CLOSING WORDS

1) May life bring you beautiful moments full of togetherness and love that leave you with memories to warm your souls for many years to come. May you discover new ways to appreciate the great gifts you have as a couple. May you have all the time you want to enjoy the magic and wonder of your love. May you look ahead with the faith and confidence that the coming years will be your best ever.

2) May you always find peace in your home. May you always be faithful to one another. May you always stay flexible enough to listen and consider each other's opinion. May you always find ways to strengthen your bond with one another. May you continue to discover similar interests. May you appreciate each other's good qualities and always focus on the positive. May your affection for one another never cease, but instead continue to grow - becoming a deeper, richer, and never-ending love.

3) In the years ahead of you, may the richness of the traditions that have nurtured you enhance and brighten your lives as you help to create and shape a future together. May the challenges of your lives be met with courage and optimism. May you learn from your failures and grow in your achievements. May life bless you with children, friends, and family in a wide network of mutual support and enjoyment. May the spirit of love always be a part of your lives so that the union we celebrate today be worthy of continued celebration for every tomorrow.

4) May you always remain sweethearts, helpmates, and friends. May your life together be full of kindness and understanding, thoughtfulness and rejoicing. May the years ahead bring you happiness and contentment. May you enter into each other’s sorrow by sympathy, into each other’s joy with gladness, into each other’s hope with faith and trust, into each other’s need with the sure presence of love, and into each other’s lives with enthusiasm and embracing.

5) By your free choice you have made a marriage. No matter what the demands on your lives and your time, the meaning of your living is now known through your love. You must nurture each other to fullness and wholeness. Renew yourselves in love and laughter. Maintain the capacity for wonder, spontaneity, humour, sensitivity, and save time for each other, to love each other more deeply and learn to love more fully the Creation in which the mystery of love happens.

6) Now may the love, which has brought you together, continue to grow and enrich your lives. May you continue to meet any problems which may arise to challenge you with courage and optimism. May your relationship always be one of love and trust. May the happiness you share today be with you always. And may everything you have said and done here today become a living truth in your lives.

7) We ask that the Holy Spirit of love may deepen the lives of Bride and Groom. May their relationship, which today has been expressed, continue to grow in the years to come. And whatever changes time may bring, let this wedding ceremony remain as a treasured memory and a guide to life. May they always experience that breathless wonder that exclaims: Out of all this world, YOU have chosen ME. When life is done and the sun is setting, may they be found then as now, still hand in hand, still thanking you for each other. Amen.

8) Most gracious God: We thank you for the beauty of this moment. Send your richest blessing upon Bride and Groom, whom we bless in your name, that they may love, honour, and cherish each other, amid the ever-changing scenes of life. Look favourably upon them, that their home may be a haven of blessing and a place of peace. Grant them fullness of years so that they may see their children’s children. Guide them by the wise counsel of your Word, and when their earthly lives are complete, give them entrance into your everlasting kingdom.

9) Gracious God, richly bless Bride and Groom in the promises that they have made to each other. May they be loyal and engaging companions to each other, and may they be loving and wise parents. And in this world, make them a visible symbol of the love that does not wane when the evening comes but is fresh with each new day. And as you bless this special couple, bless each union represented here. Perfect our imperfect love with the joy that comes from above. Amen.

10) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. Amen.

11) The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and grant you peace. In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.