's important that every word a bride or groom says in ceremony feels authentic and natural," says celebrant Alisa Tongg.
• "In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine." — Maya Angelou
• "Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without." — William Parrish
• "Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches." — William Goldman, The Princess Bride
• "If I know what love is, it is because of you." — Herman Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund
• "I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• "You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." — Dr. Seuss
• "Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century." — Mark Twain
• "Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
• "Love is the thing that is always having the last word—even when those words are 'I'm sorry,' or 'Forgive me,' or 'I love you no matter what.'" — Cleo Wade
• "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you directly, without problems or pride: I love you like this because I don't know any other way to love, except in this form in which I am not nor are you, so close that your hand upon my chest is mine, so close that your eyes close with my dreams." — Pablo Neruda, One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII
• "You are the love that came without warning; you had my heart before I could say no." — Unknown
• "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more. That plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." — Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
• "For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." — Judy Garland
• "How in hell can you handle love without turning your life upside down? That’s what love does, it changes everything." — Lauren Bacall
• "I have for the first time found what I can truly love. I have found you." — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
• "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get—only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything." — Katharine Hepburn
• "Loving you never was an option. It was a necessity." — Truth Devour, Unrequited
Once you've chosen a quote to incorporate into your vows, pair it with a real-life example pointing back to your relationship to make it relevant.
Inspirational
An inspirational quote is a great option for someone hoping to include a quote that's both meaningful and uplifting. "If you find yourself nodding as you read one, that is definitely a quote to consider using!" says Nathan.
• "To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous." — Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
• "Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• "It is love that makes the impossible, possible." — Indian proverb
• "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." — Sophocles
• "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, While loving someone deeply gives you courage." — Lao Tzu
Romantic
Who says you can't incorporate a quote that dives a little deeper into romance? Romantic quotes are perfect for the person who really wants to make a statement.
• "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart). I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)." — E. E. Cummings, I Carry Your Heart With Me
• "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you." — Jane Austen, Persuasion
• "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever." — Alfred Lord Tennyson
• "And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you." — Kiersten White, The Chaos of Stars
• "For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you." ― Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
• "I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
• "They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered." — F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
• "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are." — Oscar Wilde
• "To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves." — Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma
• "The very essence of romance is uncertainty." ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
• "I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
• "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite." — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
• "Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars." — E.E. Cummings, You are My Sun, My Moon, and All My Stars
• "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you." — Ernest H. Shepard
• "You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones." — Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising
• "You make me happier than I ever thought I could be and if you let me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way." — Chandler, proposing to Monica on Friends
• "He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began." — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
• "I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever." ― Robert Browning, Pauline: The Fragment of a Confession
Poetic
Adding a few lines from your favorite poem is a great way to incorporate a meaningful quote. Lines of a poem, lyrics of a song, or even quotes from a movie can be easy to relate to. "Just that little phrase from a favorite song or poem or movie, is enough to bring with it a treasure chest of other feelings, promises, memories, and hopes for the future," says Tongg.
• "What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?" — George Eliot, Adam Bede
• "Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt the sun doth move, Doubt truth to be a liar but never doubt thy love." — William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach." — Elizabeth Barret Browning, How Do I Love Thee?
• "Love starts as a feeling,
But to continue is a choice;
And I find myself choosing you
More and more every day." — Justin Wetch, Bending The Universe
• "Love at the lips was touch
As sweet as I could bear;
And once that seemed too much;
I lived on air." — Robert Frost, To Earthward
• "Love
Is a ripe plum
Growing on a purple tree.
Taste it once
And the spell of its enchantment
Will never let you be." — Langston Hughes, A Love Song for Lucinda
• "...Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth is unknown, although his height be taken." — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116
• "Our love will bloom always fairer,
Fresher, more gracious,
Because it is a true love" — Honoré de Balzac
• "Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be." — Robert Browning, Rabbi Ben Ezra
When searching for the right quote to incorporate into your vows, look to books, movies, or even songs that you and your partner both love.
Simple
A one-liner can certainly go a long way. Many of these simple quotes can be used as a jumping-off point, helping to flesh out the vows you may be writing on your own.
