The Spiritual Blessing of Marriage
The Holy Blessing Ceremony The Holy Blessing is a simple and beautiful event. For betrothed couples, it is their marriage ceremony. For previously married couples it is a ceremony of re-dedication of their marriage and family to God.
The ceremony includes several traditional elements. One is a sprinkling of Holy Water. This represents the rebirth or renewal of the husband and wife together as a Blessed Couple. Then there is a recitation of vows. Here the couple pledges to consummate the ideal of the creation of God as an eternal husband and wife, to rear their children to live up to the will of God, and to love the people of the world as God does. Finally, the officiator offers a prayer and proclaims the participants husband and wife standing within the realm of God’s original and eternal Blessing., and to one’s descendants.