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Commitment Certemonies

MY PLEDGE TO YOU
I conduct commitment ceremonies only not official weddings. I will meet with you and craft a ceremony with the balance of formality, romance, even humour or spirituality that you desire. All with your input and approval. Your wedding is your special day. Together we will make it all you want it to be.

PERSONALISE YOUR VOWS
Adapt what you read here to meet your needs.

Here is a range of wedding vows, including traditional vows and vows adapted from other sources. Mix and match the words that are best for you. They are numbered just so you can make a quick reference.

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YOUR WEDDING VOWS
In Australia, as well as the statements you personally choose to make to each other, all legal marriages must include the following vows known as the Monitum to be spoken by an accredited celebrant:

I am duly authorized by law to solemnize marriages according to law. Before you are joined in marriage in my presence and in the presence of these witnesses, I am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter. Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of a man and woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.

I call upon the persons here present to witness that I, (full name), take you, (full name), to be my lawful wedded wife (or husband).

OTHER MARRIAGE VOWS MAY BE ADDED TO THE LEGAL ONES
1. Before these witnesses I vow to love you and care for you as long as we both shall live. I take you, with all your faults and strengths, as I offer myself to you with all my faults and strengths. I will help you when you need help, and turn to you when I need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.

2. I, (name) take thee, (name) to be my wedded (husband/wife), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish, 'til death do us part. Thereto I plight thee my troth. (thereto I pledge my love).

3. Will you have this (man/woman) to be your (husband/wife), to live together in a holy marriage? Will you love (him/her), comfort (him/her), honour (him/her), and keep (him/her) in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to (him/her) as long as you both shall live? (Bride/Groom) : I will.

4. This ring I give you, in token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love.

5. (Name), Our miracle lies in the path we have chosen together. I enter into this marriage with you knowing that the true magic of love is not to avoid changes, but to navigate them successfully. Let us commit until death parts us. Let us commit to the miracle of making each day work together.

6. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.

7. I pledge, in honesty and sincerity, to be for you an obedient and faithful wife/husband.

8. I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honour you.

9. (Name), I covenant with you to be your (husband/wife). I offer you my love and my support throughout all of our lives. I commit myself to years of growth and sharing as I encourage you to move in new direction. I will strive to achieve my potential and will celebrate your progress toward the same goal. I give myself as I am and as I will be, and I do it for all of life.

10. Respecting each other, we commit to live our lives together for all the days to come. (Name), I ask you to share this world with me, for good and ill. Be my partner, and I will be yours.

11.On this day (month, day, year), I , (name), join myself to you, (name), before this company. May our days be long, and may they be seasoned with love, understanding, and respect.

12. Today we move from "I" to "We". (Name), take this ring as a symbol of my decision to join my life with yours until death should part us. I walked to this place to meet you today; we shall walk from it together.

13. Now we stand together; may it always be so. (Name), I offer myself to you today as your (husband/wife); I will always love you, respect you and be faithful to you.

14. Come health, happiness, and prosperity, I will stand with you; come illness, trouble, or poverty, I will stand with you. Take this ring, (name), as a sign of my love and commitment.

15. Today, (name), I join my life to yours, not merely as your (husband/wife), but as your friend, your lover, and your confidant. Let me be the shoulder you lean on, the rock on which you rest, the companion of your life. With you I will walk my path from this day forward.

16. I came here today, (name), to join my life to yours before this company. In their presence I pledge to be true to you, to respect you, and to grow with you through the years. Time may pass, fortune may smile, trials may come; no matter what we may encounter together, I vow here that this love will be my only love. I will make my home in your heart from this day forward.

17. I have enjoyed the time we've spent talking about what our different paths have meant to us. We have discovered much that we share in common. It is my prayer that the candles we have lit together today in unity will enlighten our path to the future. I promise to honour your traditions as I honour you.

18. I offer you not the "summer of my life" but the autumn, brisk and vibrant. I promise to be a companion worthy of your precious friendship. I pledge you compassion in good times and bad; encouragement in sickness and health. It is my intent that our life together include our large circle of friends and loving families. We'll cherish the memories of our individual pasts; and create our new life as we go now together.

19. Our love has opened windows to the worlds we lived in as children. I have found profound respect for your heritage; but, I am not part of it. We have vowed to live our adult lives together. Our marriage will be a new creation. Now I promise to build bridges of understanding and share the best of myself with your family, your friends and you.

20.Since I have found you, (name), I have found a new life. The decision to commit to share that life with you is one I make happily and with full confidence in our love. (Name), let us be husband and wife.

Your wedding day is one of the most special days of your life, that moment when you pledge your lives to each other
for life. Choose a celebrant early so that you are
not left with too few choices.