Rose
Ceremonies
Though
more prevalent in Western weddings, you may also like to incorporate
rose ceremonies in your wedding as an added special touch.
In
the past, and even now, the rose has always been considered
a symbol of love. A single rose always meant only one thing
- it meant "I love you."
The
rose ceremonies could take place after couple has been pronounced
as husband and wife.
For
the first rose ceremony, the bride and groom offers each other
a single, preferably, red rosebud. This symbolizes the giving
and receiving of their love for each other throughout their
entire married life.
For
the rose ceremony, the following script could be recited by
your priest:
"Your gift to each other for your wedding today has been
your wedding rings - which shall always be an outward demonstration
of your vows of love and respect; and a public showing of
your commitment to each other.
You
now have what remains the most honorable title which may
exist between a man and a woman - the title of "husband"
and "wife." For your first gift as husband and wife, that
gift will be a single rose.
In
the past, the rose was considered a symbol of love and a
single rose always meant only one thing - it meant the words
"I love you." So it is appropriate that for your first gift
- as husband and wife - that gift would be a single rose.
Please
exchange your first gift as husband and wife. In some ways
it seems like you have not done anything at all. Just a
moment ago you were holding one small rose - and now you
are holding one small rose. In some ways, a marriage ceremony
is like this. In some ways, tomorrow is going to seem no
different than yesterday. But in fact today, just now, you
both have given and received one of the most valuable and
precious gifts of life - one I hope you always remember
- the gift of true and abiding love within the devotion
of marriage.
Bride
and Groom, I would ask that where ever you make your home
in the future - whether it be a large and elegant home -
or a small and graceful one - that you both pick one very
special location for roses; so that on each anniversary
of this truly wonderful occasion you both may take a rose
to that spot both as a recommitment to your marriage - and
a recommitment that THIS will be a marriage based upon love.
In
every marriage there are times where it is difficult to
find the right words. It is easiest to hurt who we most
love. It is easiest to be most hurt by who we most love.
It might be difficult some time to words to say "I am sorry"
or "I forgive you"; "I need you" or "I am hurting". If this
should happen, if you simply can not find these words, leave
a rose at that spot which both of you have selected - for
that rose than says what matters most of all and should
overpower all other things and all other words.
Bride
and Groom, if there is anything you remember of this marriage
ceremony, it is that it was love that brought you here today,
it is only love which can make it a glorious union, and
it is by love which your marriage shall endure."
The second rose ceremony has the bride and groom offering
roses to their mothers. The roses serve as tokens of gratitude
for their mothers' unfailing and unconditional love.
Consult
your officiating priest about including these rose ceremonies
in your wedding.
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Sources:
The
Rose Ceremony.
http://www.usabride.com/wedplan/a_rose_ceremony.html
Rose Ceremonies.
http://www.foothillschapel.com/ceremony/rose.htm
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