This Marriage By Rumi May these vows and this marriage be blessed. May it be sweet milk, this marriage, like wine and confection. May this marriage offer fruit and shade like the date palm. May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day a day in paradise. May this marriage be a sign of […]
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“Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney Written by one of the most celebrated Irish poets, these words speak to the unbreakable bonds of love. Masons, when they start upon a building, Are careful to test out the scaffolding; Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points, Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints. And yet all this […]
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UNIFICATION CEREMONY Sand Ceremony The sand ceremony involves a blending of different-colored sands into a single vessel. The meaning is clear: the blending of two different beings, the bride and the groom, into a single, inseparable unit that is their marriage – the joining of their lives. Hard as it would be to separate out […]
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Weddings – Wine Ceremony There are many ways to perform a wine ceremony. We’ve seen many variations of a wine wedding and the great thing is that there is no one way to do it. You can start your own wine wedding tradition. One wine wedding ceremony is to pour a glass of wine, talk […]
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It was the concluding paragraph of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 28-page majority opinion — now making its way into wedding ceremonies for both gay and straight couples. “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something […]
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