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It is also associated with the security of home and family, as the warmth of the hearth and the “home fires.” Optional religious add on: This is also a symbolic reminder that while we are all one with God, you still maintain your own sparks of the divine.įire is believed by many to represent passion and purity. This is a glowing reminder that in both marriage and as a family, your lives are both individual and together as one. At this time, I’d like each of you to take a candle and as a family ignite the larger one to flame. They show that you are committed to taking action with regard to the vows you’ve made to one another and to your children here today. A lesson I’m sure you’ve learned well over the years and a lesson that is reinforced here today.Īctions, such as the rituals performed today for your vow renewal ceremony – getting dressed up, holding hands, carrying flowers, and exchanging rings/gifts - convey deep symbolic meaning. It is a well-known phrase that actions speak louder than words. (Each member of the family takes their white taper candle and together lights the family candle.)Īctions Speak Louder Than Words Them to Follow Family Vows

May it be a source of love, warmth and comfort always. Now we ask you as a family to light a Family Unity Candle representing the sanctity that is family. (Each child steps forward and lights their candle from the white unity candle.) Today, that light is represented by the flame of the white candle.įrom your marriage, the light of beautiful children came forth into being. years ago, you jointly lit a unity candle to symbolize the sanctity of your marriage.

The couple then jointly lights the white pillar candle.) (Each spouse lights a candle to symbolize the light of their individual spirits– alternatively, their parents can light these candles for them.