MARRIAGE BLESSING

Bless their marriage, O God, as they begin their journey down the road of life together.

We don't know what lies ahead for the road turns and bends. But help them to make the best of whatever comes their way.

Help them to continue to enjoy each other as they did when they first met. Help them to realize that nothing nor no one is perfect and to look for the good in all things and all people including themselves.

Help them to respect each other's likes and dislikes, opinions and beliefs, hopes and dreams and fears even though they may not always understand them.

Help them to learn from each other and to help each other to grow mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Help them to realize that no matter what happens to them they will hold on to each other and know that things have a way of working out for the good.

Help them to create for their children a peaceful, stable home of love as a foundation on which they can build their lives.

But most of all, dear God, help them to keep lit the torch of love that they now share so that by their loving example they may pass on the light of love to their children and to their children's children forever. Amen.

TORCH OF LOVE

Bless this marriage, as BRIDE and GROOM begin their journey down the road of life together. May they respect each other’s likes and dislikes, opinions and beliefs, hopes and dreams, and fears even though they may not always understand each other.  May they rest in the knowledge that no matter what happens by holding on to each other things will work out for the best.

Most of all, dear God, help them to keep the torch of love burning with the fire that they now share in their hearts. Amen.

CHEROKEE WEDDING BLESSING

Great Spirit, God in heaven above
Please protect the ones we love.

We honor all that you created
As we pledge our hearts and lives together.

We honor mother earth
And ask that our marriage be abundant
To grow stronger through the seasons.

We honor the fire beings
And ask that our union be warm,
Glowing with love in our hearts.

We honor the wind beings,
And ask that we sail through our life safely,
Calm as in our mother’s arms.

We honor the water beings,
To clean and soothe our relationship
That it may never thirst for love.

With all the forces of the universe you created
We pray for harmony and true happiness
As we forever grow young together.

AZTEC INDIAN WEDDING BLESSING

I know not whether thou has been absent:
I lie down with thee, I rise up with thee,
In my dreams thou art with me.
If my eardrops tremble in my ears,
I know it is thou moving within my heart.