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Wedding Vows
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"_______________, I commit my love to you this day for as long
as we both shall live; this love is the very flame of God and
may no man dare to quench it. I promise to be faithful to you,
to nurture you, to cherish you and encourage you, with the same
care and concern that I give myself. I promise to help you become
all the woman/man our Lord has intended you to be, and throughout
our lifetime together, you will always be my beloved wife/husband
and my best friend."
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"_________________, it is with unspeakable joy that I take you
to be my wedded wife/husband, that together we may become one.
As Christ loves his Body, the Church, so I promise to love you
with an unselfish devotion. I will care for you with tenderness
and I will always seek to strengthen you, comfort you, encourage
you and hold you up daily in prayer before our Heavenly Father.
I pledge you my faithfulness and eternal love from this day forward."
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"I, _____________, take you, __________________, as my cherished
wedded husband. It is the greatest desire of my heart to be faithful
to you and to love you always, seeking to meet your every need,
desiring to help in every way, listening to you, encouraging you,
comforting you and standing by your side in whatever circumstances
may face us in the years ahead. I will respect you, honor you
and strive for harmony in our marriage with a quiet and gentle
spirit. As God created Eve for Adam, so shall I be a helper to
you always, from this day forth, and for as long as we both shall
live."
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"___________________, I take you as my lawfully wedded husband/wife
and I hereby pledge myself to be faithful, an example of Christ's
love in our home, that our lives together as a married couple
may be a sign of His love and concern for the world. I give
myself wholly to you this hour and I promise to guard, cherish
and protect you all the days of my life."
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EPISCOPALIAN DECLARATION OF INTENT
"I vow to be your faithful husband/wife, understanding that
marriage is a lifelong union, and not to be entered into lightly,
for the purpose of mutual fellowship, encouragement and understanding;
for the procreation of children and their physical and spiritual
nurture. I hereby give myself to you in this cause with my sacred
vow before God."
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JEWISH/CHRISTIAN INTERFAITH VOWS
"I,_______________, take you,_______, to be my wedded wife/husband;
and I promise and covenant, before God and these witnesses, to
be your loving and faithful husband/wife, in plenty and in want,
in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we
both shall live."
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CATHOLIC - NON CATHOLIC
"I,__________, take you, _____________, to be my wife/husband,
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness
and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my
life."
Or:
The Priest to the Groom/Bride: "____________, do you take ___________,
to be your wife/husband? Do you promise to be true to her/him
in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him/her
and honor him/her all the days of your life?" Groom/Bride: "I
do."
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VOWS FOR SECOND MARRIAGES
"___________, I thank God for you and for the joyous light and
peace you have brought to me at a dark time in my life. With a
love that will never falter and our abiding faith in one another,
I vow to take you, ___________, as my husband/wife, to love you,
honor you and cherish you now and forevermore, so help me God."
"As we begin our new life together as husband and wife, I am
amazed at our love. It is an invisible thing-our love-and yet,
it is a force so strong, so durable that it will hold our lives
together for all the years to come. Our past is over; our future
is new, and as we take our vows today, we will be changed forever,
and I take them gladly, and without reservation. _________, I
commit myself to you, to be your loving, faithful husband/wife.
I promise to honor you, believe in you, protect you and do everything
in my power to make your life happy and fulfilled. This is my
promise. Take my hand as we go with joy into our new life together."
"_____________________, I am proud to marry you this day and
become your husband/wife. I promise to wipe away your tears with
my laughter, and your pain with my caring and my compassion. We
will wipe out the old canvases of our lives and let God, with
His amazing artistic talent, fill them with new color, harmony
and beauty. I give myself to you completely as your husband/wife
and I promise to love you always, from this day forth."
"______________, God has given us a second chance at happiness
and I praise Him for that. I come today to give you my love, to
give you my heart and my hope for our future together. I promise
to bring you joy, to be at home with your spirit and to learn
to love you more each day, through all the days of our lives.
I promise to be your faithful wife/husband; my love for you is
seamless, endless and eternal."
"_________, when God brought you into my life, everything changed.
Because of you, I laugh, I smile, I dare to dream again. All the
heartaches and sorrows are behind me now, and by God's grace,
and because of you, I look forward with great joy to spending
the rest of my life with you, caring for you, nurturing you, being
there for you in all life has for us, and I vow to be a true and
faithful husband/wife, for as long as we both shall live, so help
me God."
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JEWISH Conservative Service
Rabbi (addressing bride/groom): "Do you _____, take ________
to be your lawful wedded wife, to love, to honor and to cherish?"
Bride/Groom: "I do."
Rabbi (addressing bride): "Do you _____, take ________ to be
your lawful wedded husband to love, to honor and to cherish?"
Bride: "I do."
Rabbi (addressing bride/groom): "Then, do you __________, put
this ring upon the finger of your bride and say to her: "Be
thou consecrated to me, as my wife, by this ring, according
to the Law of Moses and of Israel." The Rabbi then asks the
bride to repeat the following: "May this ring I receive from
thee be a token of my having become thy wife according to the
Law of Moses and of Israel." If two rings are used, the bride
may say: "This ring is a symbol that thou art my husband in
accordance with the Law of Moses and Israel."
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NONTRADITIONAL
"As we stand beside the ocean tide, may our love always be as
constant and unchanging as these never-ending waves that pour
beneath our feet, flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea;
your love came softly upon my heart, just as the foam comes softly
upon the sand, and just as there will never be a morning without
the ocean's flow, so there will never be a day without my love
for you. I pledge myself to you this day and I promise to be your
faithful husband/wife, as unchanging and dependable as the tide;
as these waters nourish the earth and sustain life, may my constant
love nourish and sustain you until the end of time."
"Remember when we were children and we used to dress up and
pretend we were bride and groom? Those were days of playful childish
fantasies, but today is for keeps. Today you are a real bride/groom,
and I am a real groom/bride..no more childishness. no more games
of pretend. Today, as I give myself to you as your bride/husband,
my mind is clear and my commitment is strong and without reservation
as I take you to be my life's partner. I will never leave you
nor forsake you; I will spend all my days at your side, and leaving
behind childish things, we will share a lifetime of eternal, immeasurable
love."
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