Weddings

Weddings

A wedding is one of life's great moments, a time of solemn commitment as well as good wishes, feasting and joy. In the bible, St. John's gospel tells us how Jesus shared in such an occassion at Cana, and gave there a sign of new beginning as he turned water in to wine.

Marriage is intended by God to be a creative relationship, as his blessing enables husband and wife to love and support each other in good times and in bad, and to share in the care and upbringing of children. For Christians, marriage is also an invitation to share life together in the spirit of Jesus Christ. It is based upon a solemn public and life-long covenant between a man and a woman, declared and celebrated in the presence of God and before witnesses.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)