Anne Marie Theresa Casey

Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to an event years in the making. Let me hear you, now! Are you ready for the wedding of Gaby and Reza?

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Gabriela Aleman Alonzo and Reza Rasoli-Behradi in the divine union of marriage.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Over the past year as I have grown to know Gaby and Reza as a couple, it is so evident that love in all of it's beauty surrounds them. The acute awareness one has of the other, the recognition .

Only true love can be seen so clearly in that true recognition of the other Person’s spirit, attitude and mannerisms/favorite things.

At this time, I would like to invite Gabriela's cousin, Nancy to share with us a reading from the Old Testament.

{{Nancy reads + leads us in prayer}}

Gabriela Aleman Alonzo and Reza Rasoli-Behradi will now share their vows.

{{I, Reza, take you, Gaby, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.}}

{{I, Gaby, take you, Reza, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.}}

Do you Gabriela Aleman Alonzo take this man Reza Rasoli-Behradi to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Reza Rasoli-Behradi take this woman Gabriela Aleman Alonzo to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Gabriela Aleman Alonzo and Reza Rasoli-Behradi will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of California I now pronounce you wife and husband!

You may kiss the bride.

Announcements

1. What the newlyweds are doing next - Gaby and Reza are heading out for photos and will rejoin us shortly/receiving line

2. Tell the guests what they are doing next - You are invited to the bar,

3. How long is the next part of wedding day going to be?