Blessed are you, Father and Lord,<\/p>\n
Who created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride,<\/p>\n
comfort and delight, love and friendship,<\/p>\n
Who established marriage for the happiness<\/p>\n
and well-being of men and women,<\/p>\n
We thank you for the gift of love to these two,<\/p>\n
and we rejoice on this glad occasion.<\/p>\n
We put this marriage into your hands,<\/p>\n
Surround them with your love now and always,<\/p>\n
________ and ______ have joined their lives together,<\/p>\n
Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts,<\/p>\n
a mantle about their shoulders, and a crown upon their heads.<\/p>\n
\nMay they find all the tasks in life easier because they<\/p>\n
Approach those tasks together.<\/p>\n
In sickness and health may they find your strength,<\/p>\n
In doubts and struggles may they see your light,<\/p>\n
In hurts and failures may they find your pardon,<\/p>\n
In loneliness and desperation may they find your joy,<\/p>\n
May they find no cold because each is warmth to the other,<\/p>\n
Bless them with your presence here and now and at all times,<\/p>\n
We pray in Christ\u2019s name,\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blessed are you, Father and Lord, Who created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, comfort and delight, love and friendship, Who established marriage for the happiness and well-being of men and women, We thank you for the gift of love to these two, and we rejoice on this glad occasion. We put this marriage into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}