The minister asks God to bless the newly wedded couple and provides; he offers a final prayer for the couple. This is also a benediction (the end of a religious ceremony or the end of Worship). Alternatively, you may choose a strictly non-religious benediction.<\/p>\n
Closing Prayer #1: Old Irish Blessing<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n Closing Prayer #2: Old Irish Blessing<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n Closing Prayer #3:\u00a0<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n Closing Prayer #4:<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n Closing Prayer #5<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n Closing Prayer #6:<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n Closing Prayer #7:<\/strong> Go in peace, serve the Lord.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The minister asks God to bless the newly wedded couple and provides; he offers a final prayer for the couple. This is also a benediction (the end of a religious ceremony or the end of Worship). Alternatively, you may choose a strictly non-religious benediction. Closing Prayer #1: Old Irish Blessing May the road rise to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ceremony-content","category-religious-ceremony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pan7sa-o3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492,"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youhadmeatido.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMay the road rise to meet you
\nMay the wind be always at your back
\nMay the sun shine warm upon your face
\nand the rain fall soft upon your fields
\nAnd until we meet again my friend
\nMay God hold you in the palm of his hand
\nAmen.<\/p>\n
\nMay God be with you and bless you
\nMay you see your children’s children
\nMay you be poor in misfortunes and rich in Blessings
\nMay you know nothing but happiness
\nfrom this day forward
\nBut rich or poor, quick or slow,
\nMay you know nothing but happiness
\nFrom this day forward.
\nMay the joys of today
\nBe those of tomorrow.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n
\nMay your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.
\nMay your troubles grow few as your blessings increase.
\nMay the saddest day of your future
\nBe no worse than the happiest day of your past.
\nMay your hands be forever clasped in friendship
\nAnd your hearts joined forever in love.
\nYour lives are very special,
\nGod has touched you in many ways.
\nMay his blessings rest upon you
\nAnd fill all your coming days.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n
\nMay the road rise to meet you.
\nMay the wind be always at your back.
\nMay the sun shine warm upon your face,
\nThe rains fall soft upon the fields.
\nMay the light of friendship guide your paths together.
\nMay the laughter of children grace the halls of your home.
\nMay the joy of living for one another
\ntrip a smile from your lips, a twinkle from your eye.
\nAnd when eternity beckons,
\nat the end of a life heaped high with love,
\nMay the good Lord embrace you
\nwith the arms that have nurtured you
\nthe whole length of your joy-filled days.
\nMay the gracious God hold you both
\nin the palm of His hands.
\nAnd, today, may the Spirit of Love
\nfind a dwelling place in your hearts.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n
\nMay the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May He look upon you with favor and give you peace.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n
\nMay the love of God be above you to overshadow you, beneath you to uphold you, before you to guide you, behind you to protect you, close beside you and within you to make you able for all things, and to reward your faithfulness with the joy and peace which the world cannot give — neither can it take away. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, to whom be glory now and evermore.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n
\nJoin with me as we ask God’s blessing on this new couple. Eternal Father, redeemer, we now turn to you, and as the first act of this couple in their newly formed union, we ask you to protect their home. May they always turn to you for guidance, for strength, for provision and direction. May they glorify you in the choices they make, in the ministries they involve themselves in, and in all that they do. Use them to draw others to yourself, and let them stand as a testimony to the world of your faithfulness. We ask this in Jesus name, Amen.<\/p>\n