Ceremony Readings

michscott1972

I am getting married in October.  I want to have a reading during the ceremony.  My fiance and I aren't necessarily religious.  I am looking for ideas on readings.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

mahoganieyes

  THE KEY TO LOVE
by Robert M. Millay The key to love is understanding…
the ability to comprehend not only the
spoken word, but those unspoken
gestures, the little things that say so
much by themselve s. The key to love is forgiveness…
to accept each other’s faults and pardon
mistakes, without forgetting – but with
remembering what you learn from them.  The key to love is trust…
though dark doubts lie in hollowed
thoughts, it must shine brightly on with
reassuring radiance that suppresses fear
with faith.  The key to love is sharing…
facing your good fortunes as well as the
bad, together; both conquering problems -
forever searching for ways to intensify
your happin ess. The key to love is giving…
without thought of return, but with the hope
of just a simple smile and by giving in, but
never up. The key to love is respect…
realizing that you are two separate people
with different ideas; that you don’t belong
to each other, but that you belong with eachother and share a mutual bond. The key to love is inside us all …
It takes time and patience to unlock all the ingredients
that will take you to its threshold;
it is the continual learning process < /em /> that demands a lot of work …but the rewards are more than worth the effort …
and that is the key to love.”

kiyamurph

Here's the poem that we're having read.  It's called Union by Robert Fulghum.

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, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way. All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks – all those conversations that began with, “When we’re married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – all 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, and more, 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 that we’ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed – well, I meant it all, every word.”

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.

For after today you shall say to the world –
This is my husband. This is my wife.