Readings and Vows
Samples
Declaration Of Intent
1:Wilt thou take this man/woman to be thy wedded
wife/husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the
holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her/him, comfort
her/him, honor and keep her/him in sickness and in health,
and. forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her/him, as
long as ye both shall live?
2:Will you have this woman/man to be your
wife/husband, to live together in holy marriage? Will you
love her/him. comfort her/him, honor and keep her/him in
sickness and in health, and, forsaking all others, be
faithful to her/him as long as you both shall live?
3: Will you have this woman/man to be your
wife/husband, and will you pledge yourself to her/him in
all love and honor, in all duty and service, in all faith and
tenderness, to live with her/him, and cherish her/him,
according to the ordinance of God, in the holy bond of
marriage?
4:You have chosen----to be your wife/husband and
companion; will you willingly accept her/him, to share
with her/him all the joys Life has to offer and comfort
her/him in her/his sorrow? Will you accept her/him in
sickness and in health, from this day forward, and share
with her/him any riches you may acquire? Will you
forgive her/him her/his faults and instead try to
concentrate upon the better parts of her/his nature, and
pledge to her/him your fidelity and love?
5:Do you take-----to be your wedded wife/husband, to
love, honor and respect her/him? Will you share her/his
pain and sorrows as well as the laughter and joys? Will
you accept her/him in sickness and in health from this day
forward, and share with her/him any riches you may
acquire?
6:------, do you take this woman/man,-----
as your wife/husband, to love her/him and to honor
her/him, to nurture, serve and support her/him. in times of
joy and in times of difficulty? And do you promise to
remain by her/his side regardless of what trouble befalls
you, and in the prescence of temptation to forsake this love,
do you promise to remain steadfast and true? Do you
promise with all your heart and soul to honor this vow till
death do you part?
Vow Samples
1: From this day forward,-----, I make a promise:
Whatever happens, you shall not walk alone;
My heart will be your shelter and my arms will be your
home;
I'll stand by your side and sleep in your arms:
I'll watch over you and keep you from harm;
I'll be the joy in your heart and the food for your soul;
May you feel deeply loved for indeed you are.
Through our brightest days and our darkest nights. I take
you into my heart.
For my love is yours now and forever.
2: I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of
you no more than you can give;
I promise to accept you the way you are.
I fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and
outlook on life that you have, and I won't try to reshape
you in a different image.
I promise to respect you as a person with your own
interests, desires and needs, and to realize that those are
sometimes different but no less important than my own.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see into
my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face
change as we both change in order to keep our relationship
alive and exciting.
And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in
bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside, always
and forever.
3: I,------, take you,-----, to be my wedded
wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and
to cherish, according to God's Holy Ordinance.
4: -----, as you have been by my side through my
darkest hour, so will i be a light in your life. I will lift
you up and support you through laughter and through
tears. I will care for you in times of infirmity and keep
you sheltered when storms arise. I will comfort and
console you. I will be the rock that you stand on, the staff
that you lean on, and the wings that allow you to fly.
You inspire me to follow my dreams so will strive to
help you achieve your goals. I will encourage you in your
endeavors and nourish your spirit as we walk through this
life together. As you have loved me, so do I love you. I
will be by your side, a part of one entity, but above all
else, I will allow you to be you.
5: ------, I promise before God, our family and friends,
to be your loving and faithful husband/wife, to share my
life with you, in wealth and in poverty,in sickness and in
health, in good times and in bad times, for as long as we
both shall live.
6:I,-------. take you,-----,to be my wife/husband, and
I promise before God and these friends that I will share
my life with you in all love and honor, in all faith and
tenderness, through joy and sorrow, in sickness and health,
as long as we both shall live.
7: I,-----,take you,-----, to be my wife/husband and 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.
8:-------.I take you into my very being, to share with
you life"s sorrows and joys. I promise to respect you and
accept your respect, to forgive you when needed and accept
your forgiveness, to instill hope in you, and be aware of
the hope you instill in me. I promise to love you as an
equal, and honor you all the days of my life.
9:------I take you to be my wife/husband/partner, to
have and to hold from this day forward. I give to you my
unending love and devotion. I promise to be true to you, to
cherish you and to share my thoyghts, hopes and dreams
with you. I look forward to spending the rest of my life
with you, my best friend. I will love you forever.
10:------The Wedding Vow
You are not the air that I breathe,
You are the sweet scent that drifts upon it;
You are not the food that I need,
You are the nourishment of my soul.
You are not my will to survive,
You are my reason for living.
It is with you that I experience the wonders of the world;
It is with you that I triumph over the challenges in my
path;
It is your partnership that will lead me to the fulfillment
of my dreams.
It is your friendship that guides me as I learn and grow.
It is your patience and wisdom that calms my restless
nature.
I do not take you for granted, I cherish you.
I do not need you---I choose you.
I choose you today in witness of all the people who love
us.
I choose you tomorrow in the privacy of our hearts.
I choose you in strength and in weakness.
I choose you in health and in sickness.
I choose you in joy and in sorrow.
I shall choose you over all others every day for all the
days of my life.
11:----I take thee to be my lifelong companion and
partner, secure in the knowledge that you will be my
constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my own
true love.
On this special day, i give to you in the presence of God,
this sacred promise to stay by your side as your faithful
companion, insickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow
as well as through the good times and the bad.
i promise to love you without reservation, to comfort you in
times of distress, to encourage you to achieve all of your
goals, laugh with you and cry with you, to grow with you
in mind and in spirit, to always be open and honest with
you, and cherish you as long as we both shall live.
