西方婚礼上牧师的话

西方婚礼上牧师的话

Minister: We are gathered here today in the sight of God, and in the face of this

company, to join together (Groom’s Name) and (Bride’s Name) in holy matrimony;

which is an honorable estate, instituted of God, since the first man and the first

woman walked on the earth. Therefore; it is not to be entered into unadvisedly or

lightly, but reverently and soberly.

Into this holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined.

If

any

one

can

show

just

cause

why

they

may

not

be

lawfully

joined

together,

let them speak now or forever hold their peace.

Who gives this woman to be married to this man?

Father: My wife and I do.

(Then the bride is given away)

Minister: I require and charge you both that if either of you know any

impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, you confess

it

now.

Be

assured

that

if

any

persons

are

joined

together

otherwise

than

as

God’s

word allows, their marriage is not lawful.

(Minister: addressing the groom)

(Groom’s Name), do you take (Bride’s Name) for your lawful wedded wife,

to live

together

after God’s ordinance, in the

holy estate

of matrimony? Will you

love,

honor,

comfort,

and

cherish

her

from

this

day

forward,

forsaking

all

others,

keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?

Groom: I do.

(Minster: addressing the bride):

(Bride’s

Name),

do

you

take

(Groom’s

Name)

for

your

lawful

wedded

husband,

to live

together

after God’s ordinance, in the

hol

y estate

of matrimony? Will you

love,

honor,

comfort,

and

cherish

him

from

this

day

forward,

forsaking

all

others,

keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?

Bride: I do.

(At

this

point

the

couple

may

improvise

by

playing

a

favorite

song,

reading

a scripture, etc. suggested scriptures might be genesis 2:21-25, mark 10:6-8 and

1 cor 13:4-7)

Reader

1: A reading from the

book

of Genesis, chapter 2,

versus

21 through

25:

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was

sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then

the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought

her to the man. The man said, “this is now bone of my bones and fles

h of my flesh;

she shall be called ’woman, ’ for she was taken out of man.“ for this reason a

man

will

leave

his

father

and

mother

and

be

united

to

his

wife,

and

they

will

become

one flesh. The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Reader 2: A reading from the gospel of Mark, chapter 10, versus 6 through

8:

But at the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this

reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the

two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.

Reader 3: A reading from the Apostle Paul, the first letter to the

Corinthians, chapter 13, verses 4 through 7:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is

not

proud.

It

is

not

rude,

it

is

not

self-seeking,

it

is

not

easily

angered,

it

keeps

no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It

always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Minister: Let us pray for this man and woman as they make their marriage

vows.

Father,

as

(Groom’s

Name)

and

(Bride’s

Name)

have

chosen

each

other,

help

them

and

bless

them

that

their

love

may

be

pure,

and

their

vows

may

be

true.

Through

Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

(Minister: addressing the groom who repeats the marriage vows):

I (Groom’s Name) take thee (Bride’s Name) to be my wedded wife, to have

and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in

sickness

and

in

health,

to

love,

hono

r,

and

cherish,

’til

death

do

us

part,

according

to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.