A Wedding Ceremony – stepping out of the ordinary into the extra-ordinary.
Log outWithout a wedding ceremony, a wedding day would be just another opportunity to have friends and family together for a party.
The style and words of the ceremony, the way they’re spoken, the music that’s played and the vows given are pivotal to the celebrations. This is why many couples pay careful attention to choosing their celebrant, detailing the elements in their ceremony and writing their own vows – vows from their hearts.
Wedding ceremonies are wonderful occasions. They’re the profound expression of the love of two people for each other; and although there are formal and legal requirements, a wedding ceremony can be uplifting and inspiring in the way that it celebrates love. It’s definitely possible to delight in the pure miraculousness of you finding each other, of recognising your deep connection and of seeing in each other the person you can love your whole life long.
A wedding ceremony is the rite of passage between single and married. A wedding is not only a social threshold to married life but it’s also a significant 'marker point' on the path of your relationship.
Weddings capture our imagination because they’re evocative occasions for sharing the happiness of love.
When you put time and effort into creating your own ceremony, each of your guests themselves will relish the opportunity to hear and see the qualities and the uniqueness of your love. Your ceremony will remind them of their own loves and the profound universal nature of love.
Because the guests you invite are important in your lives (and in your love) you can include them in the ceremony in many ways eg warming your wedding rings, lighting candles, signing a large certificate of marriage, etc.
Never doubt that marriage is a most significant step in your relationship: the public declaration of your love is a life-changing event for you yourselves and for your guests. You might be surprised at the depth and elevation of your love following your wedding; similarly with your family and friends.
Most couples remember their wedding day in great detail and the day becomes a family marker of events in that we talk about things that were “before we were married”, “after we were married” or “we saw them at Alex’s wedding”.
