In the West, there is a beautiful custom: at the time of the wedding, the priest joins the hands and hearts of young people entering into marriage, they give each other an oath.Once this ritual was with us, but put on the flow of the ceremony in a registry office not too possessed to such a touchingly solemn moment.But, you see, there is in this something special!
Why oath
Why do this oath was given to the wedding?What is the essence of the tradition?It was once thought that marriages are not just anywhere, but in heaven.And during the ceremony the young people how God would confirm his agreement with his decision, his good will to found a family.Wedding Vow had a deep, almost sacred meaning.The bride and groom were given word of the Lord, would not retreat from each other, will not break His covenant.What is ready to become one and support each other not only in moments of joy, prosperity, prosperity.
Any oath, including a wedding - is a promise that can not be broken.This before the altar, she emphasized that the bride and groom make this move carefully, what they want to be together in sorrow, to support each other in the testing and disease and to go through life together until his last breath.Lovers in general tend exalted, exaggerated and seriously sublime to perceive their feelings.They think that love as they are, still no one falls in life.Of course, like impulsivity is present in the text, of which the wedding vow.However, the couple gives it not only a higher power, but also to each other, as if confessing in love again, and this is a serious dialogue of hearts.Pondering how and what to say, picking up the "most-most" suitable words, boys and girls (male or female) are reviewing their relationships, re-evaluate them, myself and partner were analyzed.That is why the wedding vow, her lyrics - conscious awareness and recognition aloud that only this person can become a harmonious half of another.Perhaps this is the main nuance and meaning of tradition.
Oaths in verse and prose
With what may be wedding vow?In verse and prose, touching, sentimental, ceremonial, religious and secular.The most common is the following: "I am so and so, you take such a, a wife, and I promise to cherish, to love, cherish thee all my life.I promise to be faithful to you, be careful and gentle, help at home, support in all cases and concerns.I promise to be good and true father of our children, to take an active part in their upbringing.I love you as a woman, I respect as his wife, the keeper of our family hearth, continuer kind.So be it forever! "Or the wedding vow in verse:
« I love you, dear,
promise to be near,
Helping around, because I know,
how difficult life to live!
on weekdays every missing:
and diseases and problems.
only trouble winning,
Who is strong, stubborn, courageous!
I love your strong,
bold, because we have now - the family!
will be happy with me,
And you - I am happy! »
Each pair comes up with itself, it is the text of his oath.Just be honest, and speak from the heart, giving one word, hold it to the end!
