Closings
Select the way in which you want to be pronounced married, kiss. Add a final blessing or introduction if you choose.
( ) and ( ), you have showered our hearts with expressions of your love, and promised each other the joy of all your days. Now by the power vested in me by the state of New York, and before these witnesses, it gives me great honor and pleasure to pronounce you (complete as appropriate for couple). May God bless this union. You may kiss your (complete as appropriate for couple). Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to present to you for the first time: ( ) Go forth and celebrate!
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Remember the promises you have made to each other today, carry them close in your heart, but most all live them, each and every day. I now pronounce you (complete as appropriate for couple). You may kiss.Friends and family, may I now introduce ( )
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( ) and ( ), the vows have expressed today, the rings you have exchanged, and this Unity _____________ceremony demonstrate your love for, and commitment to, each other. Therefore, I now pronounce (complete as appropriate for couple). You may kiss the (complete as appropriate for couple).
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With the blessings of the family and friends present, under the authority vested in me by the State of New York, and in the name of the Holy Spirit, I now pronounce you (complete as appropriate for couple). You may kiss.
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( ) and ( ) , may your home be a place of happiness for all who enter it; a place where the old and the young are renewed in each others' company; a place for growing and a place for sharing, a place for music and a place for laughter, a place for prayer and a place for love. May those who are nearest to you be constantly enriched by the beauty and the bounty of your love for one another, may your work be a joy of your life that serves the world, and may your days be good and long upon the Earth. I am very happy to pronounce that you are now (complete as appropriate for couple) Celebrate with a kiss.
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I now pronounce you (complete as appropriate for couple). You may claim one another through the kiss, which symbolically seals the promises of marriage you have made to each other.
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( ) and ( ) you have come here today before us and before God and have expressed your desire to become husband/wife and wife/husband. You have shown your love and affection by joining hands, and have made promises of faith and devotion, each to the other, and have sealed these promises by the giving and the receiving of the rings. Therefore, it is my privilege as a minister and by the authority given to me by the state of New York, I now pronounce that you are (complete as appropriate for couple) . ( ) you may kiss your (complete as appropriate) Ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to introduce to you for the first time ( )
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( ) and ( ) , having witnessed your vows for marriage with all who are assembled here, and by the authority vested in me, I announce with great joy that you are husband/wife and wife/husband. You may seal your vows with a kiss. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present to you, for the first time as (complete as appropriate for couple) _
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( ) and ( ), by the power vested in me in the State of New York, I now pronounce you (complete as appropriate for couple)! You may kiss !!
This Native American Blessing will send you on your way:
Now you will feel no rain, for each will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold, for each will be warmth for the other.
Now there is no more loneliness.
Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place to enter the days of your life together,
And may your days be good and long upon this earth.
Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my honor to present to you, for the first time, ( )
(Feel free to substitute a blessing from any tradition or culture, i.e Irish, Scottish etc.)
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I now pronounce you (complete as appropriate for couple) You may kiss the bride/groom. May your days together shine brightly. May your communication continue to deepen. May your lives together be filled with love, abundance and joy. Friends and family, may I now introduce ( )
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( ) and ( ) having witnessed your vows with all who are assembled here, and by the authority vested in me, I announce with great joy that you are now married. You may seal your vows with a kiss. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present to you ( ) and ( )friends, partners, and now… husband/wife and wife/husband (complete as appropriate for couple)
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We will close with a Blessing For A Marriage by James Dillet Freeman.
May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding. May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with you and you. May you need one another, but not out of weakness.May you want one another, but not out of lack. May you entice one another, but not compel one another. May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another. May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults. If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back. May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities. May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy.
May you have love, and may you find it loving one another!
I now pronounce you (husband/wife/spouse/ married select the best options for you)
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We will close with an excerpt from A Blessing for a Wedding by Jane Hirshfield Today, let this light bless you With these friends let it bless you With snow-scent and lavender bless you Let the vow of this day keep itself wildly and wholly Spoken and silent, surprise you inside your ears Sleeping and waking, unfold itself inside your eyes Let its fierceness and tenderness hold you Let its vastness be undisguised in all your days I now pronounce you (husband/wife/spouse/ married select the best options for you)
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Now you will no longer fear the storm, for you find shelter in each other.
Now the winter cannot harm you, for you warm each other with love.
Now when strength fails, you will be the wind to each other’s wings.
Now the darkness holds no danger, for you will be the light to each other’s path.
Now you will defy despair, for you will bring hope to each other’s heart.
Now there will be no more loneliness, for there will always be a hand reaching out to aid you when all seems darkest.
Where there were two paths, now there is one.
May your days together be long upon the earth, and each day blessed with joy in each other.