Why have a light ceremony on your wedding day?

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Evelyn Carpenter

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Every wedding has its own style, and just as there are those who seek to make a difference with the wedding decorations or perhaps other details, such as the wedding dresses or the style of the dinner, there are those who seek to make a symbolic ceremony, with a lot of meaning in between.

One of them is the ceremony of light, which gives a spiritual and intimate touch to the commitment that the bride and groom are assuming. This type of ceremony is mainly performed in civil marriages, since in religious marriages it is necessary to consult with the priest and evaluate the possibility of doing it.

If you want to know more about this beautiful tradition and which love phrases can't be left out, keep reading all about the ceremony of light.

What does it consist of?

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The first things they need are three candles, two small and one larger. The smaller ones represent the bride and groom, while the larger one symbolizes the new life they are starting together.

The ceremony usually takes place after having read the votes and after the exchange of the golden rings, each one lights his candle to join them together and light the largest candle at the same time while they recite beautiful phrases of love that they prepared for the occasion.

Types of texts

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Although, it all depends on the couple, there are different short love phrases or other longer ones. to incorporate into the ceremony of light Here are texts with some love phrases to dedicate on that important day:

The light of a promise

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This first text is part of the pages of the book "Together until heaven". In its lines you will find the promise of a flame that expects to be present in the new home they will form to be lit in good times and bad until the day of the farewell.

(Officiant)

Let a candle burn on your wedding day.

It is a symbol that enlightens and accompanies.

After some years have passed, you should remind them of what they have promised each other today.

The candle on your wedding day whispers in your ear, "I have seen it. My flame will be present when you hold hands and offer your heart. I am more than just a candle. I am a silent witness in the house of your love and I will continue to live in your home.

On days when the sun shines they won't need to light me up.

But when you feel a great joy, when a child is on the way or any other beautiful star shines on the horizon of your life, turn me on.

Turn me on when it gets dark, when a storm breaks between us, when the first fight breaks out.

Turn me on when the first step needs to be taken and you don't know how; when an explanation is needed and you can't find the words; when you want to embrace and your arms are paralyzed. Turn me on.

My light will be for you a clear sign. It speaks your own language, the language we all understand.

I am the candle on your wedding day.

Let me burn as long as it takes, until the two of you, cheek to cheek, can extinguish me.

Then I will thankfully say, 'See you next time.

The same path

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The officiant speaks of the light that will guide the path of this new couple As you merge into one, you are also two courageous people with much to give and learn.

(Officiant)

"Next, the bride and groom wish to perform the candle ceremony, also known as the ceremony of light. (Name of bride and groom) each take his candle.

These candles symbolize what you have been until today: two people with great strength, full of illusions and plans for the future, with free and independent paths. Two people who today have decided to join in marriage, to join their paths to walk a common project, to join their flames in one that will burn with more strength and illusion and that represents the commitment that today is born between them.

May it remind you every year, every month, every day, of the promise to love each other that you make today before all your witnesses, family and friends. Take each other's hands and light together this new candle that will guide and accompany you throughout your life as a couple.

This candle will be a part of your marriage (name of the bride and groom), light it when you have disagreements, when you have difficulties, so that it will light your path. May its flame remind you of the happiness with which you arrived here today and the strength with which you seal your union. When the smile returns, extinguish the flame together. Light its flame also when good news arrives.and thereby pay tribute to their union".

Oath of love

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After the presentation of the officiant the bride and groom treat each other to a personal and intimate moment expressed with sweet words and the promise of faithfulness in times of prosperity and decadence.

(Bride)

"(Groom's name), this flame symbolizes my love for you. With my heart united to yours we will form a new home. My steps join yours to open new paths, to overcome obstacles, to evade abysses. I will be your shoulder when you falter, I will be your oasis when the world overwhelms you, I will be silence when the noise deafens, I will be your cry when silence oppresses you, I will be a stream when theI will be all that the Lord allows me to be, to make you immensely happy.

(Boyfriend)

"(Bride's name), my love is symbolized in this flame. I place my heart next to yours, to make ours a wider and safer one. I make a commitment to you for your well-being.

I will be your support when you feel weak, I will be your source when thirst overwhelms you, I will be your shelter when the cold threatens, I will be your shade when the heat suffocates, I will be a smile when pain makes you suffer, I will be all that also the Lord allows me to make you immensely happy".

If you want to include this ceremony on the day you will exchange wedding rings, rest assured that it will be one of the most exciting instances of your wedding. Even the moment when the bride walks down the aisle in her lace wedding dress will be the only one that will elicit as many sighs as the lighting ceremony.

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Evelyn Carpenter is the author of the best-selling book, All you need for your marriage. A Marriage guide. She has been married for over 25 years and has helped countless couples build successful marriages. Evelyn is a sought after speaker and relationship expert, and has been featured in various media outlets including Fox News, Huffington Post, and more.