• "Love is like a friendship caught on fire." — Jeremy Taylor
• "There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage." — Martin Luther
• "For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home." ― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
• "I can conquer the world with one hand, as long as you’re holding the other." — Unknown
• "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn
• "When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
• "You don't marry the person you can live with—you marry the person you can't live without." — Unknown
• "The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now." — Rick Warren
• "I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow." — Leo Christopher
• "Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive." — Unknown
• "You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." — Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
• "A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you." — Unknown
• "My love for you is a journey, starting at forever and ending at never." — Unknown
• "There is only one happiness in life: To love and be loved." — George Sand
• "Those who don't believe in magic, will never find it." — Roald Dahl
• "A life without love is like a year without summer." — Lithuanian proverb
• "Who, being loved, is poor?" — Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
• "You're something between a dream and a miracle." — Elizabeth Barret Browning
• "Where there is love there is life." — Ghandi
• "The water shines only by the sun. And it is you who are my sun." — Charles de Leusse
• "I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes." — Unknown
• "You are every lovely word I could think of." — Unknown
Playful
If you're planning to keep your ceremony a bit lighter, incorporating a playful quote may be the ideal complement. If you do plan to incorporate something a bit more playful, check with your partner to decide how serious you both want the ceremony to be.
• "If I get married, I want to be very married." — Audrey Hepburn
• "May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise." — Rumi
• "Romance is the icing, but love is the cake." — Unknown
• "Great love affairs start with champagne..." — Honoré de Balzac
• "Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat." — Joanne Woodward
Religious
A religious quote can be a powerful inclusion for many couples, pulling lines that have relevance to the relationship, focus on faith, or provide guidance for a successful marriage.
• "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs." — 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
• "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." — Matthew 19:6
• "And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." — Colossians 3:14
• "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law." — Romans 13:8
• "Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life." — Psalm 143:8
• "I found the one my heart loves." — Song of Solomon 3:4
• "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth." — John 3:18
• "Two are better than one." — Ecclesiastes 4:9
• "Follow the way of love." — 1 Corinthians 14:1
About Partnership
Celebrate what you're about to become with these quotes. Incorporating a quote about the bond of marriage or partnership is a great way to add depth to your vows while focusing on your best friend for life.
• "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." — Mignon McLaughlin
• "The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership." — Helen Mirren
• "I would not wish any companion in the world but you." — Shakespeare, The Tempest
• "People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love." — Dr. Seuss
• "The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace." — Fawn Weaver
• "The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time." — Julia Child
• "Remember, we all stumble; every one of us. That is why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand." — Emily Kimbrough
• "Walking with your hands in mine and mine in yours, that’s exactly where I want to be always." — Fawn Weaver
• "Love is not about staring at each other, but staring off in the same direction."
— Antoine de Saint Exupéry
• "Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited." — Gloria Steinem
• "It's amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and suddenly, you can't remember how you lived without them." — Anurag Prakash Ray
• "Marriage flourishes when the couple works together as a team: when both husband and wife decide that winning together is more important than keeping score. Good marriages don't just happen. They are a product of hard work." — Michelle Obama
• "To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness." — Robert Brault
Opening prayer:
Lord God Almighty,
Creator of the heavens and earth.
Thank you for the gift of marriage
For all the joy and love that it brings us.
We thank you for NAME and NAME
Thank you that you have brought them together for this special day,
And that you hold them safely in Your hands.
We pray that you would richly bless them as they exchange their vows and their wedding rings,
And from this day forward they would walk hand in hand into everything that you have destined them to be.
We give our hearts and beings to You now in adoration,
And welcome Your Holy Spirit amongst us.
Amen.
Closing prayer:
Gracious God, our hearts are filled with great happiness on this the wedding day of NAME and NAME. They come before you, pledging their lives and their hearts to one another.
Grant that they may be ever true and loving, living together in such a way as to never bring heartbreak into their marriage.
Temper their hearts with kindness and help them to be sweethearts, helpmates, friend and guide, and together, may they meet the cares and problems of life more bravely.
May their home truly be a place of love and harmony where your Spirit is ever present. Bless their wedding day, we pray, and walk beside them, through all their life together. Amen.
Short blessing:
Lord bless this beautiful couple with love and hope we pray.
Keep alive forever more the vows they’ve pledged today.
May you bless their dreams and visions,
And keep them always safe.
May peace and joy be with them now
On this their wedding day.
Benediction:
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, bless, preserve, and keep you;
the Lord mercifully with his favor look upon you,
and fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace;
that you may faithfully live together in this life,
and in the age to come have life everlasting.
Amen.
