The
Wedding Sermon
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#1:Nondenominational
Friends, we have come here today to celebrate love. We see it in the faces of ______________ and ____________ who stand before us, but we experience it in our own hearts as well. This love is powerful enough to untie the strong entangled knot of life. It is a love which is spoken of in all religions, which kindles our souls with hope and which is our true home, our true meeting place.
___________ and __________ have opened their hearts to one another, and today in just a few moments will share their vows of marriage together. We are deeply grateful to them for opening their hearts to us as well, inviting us to witness and share in this precious moment. To this day they bring the fullness of their being as a treasure to share with one another. Their marriage is being entered into reverently, with the recognition of a true union which has been discovered. For what greater joy is there for two human souls than to join together to strengthen each other in all their endeavors, to support each other through all sorrow, and to share with each other in all gladness?
We hope that the words
and spirit of our gathering may be filled with a truth that will deepen
with the passing years. We hope, too, that the meaning of the vows
that ______ and _______ are about to share with one another will deepen
as well, as they discover the endless possibilities of this life together.
This is a love which need not be tarnished by common events, but which
can flower both in deepest adversity and in greatest joy.
As the years
go by, you will find more and more in one another a loveliness which
neither comes nor goes, which neither flowers nor fades, no longer
even taking the form of face or hand or words or knowing. Everything
in your marriage can partake of this mysterious beauty beyond beauty,
until wherever you turn you see reflections of this loveliness.
We
ask that the vision you have of one another be always informed by
that radiant power which first brought you together. Love is
stronger than your conflicts, bigger than life's changes, the
miracle always inviting you to learn, to blossom, to expand. It is
to love that you must always return.
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