12:----I promise to give you the best of myself and to
ask of you no more than you can give,
I promise to respect you as your own person and to realize
that your interests, desires and needs are no less important
than my own.
I promise to share with you my time and my attention and
to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see
through the window of my world into my innermost fears,
secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face
change in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.
I promise to love you in good times and bad with all I
have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know
how, completely and forever,
13 A------The Song Of Ruth
Scriptural Version
"Entreat me not to leave thee
or to return from following after thee,
for whither thou goest, i will go
and whither thou lodgest, I will lodge.
Thy people shall be my people
and thy God my God.
Whither thou diest I will die,
and there will I be buried.
The Lord do so to me snd more, also,
if ought but death part thee and me.
Contemporary Version
Please do not tell me ever to leave you
or not to follow you;
For where ever you go, I will go,
and where ever you make your home, I will make mine.
Your people and family shall also be mine
and we will worship God together.
Where ever you die, there will I die
and we shall be buried together.
The Lord will help me keep my vows
and only death will part us.
Musical Selections For Weddings
The following is a list of some of the more popular
musical selections chosen by brides for their wedding., for
the Prelude, Processional, Interlude, Recessional, and
also for the Lighting of the Unity Candle. It is by no
means a comprehensive list , it is just a resource that
might be of assistance to a prospective couple. As always,
the desires of the couple take precedence.
Prelude Music
"Adagio"------from Sonata in E-flat by Mozart
"Air"------from Handel's Water Music
"Air on the G-string"---fromJ. S. Bach's Orchestral
Suite No. 3
"Allegro" ----from J.S. Bach's Bradenburg Concerto
# 4 in G
"Courante"----from Three Lute Dances
"Nocturn in E flat, Opus 9, No. 2 " by Chopin
"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"-----by DeBussy
"So This Is Love"---an instrumental from "Cinderella"
"Waltz"----fromTchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty--Act
1
Processional Music
Traditional Wedding March from Lohengrin----
"Here Comes The Bride" by Richard Wagner
The Processional to "Te Deum" ---by Charpentier
"Trumpet Tune"---by Purcell
"Trumpet Voluntary"---Prince of Denmark's March by
Clarke
"Canon in D"---bt Pachebel
"Orioso"---by J.S. Bach
Heroic Marches---by Telemann
"Romancefrom String Quartet-----by Mozart
"Elvira Madigan Theme"-----Bach
"Dodi Li"----Steven Sher
"Ereu Ba"----by Shoshana Damari
"Rondeau" (Masterpeice Theater Theme) Damari
Interlude Music
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"------by J.S. Bach
Air---:Sheep May Safely Graze"-----Bach
"Air on the G-string"---fromOrchestral Suite # 3---
by Bach
"Amen! Praise and Glory!" -----by Peacock
"Ave Maria"----by Schubert or Gounod
"The Call From Five Mystical Songs" ----Vaughan
Williams
"Cavalleria Ruaticana"--- Intermezzo by Mascagni
"Greensleeves"-------Traditional
"Finlandia"---from "Ode To Joy"------Words by
Grieg----Music by Beethoven
"Let There Be Peace On Earth"
London Trio # 3-----Adante by Hayden
"Lord's Prayer"
"O God Of Life"-----from Panis Angelica by
Francke
"O Mio Babbino Caro"-------Gianna Schieski by
Puccini
"Quando Men' Vo" Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme
by Puccini
Recessional Music
Traditional Wedding March---by Mendelssohn"s
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
"Ode To Joy"------bt Beethoven
"Spring"----from Vivaldi's Four Season's
"Autumn"-----from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
"Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba" ----from Handel's
"Solomon"
"Hornpipe"----from Handel's "Water Music"
First Movement from Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F
by J.S. Bach
"La Rejouissance"---from Handel's Royal Fireworks
Music---"Simon Tou"
"Sonata in G"----by Tartini
"Toccata" ---from Widor's Organ Symphony # 5
Music For Lighting Of The Unity Candle
"There Is Love" -----The Wedding Song by Paul
Stookey
"From This Moment"------Shania Twain and Bryan
White
"The Wedding Song"----Kenny G
"Ave Maria"-----Schubert
"One Hand, One Heart"---from West Side Story
"The Lord's Prayer"
"I Will Be Here"---Steven Curtis Chapman
"Time In A Bottle"-----Jim Croce
"Old Love"----Bob Ford
"Because You Loves Me"---Celine Dion
"Give Me Forever" -------(I Do) John Tesh
"When I Say I Do"--Clint Black and Lisa Hartman
"Keeper Of The Stars"---Tracy Btrd
"Household of Faith"---Steve and Anne Paynter
"It's Your Love"---Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
"Always"---Atlantic Starr
"Amazing Grace"---Lari White
"Endless Love"---Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross
"I Do"---Paul Brandt
"I'll Always Be Right There"---Bryan Adams
"Flesh of My Flesh"---Leon Patillo
"Greensleeves"
"Grow Old With Me"---Mary Chapin Carpenter
"I Believe In You And Me"---Whitney Houston
"I Do--Cherish You"--Mark White
"Where ever You Go"---David Hess
"You Light Up My Life"
"Thank You"---Led Zeppelin
"I'll Be Loving You Always"
Any selection from the great composer, Sigmund
Romberg who wrote beautiful love songs for Nelson
Eddy and Jeannette McDonald.
"Entreat me not to leave thee
or to return from following after thee;
For whither thou goest, I will go.
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