Lissette DeCarli

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Lucy and Brent in the spiritual 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.

Lao Tzu says, "Being loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." May the two of you love one another with strength and walk this life with courage. Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Lucy and Brent. You two have been here before. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Lucy and Brent will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

Do you Lucy take this man Brent 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 Brent take this woman Lucy 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)*

Lucy and Brent 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!