"You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks – all those sentences that began with ”When we’re married”” and continued with “I will and you will and we will” – those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart.
All these
common things are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are
about to make are a way of saying to one another: “You know all those things
we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed – I meant it all, every word.” Look at one
another and remember this moment. Before this moment you have been many things
to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover and even teacher. Now
you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, for after
these vows, you shall say to the world, this is my husband, this is my wife."
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