ROSE CEREMONY - 1
The Rose Ceremony is simple yet moving.
Roses have always symbolised love. The rose ceremony is a visual representation of the love the Bride and Groom have for each other. In the Rose Ceremony, the Bride and Groom give each other a red rose bud. When the couple exchange roses, it symbolises the giving and receiving of love for each other throughout their married life.
However, if you have children and you would like them to be involved in the ceremony; you may like them to have a rose each too. In this ceremony, Bride, Groom, and each of the children would place a rose in the vase. This would symbolise the love of family and the blending/beginning of a new family.
The Rose Ceremony - 2
(In the Rose Ceremony, the Bride and Groom give each other a Rose. Two roses are all that is necessary. The Rose Ceremony is placed at the end of the ceremony just before being pronounced husband and wife.)
Example of words the Celebrant might say - "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 honourable 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."
NOTE: Some couples will give their roses to the mothers as they walk out. For example, the groom would give his rose to his new mother-in-law and the bride would give her rose to her new mother-in-law and say something like, "I'm happy to be a part of the family, etc."
– A single white rose, which symbolizes remembrance, can be included in the bouquet and then placed into a separate memorial for a lost loved one.
– Any other flower which carries meaning can always be incorporated into the ceremony as well!
Example of words the Celebrant may say -
_________ and _____________, where ever you make your home in the future - 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 find the 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.
That rose says the words: "I still love you."
The other should accept this rose for the words which can not be found, and remember the love and hope that you both share today.
__________ and ________, 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."
Rose Ceremony - 3
Celebrant -
John and Mary will now participate in the Ceremony of the Rose.
John holds a long-stemmed rose that he will present to Mary and Mary holds a vase filled with water. The water in the vase symbolises the protection and nourishment their marriage will provide to each other.
John - Mary, (handing her the rose) take this rose as a symbol of my love. It began as a tiny bud and blossomed, just as my love has grown and blossomed for you.
Mary - John, (placing the rose into the vase) I take this rose, a symbol of your love and I place it into water, a symbol of life. For, just as this rose cannot survive without water, I cannot survive without you.
John - In remembrance of this day, I will give you a red rose each year on our anniversary, as a reaffirmation of my love and the vows spoken here today.
Mary - And I will refill this vase with water each year, ready to receive your gift, in reaffirmation of the new life you have given me and the vows spoken here today.
John - (joining hands around the vase) And so, this rose will be a symbolic memory of my commitment to you this hour; I vow to be a faithful husband to you, to comfort you, honour you, respect you and cherish you all the days of my life.
Mary - And I commit myself to you, to be a faithful wife, to comfort you, honour you, respect you and cherish you all the days of my life.
Celebrant -
John and Mary will now participate in the Ceremony of the Rose.
John holds a long-stemmed rose that he will present to Mary and Mary holds a vase filled with water. The water in the vase symbolises the protection and nourishment their marriage will provide to each other.
John - Mary, (handing her the rose) take this rose as a symbol of my love. It began as a tiny bud and blossomed, just as my love has grown and blossomed for you.
Mary - John, (placing the rose into the vase) I take this rose, a symbol of your love and I place it into water, a symbol of life. For, just as this rose cannot survive without water, I cannot survive without you.
John - In remembrance of this day, I will give you a red rose each year on our anniversary, as a reaffirmation of my love and the vows spoken here today.
Mary - And I will refill this vase with water each year, ready to receive your gift, in reaffirmation of the new life you have given me and the vows spoken here today.
John - (joining hands around the vase) And so, this rose will be a symbolic memory of my commitment to you this hour; I vow to be a faithful husband to you, to comfort you, honour you, respect you and cherish you all the days of my life.
Mary - And I commit myself to you, to be a faithful wife, to comfort you, honour you, respect you and cherish you all the days of my life.
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