Sample rededication of marrige vows

Sample rededication of marriage vows

Setting the scene
This is a rededication of the wedding vows of Ray and Carole warren.

The ceremony would take place on September 21st 2007 their 22nd wedding anniversary.
It would be held in their garden.

Incense would be hanging from the trees, and the meditation area of the garden would have been blessed and a fresh flower garland placed around the Buddha.

Angel confetti will have been scattered around the garden.

The family and friends are gathered in the garden.

Music: Fields of gold. Sting

Carole and Ray will enter the space together each holding a candle and also holding hands.

The minister:

Angels, guides family friends and all loved ones, join with us on this happy day and let this be a day of gladness, thanksgiving, possibility and great good fortune for all of us, but especially for Carole and Ray, who are coming together again to demonstrate the wonder of love through the rededication of their marriage vows.

We all live in the hope of loving and being loved, and any sign of the true unity of two people who love each other is an inspiration. Therefore we give thanks for the sweet happiness of Carole and Ray. Their enthusiasm is electric, their belief in the destiny of their love is inspiring, and their great expectations inspire us beyond measure.

Marriage is a very special place, the sheltered environment in which we can endlessly explore ourselves in the presence of another and in which we can offer the possibility of the true reflection of another. We are so happy that Carole and Ray found one another, and that they know in their souls how perfectly matched they are.

We ask that the vision that they have of one another be always informed by the spellbinding radiant power that first brought them together, and we pray that they continue to hold each other in the light of all light, the love of all love.

Carole:

The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere; they are in each other all along.

Candle lighting:

Music: you are so beautiful.

Carole and Ray step forward and from their two candles they light a new candle placing their two still alight candles either side of it

Their children, April, Rose and Jack then step forward and each light a candle and place those on the table in front of the others.

The minister:

This candle lighting ritual represents Carole and Ray bringing the light of their beautiful unique souls together to a single flame which will always illuminate the love they share together, fuelled by the divine grace of god

The flame of love that they have carried for each other for over twenty years burns brighter in every moment.

April, Rose and Jacks candles signify the love and joy that each new souls addition to this union has brought.

Carole and Ray acknowledge the grace and holiness of their sacred union and gratitude fills their very souls for the love and joy that continues to light the path before them and their beautiful children.

The reading:

April:

Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

The minister:

Carole and Ray will now rededicate their vows to each other.

Carole and Ray turn to face each other and hold hands.

Ray:
Love. So many meanings, so many beliefs, so many actions and so many journeys in one word.
Love is not measurable, cannot be captured, cannot be demanded.
Love is given freely, unconditionally and without limits.
Love teaches us to feel ecstatic, feel sad and feel humble. It gives us strength and can create weakness.
Love is one word but immeasurable definitions. Love has more facets than any diamond.
Carole, you are love to me. You embody all the strength, charity, friendship, belief and hope found in my picture of love.You provide peace, fun, passion, fortitude, perception and beauty.
You have taught me so much, changed my view on life, walked with me through my many experiences and always been there when I needed you. Yet I still feel I am me!
Thank you for your friendship. Thank you for your intimacy. Thank you for teaching me. Thank you for our children. Thank you for the peace and joy we all share in our family home.
Thank you for being my picture of love.

Carole:
Ray- I have loved you from the very first moment I met you. We have travelled together in times of ecstatic joy, through deep sacred connection and on occasion through great sadness and loss.
You have shown me a mighty and holy love that has held me always in the light of god’s presence. You have illuminated the darkest corners of my soul, and have boldly marched past my worst fears about myself to reflect all that I can be and all that I have become.
I rededicate my love and honour for you, and pray that we can travel the rest of our days together in sacred and holy union with god until death scatters my humanness to the wind.
Thank you for all the beautiful blessings you have brought into my life.

The minister:

A prayer for Ray and Carole

Our beloved god.
Please continue to make Ray and Carole’s relationship a great and holy adventure.
May their joining always be a sacred space. May the two of them continually find rest and a haven for their souls in each others company.
Remove from them any temptation to judge one another or direct one another. Allow them to surrender their conflicts and burdens to your loving care.
Bring them together in mind, body and spirit.
Remove any temptation to criticize or be cruel, and take away any fantasies or projections, so that they may always see each other with truth light and clarity.
Guide them always in the ways of grace and holiness that this relationship can continue to shine its light in the family, the community, the world.
May this sacred bond be a channel for your love and healing, a vehicle of your grace and power.
Let them always remember that in each other they have found the most beautiful man, the most beautiful woman, the strongest one. The sacred one in whose arms they are constantly repaired, renewed and made whole.
Thank you dear god.

The minister;

The final blessing.

May you be blessed, every step of your path by the great god of light.

May the sun shine upon you: may the moon move the tide of your emotions with every grace and magic; may you hearts sing; may your hearth be always warm; and may every day of the rest of your beautiful life together be filled with joy
Amen

Everyone sings:

You Are the Sunshine of My Life
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart

I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I have loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears.

You are the sunshine of my life,
That's why I'll always stay around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart,

You must have known that I was lonely,
Because you came to my rescue,
And I know that this must be heaven,
How could so much love be inside of you?

You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
That's why I'll always stay around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart.

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