Episcopal wedding prayer:
Look with favor upon the world you have made, and for which your Son gave his life,
and especially upon this man and this woman whom you make one flesh in Holy Matrimony.
Amen.
Give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life,
that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity,
a comfort in sorrow, and a companion in joy.
Amen.
Celtic blessing 1:
May there always be work for your hands to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine upon your window pane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near to you and
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
Celtic blessing 2:
May the road rise up 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.
Celtic blessing 3:
Happy is the bride that rain falls on
May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase.
May the saddest day of your future
Be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
May your hands be forever clasped in friendship
And your hearts joined forever in love.
Your lives are very special,
God has touched you in many ways.
May his blessings rest upon you
And fill all your coming days.
We swear by peace and love to stand,
Heart to heart and hand to hand.
Hark, O Spirit, and hear us now,
Confirming this our Sacred Vow.
Scottish blessing 1:
A thousand welcomes to you with your marriage kerchief,
May you be healthy all your days.
May you be blessed with long life and peace,
May you grow old with goodness, and with riches.
Scottish blessing 2:
May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it. And may light shine out of the two eyes of you, like a candle set in the window of a house, bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm. And may the blessing of the rain be on you, may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines, and sometimes a star. And may the blessing of the earth be on you, soft under your feet as you pass along the roads, soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day; and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it. May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to God. And now may the Lord bless you, and bless you kindly.
Bless this union wedding prayer:
Dear God, thank you for this joyous day.
Thank you for Your Light that has entered NAME and NAME’s life.
Thank you for all the miracles and blessings.
Please bless this union.
Help NAME and NAME find the perfect place in this world for their love to flourish.
Let the radiant light of their love shine on all those around them.
May all their future creations be blessed.
God, bless them with the inner gifts of trust, compassion, forgiveness and truth that they may live and grow together in love and peace.
Amen.
Nature of love wedding prayer:
Father of mankind, whose nature is love, look with favor upon this woman and this man who desire to make their vows before you.
We are grateful for the providence that has led to this union.
Grant this to be more than an outward union, but also the blending of hearts and spirits and purposes.
Bless each with the inward qualities of integrity, trust, cooperation and forgiveness, that they may live together in love and peace.
Amen.
Blessed wedding prayer:
Blessed are the man and the woman who have grown beyond themselves and have seen through their separations.
They delight in the way things are and keep their hearts open, day and night.
They are like trees planted near flowing rivers, which bear fruit when they are ready.
Their leaves will not fall or wither.
Everything they do will succeed.
Blessed is one who comes in the name of Love.
Greek wedding prayer:
I invoke Thee, Who art the greatest of all, Who created all, Who generated it from thyself, Who sees all and is never seen.
We ask Your blessing for NAME and NAME today as they enter into this cherished covenant.
We ask You to bless this community of friends and family who pledge their love and support of NAME and NAME’s marriage.
Infinite One, fly ahead of them
Open the way
Prepare the path
Spirity of the sun
Mother of the light
Come to them!
Amen.
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be a shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be a companion to the other.
Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place to enter the days of your togetherness.
May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion, and may your days together be good and long upon the earth.
Cherokee wedding prayer:
God in heaven above, please protect the ones we love.
We honor all You created as they pledge their hearts and lives together.
We honor mother-earth and ask for their marriage to be abundant and grow stronger through the seasons.
We honor fire and ask that our their union be warm and glowing with love in their hearts.
We honor wind and ask that their sail through life safe and calm as in their Father’s arms.
We honor water to clean and soothe their relationship that it may never thirst for love.
With all the forces of the universe You created, we pray for harmony and true happiness as their forever grow young together.
Amen.
1st Corinthians 13:4-7:
Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud.
Love is never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable or touchy. Love does not hold grudges and will hardly notice when others do it wrong.
Love is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out. If you love someone, you will be loyal to them no matter what the costs.
You will always believe in them, always expect the best in them, and will always stand your ground in defending them.
Family wedding prayer:
Lord, behold our family here assembled.
We thank you for this place in which we dwell,
for the love that unites us,
for the peace accorded us this day,
for the hope with which we expect the morrow,
for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful;
for our friends in all parts of the earth.
Amen
Hebrew wedding prayer:
Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hath created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, mirth and exultation, pleasure and delight, love and brotherhood, peace and friendship. May there soon be heard in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the jubilant voice of bridegrooms from the wedding canopy, and of youths from their feasts of song. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who gives the Bridegroom joy in his bride.
