Candle
Ceremony
Remember to follow safety guidelines if you use this form of celebration. Place a lit candle centrally - the Paschal Candle would be ideal. Prior to the worship arrange for appropriate people to come forward eg an engaged couple for the first.
Each couple takes a
small Votive candle,
lights it from the central candle,
says the words: "We light..."
a pause and then "we offer…"
then places the lit candle in a bowl of sand placed at the front and visible to
all.
1.
We light this candle for all engaged couples.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
2.
We light this candle for all newly wed couples.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
3.
We light this candle for all single people.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response: Christ be our light.
4.
We light this candle for all married couples.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
5.
We light this candle for all married couples experiencing difficulties.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
6.
We light this candle for all those who are separated or divorced.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
7.
We light this candle for those couples separated by a bereavement.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
8.
We light this candle for all those couples not blessed with children.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
9.
We light this candle for all adolescents who may marry in the future.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response: Christ be our light.
10.
We light this candle for all couples rearing children.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
11.
We light this candle for all our children's marriages.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response:
Christ be our light.
12.
We light this candle for all those marriages which have given us
inspiration.
We offer our prayers for them.
Response: Christ be our light.
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