Blessed

 God, the best maker of all marriages, combine your hearts in one! 

 Shakespeare, King Henry V.III.387,8

Without God’s blessing and grace upon a marriage, a couple walks alone through the trials ahead.  No husband and wife, escapes hard times.  Therefore, religious tradition has for all time and all religions called upon God to bless the marriage union.  Blessings ask God to bring joy and love in abundance to the newlyweds, to make them strong during troubles, to bind them together as one so that they run to one another instead of apart.  Blessings also point the couple to God as the Father who loves and guides them best through life as a married couple.  The minister, rabbi, or priest bestows his benediction on the union on behalf of the believing community.

Traditional religious ceremonies include blessings written into the service.  Should you as a couple desire to choose a blessing from your own resources, this option is frequently possible.  Talk with your officiant to see how the blessing you choose might fit into the service.  Select from your religious scriptures. 

Civil blessings may be chosen from poems or sayings.  A number of blessings are included on the pages across the top of this blog labeled “Readings” and “Scripture”.