Wedding Vows Renewal
Wedding Vows Renewal
Wedding Vows Renewal
During or immediately following the liturgy all couples will be invited to affirm their BLESSING OF MARRIED COUPLES
wedding vows in a simple and solemn ceremony. The celebrant will invite couples to
stand together in their pews or to gather at an appropriate place in front of the V
/ Husbands and wives, please bow your heads for the blessing.
sanctuary.
May God the eternal Father keep you of one heart in love for one another
that the peace of Christ may dwell in you and abide always in your home.
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/ Dear brothers and sisters, on your wedding day you joined your lives in an R/ Amen.
unbreakable bond through the Sacrament of Matrimony. I invite you now
to join your right hands and renew the promises you made to one another. V
/ May you be blessed in your children, have solace in your friends and enjoy
true peace with everyone.
And so I remind you, husbands, that by the Lord’s goodness you took this R/ Amen.
woman to be your wife. Do you affirm your promise to be true to her in
good times and in bad? V
/ May you be witnesses in the world to God’s charity, so that the afflicted
R/ I do. and needy who have known your kindness may one day receive you
thankfully into the eternal dwelling of God.
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/ In sickness and in health? R/ Amen.
R/ I do.
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/ And may almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the
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/ Do you promise to love her and honor her all the days of your life? Holy Spirit.
R/ I do. R/ Amen.
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/ And so I remind you, wives, that by the Lord’s goodness you took this
man to be your husband. Do you affirm your promise to be true to him Vows of renewal and blessing adapted from the Roman Missal, Third Edition.
in good times and in bad? Prayers modified from the Prayer of Blessing of a Married Couple, Book of
Blessings (1989).
R/ I do.