Renewal of Vows
Marriage is one of life’s major rites of passage, but the wedding ceremony is just the beginning of married life together.
A period of adjustment often follows a wedding, resulting from the shift in relationship the couple experiences. Unfortunately, statistics show that the largest number of divorces occur in the first year of marriage. Couples need to continue to receive family and community support after their wedding day. Rituals and ceremonies can help the couple cope with their feelings about these changes, feel the love and support of their family and friends and reconnect deeply with each other.
Married love deepens and unfolds over time. Many other rites of passage will be encountered by the couple throughout their life. Their life as a couple will be enriched as they grow together towards balance and wholeness, and as they connect deeply with their inner sacred being. As they encounter any of life’s events, they can honor and find meaning in these events through creating ceremonies and rituals.
Usually anniversaries are celebrated to mark time’s passage, but a renewal of vows, or a re-commitment ceremony or ritual, can mark any level of time together a couple reaches. A ceremony or ritual to re-new or re-commit to each other, to the love they share and to the vows they spoke, can coincide with a special anniversary or even a birthday or other special event in the couple’s life. This ceremony or ritual, which can be simple or elaborate, and take place privately or in a public place with family and friends, will be a deep source of rejuvenation, rededication and reconnection to their marriage.
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