The country of marriage
EXCERPT FROM “ THE COUNTRY OF MARRIAGE “ ~ By Wendell Berry ~ “…our life reminds me of a forest in which there is a graceful clearing and in that opening a house,…
Readings
The Jerusalem Bible, Song of Songs
2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a For love is as strong as death. I hear my Beloved. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills. My Beloved is like a…
The most wonderful of all things in life
is the discovery of another human being with whom one’s relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love…
The Passionate shepherd to his love
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit…
The Prayer
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is discord, union; Where there is doubt,…
The Seven Blessings
From “The New Jewish Wedding” ~ By Anita Diamant ~ 展e acknowledge the Unity of all within the sovereignty of God, expressing our appreciation for this wine, symbol…
The Symposium
Our original nature was by no means the same as it is now. There was a kind composed of both sexes and sharing equally in male and female. The form of each person…
To althea, from prison (Last Stanza)
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free,…
Touched by an angel
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us…
Traditional Irish Blessing
Traditional Irish Prayer May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your…
Treat yourselves and each other with respect...
UNTITLED ~ Author Unknown ~ Treat yourselves and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what brought you together. Give the highest priority to the…
True love
is a sacred flame That burns eternally, And none can dim its special glow Or change its destiny. True love speaks in tender tones And hears with gentle ear, True…
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What is the beginning? Love. What the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is Love. On a happy hill Is there nothing then but Love? Search we sky or earth…
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~ modification from Walt Whitman’s Song of the Open Road~ I do not offer the old smooth prizes, But offer rough new prizes, These are the days that must happen to…
Wedding Prayer
Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank you for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded us this day, for the hope…
What is Love?
Sooner or later we begin to understand that love is more than verses on valentines and romance in the movies. We begin to know that love is here and now, real and…
What of Marriage?
From The Prophet ~ By Kahlil Gilbran ~ THEN Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage master? And he answered saying: You were born together, and together…
Why Marriage?
Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person, With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body… Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies…
You can give without loving...
UNTITLED ~ Author Unknown ~ You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually…