Text Box: CONGREGATION BENEDICTION "May the Lord bless and keep you: May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you Peace. May the Lord implant his spirit within you and grant you length of days, vigor of body, deep and abiding mutual understanding, companionship and love, increasing with the passage of the years and in the fullness of peace. Amen." PERSONAL BENEDICTION We wish to give our personal blessing to your Holy Sacrament of Love that you have chosen our Religious Ordre to administer: As you have witnessed these vows of love, may all of you that are married may you confirm your devotion and commitments. May all that are unmarried may this ceremony deepen your understanding of marriage and your resolve to holy love. "Will all please bow their heads": "Eternal God, without your grace no promise is sure. Strengthen this loving couple with the gift of thy Holy Spirit, so they may fulfill the vows they have made Keep them faithful to each other and fill them with such love and joy that they may build a home where no one is a stranger. Guide them by your eternal words to find love and prosperity for all the days of their lives.” WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THIS BRIDE AND GROOM FOR ASSISTING IN OUR MISSION to alleviate the suffering of afflicted children by supporting our charity, The James Whitcomb Riley Children's Hospital. In their selection of our Religious Ordre to witness their Sacred Vows of Marriage, they have elected to support our work with one of the finest children's hospitals in the country, The Children and I sincerely thank you for your kindness, God has a special place in his heart for those that extend love and caring to those children that suffer. SACRAMENTAL PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE "For as much as you have consented together in Holy Wedlock, and having pledged themselves each to the other, in the presence of God and this Community-- Being qualified under the Statues of This Sovereign Military Religious Order which we represent, We do now unite them forever in Holy Matrimony. With Confidence in Almighty God, I now pronounce that they are Husband and Wife. Let all others honour their decision and the threshold of their house. For what has been joined together by God, let no man put asunder." TRADITIONAL SEALING OF THE VOWS