Exchange of Rings
The rings are symbols of commitment that each partner brings to the marriage.
Dedication of Rings
The chaplain takes the rings from the attendant and says:
Sample 1
The ring is the symbol of the unbroken circle of love. Love freely given has no beginning and no end. Love freely given has no giver and no receiver - for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May your ring(s) always call to mind the freedom and the power of this love.
Sample 2
The circle is the symbol of the sun and earth and universe. It is the symbol of holiness and perfection and peace. In this ring it is the symbol of unity, in which these two lives have joined in one unbroken circle, in which, wherever you go, you will always return to one another and to your togetherness.
Sample 3
The circle of the ring speaks of love freely given: it has no beginning and it has no end. The circle of the ring declares the unity and the oneness of your two lives, which shall contain your devotion beyond every journey, that you may always return again to your togetherness.
Placing Rings on Finger
As the ring is placed on the finger,each party says:
Sample 1
_______, with this ring I marry you and I promise to be true for so long as we both shall live.
Sample 2
With this ring I thee wed.
Sample 3
_______, I offer this ring to wear upon your hand as a symbol of our unity.
Sample 4
I offer this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity for the years to come.
Sample 5
_______, with the giving of this ring, I thee wed.
_______, with the receiving of this ring, I thee wed.
Sample 6
I give you this ring as a symbol that I am bound to you always, in love.
Sample 7
As the sign from my heart that I desire to live with you from this day forward, and that you may remember forever that I have chosen you above all others, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.
Dedication of Rings
The chaplain takes the rings from the attendant and says:
Sample 1
The ring is the symbol of the unbroken circle of love. Love freely given has no beginning and no end. Love freely given has no giver and no receiver - for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May your ring(s) always call to mind the freedom and the power of this love.
Sample 2
The circle is the symbol of the sun and earth and universe. It is the symbol of holiness and perfection and peace. In this ring it is the symbol of unity, in which these two lives have joined in one unbroken circle, in which, wherever you go, you will always return to one another and to your togetherness.
Sample 3
The circle of the ring speaks of love freely given: it has no beginning and it has no end. The circle of the ring declares the unity and the oneness of your two lives, which shall contain your devotion beyond every journey, that you may always return again to your togetherness.
Placing Rings on Finger
As the ring is placed on the finger,each party says:
Sample 1
_______, with this ring I marry you and I promise to be true for so long as we both shall live.
Sample 2
With this ring I thee wed.
Sample 3
_______, I offer this ring to wear upon your hand as a symbol of our unity.
Sample 4
I offer this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity for the years to come.
Sample 5
_______, with the giving of this ring, I thee wed.
_______, with the receiving of this ring, I thee wed.
Sample 6
I give you this ring as a symbol that I am bound to you always, in love.
Sample 7
As the sign from my heart that I desire to live with you from this day forward, and that you may remember forever that I have chosen you above all others, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.