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Choose from these common Catholic wedding readings to personalize your religious wedding ceremony script. These scripture readings taken from the Old & New Testament and the Gospels are perfect for Catholic, Christian, and non-denominational wedding ceremonies, or for couples who wish to honor a parent or grandparent’s religious views in their wedding.
4 Pagan wedding blessing examples and sample scripts to help you personalize your own handfasting, marriage ceremony, or Year and a Day celebration. With suggestions for each season and specific Pagan holiday, use these nature-focused readings as-is or as inspiration to write a custom Pagan wedding script in your own words.
Looking for short, romantic wedding readings? These 3 love poems are a sweet addition to any wedding ceremony script or wedding vows, by poet Pablo Neruda in Spanish and translated English. Great for non religious, bilingual, or alternative weddings, and more!
Include these Buddhist quotes on love, marriage, friendship, and happiness in your wedding ceremony script as a special wedding reading or prayer, or as part of your wedding vows. Perfect for a Buddhist wedding, or a spiritual or interfaith ceremony – add inspiration from Buddhism to your wedding day with these popular quotes and sayings.
Planning a Disney themed wedding? Include one of these 15 romantic quotes in your wedding ceremony script, or as part of your personal written wedding vows. Ask a trusted wedding officiant to help you get started.
These 10 Bible verses are the perfect inspiration for a Christian wedding ceremony – whether you’ve been asked to serve as wedding officiant, give a religious wedding reading, or are writing your own personal vows.
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This Celtic blessing by Irish poet and priest, John O’Donohue, is a beautiful way to honor a lost loved one during a funeral or memorial service, or on the anniversary of their death.
Planning a bilingual English-Chinese wedding ceremony? Add your favorite lines from these 5 romantic Chinese love poems and lyrics to your wedding vows or as a special reading to create a personalized ceremony script – Poems in Chinese with English translations.
Looking for a romantic non religious wedding reading for your ceremony? These 10 creative readings taken from lyrics, literature, film, and tv are the perfect way to spruce up a simple wedding script. Non traditional couples take note!
A wedding ceremony script based on quotes and scenes from some of the best wedding movies of all time! This romantic mash-up wedding script includes inspiration from Father of the Bride, Friends, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, The Best Man, and more.
Planning or officiating a goth wedding? Use these deliciously dark love poems and lyrics as unique wedding readings or inspiration for wedding vows, for a non traditional wedding ceremony.
Make sure your wedding vows and ceremony script pop by adding a few lyrics from these 1960s classic songs. Perfect for a vintage, retro, hippie, or bohemian themed wedding.
Gothic wedding inspiration from The Cure: Use these love song lyrics for wedding readings, to write romantic goth wedding vows, or add to your ceremony script!
Is your outdoor wedding ceremony scheduled during cicada season? Why not embrace it with one of these love poems!
Need help putting your love into words? Include these timeless love poems in your vows or as a special reading in your wedding ceremony, so your sweetheart knows just what your heart wants to say! Including modern, contemporary, classic, and traditional poetry.
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