Song of Solomon:
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine .
My beloved speaks and says to me: Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely. Set me as a seal upon your heart and seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy cruel as the grave.
It flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
Muslim wedding Dua (for the couple):
Oh Allah, bless our marriage and let it be a means for us to become closer to You in love and devotion. Let it be a source of untold blessings, happiness and joy.
Oh Allah, let our marriage be a way for us and our families to enter Jannah.
Ya Allah, protect our marriage from the whisperings of Shaytan. Give us the strength to live together in justice, equity, love and, mercy.
My Lord, let this marriage bring untold blessings to us individually, to our families, and our children Insha Allah.
My Creator, bless us with children who will be a source of great joy and happiness.
Oh Allah, give us the love which you had blessed Muhammad, Allah's Peace and blessings be upon him, and Khadija with, May Allah be pleased with her.
Muslim wedding Dua (for the guests):
Oh Allah, bless this couple with faith, love and happiness in this world and the Next.
O Allah, You are the Loving (Al Wadud) and the Merciful (Al Rehman). Please put love and mercy in the hearts of this couple for each other.
Our Creator, strengthen the hearts of the bride and groom with faith, and let them increase in their love and commitment to You through their bond.
Oh Lord of the Universe, all power is with You. Let this couple's marriage become a beautiful example to other couples.
My God, protect this couple from the misguidance and planning of Shaytan. Help them resist his call to break their bond.
Oh Allah, bless this couple with children who will be a source of happiness and joy to them and the world.
Oh Allah, unite the couple and their families in faith and love.
Oh Lord, You are the Just. Let this couple live their lives being fair and just to each other.
Oh Forgiver (Ghafoor), bless this couple with the strength to forgive each other's shortcomings.
Oh Allah, give them the loving relationship which Muhammad and Aisha had. May Allah be pleased with them.
Buddhist wedding prayer:
Today we promise to dedicate ourselves completely to each other, with body, speech, and mind.
In this life, in every situation, in wealth or poverty, in health or sickness, in happiness or difficulty, we will work to help each other perfectly.
The purpose of our relationship will be to attain enlightenment by perfecting our kindness and compassion toward all sentient beings.
A Blessing for The Journey (Buddhist wedding prayer):
Let us vow to bear witness to the wholeness of life, realizing the completeness of each and every thing.
Embracing our differences, I shall know myself as you, and you as myself.
May we serve each other for all our days, here, there, and everywhere.
Let us vow to open ourselves to the abundance of life.
Freely giving and receiving, I shall care for you, for the trees and stars, as treasures of my very own.
May we be grateful for all our days, here, there, and everywhere.
Let us vow to forgive all hurt, caused by ourselves and others, and to never condone hurtful ways.
Being responsible for my actions, I shall free myself and you.
Will you free me, too?
May we be kind for all our days, here, there, and everywhere.
Let us vow to remember that all that appears will disappear.
In the midst of uncertainty, I shall sow love.
Here! Now! I call to you:
Let us together live
The Great Peace that we are.
May we give no fear for all our days, here, there, and everywhere.
Hindu wedding prayer:
To the Holy Son of Shiva and Parvati,
To the remover of all obstacles, Lord Ganesha,
We Petition for Blessings,
To sanctify this ceremony of marriage,
And to bless this marriage in all ways.
Lord Ganesha.
You are the speaker.
You are the listener.
You are the giver.
You are the sustainer.
Please protect us from all directions.
Let us listen with our ears to that which is auspicious, adorable one.
Let us perceive with our eyes what is holy.
With strong, stable body and limbs, may we seek divine grace and accept the noble order of all our lives.
O Lord Ganesha, please provide for the welfare of this family.
Guide prosperity and abundance to their door.
Please help them feel your goodness and Divinity within their home.
We place any challenges of married life at your feet
And trust you will always help.
We thank you with all of our hearts.
Prayer of St. Francis:
Eternal One, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Wedding prayer from Al-Fatiha, the Holy Qur’an:
In the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful.
Praise be to God, Sovereign of all the worlds.
The Compassionate, the Merciful. Ruler on the Day of Reckoning.
You alone do we worship, and You alone do we ask for help.
Guide us on the straight path, the path of those who have received your grace;
not the path of those who have brought down wrath, nor of those who wander astray.
Amen.
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Riana Ang-Canning
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