Prayers and Blessings

Marriage is a gift from God, a miracle.

After speaking to you both, it is obvious that
you already know some of the great blessings marriage has to offer.

It is an opportunity to
feel the joy of taking care of someone who takes care of you, to be challenged towards growth yet
gently nurtured, to love deeply and receive it in return.

It is about trust, friendship and
having a partner to share all life has to offer.

It is a commitment to participate in a
process of mutual evolution, understanding and forgiveness.

It is indeed a sacred union to
be treated with reverence.

Marriage is not a place to hide from the world.

It is a
safe place to grow and become wiser.

It is a place to evolve into better people; so that you
can go out in the world and make a difference by spreading the joy and wisdom that you have found
with each other.

Together in this marriage, you shall contribute more fully, for you both
shall be more full.

Bride, Groom is a gift to you from God, but he is not a gift for you
alone.

It is God’s will that in your love, this man might find within himself a
greater sense of who he is meant to be.

You are asked to see the good in this man, to accept
him for who he is and who he shall be.

In this way, God’s purpose shall be
accomplished in this relationship.

May this man find the kingdom of heaven through the love
you share.

And so it is with you also Groom, that although Bride is God’s gift to you,
she is not a gift intended for you alone.

You are asked by God to so love this woman, that
in your love she might find herself as God has created her, so beautiful and strong and brave and
true, that the entire world might be blessed by the presence of a woman who shines so.

May
she relax in your arms as she has never relaxed before. May she know, from now on, that there is one
on whose love she can depend on forever.