My Tucson Wedding

The Rose Ceremony is simple yet profound. It expresses in a visible way the giving of love, one to another. It is the simple exchange of two roses from the bride and groom to symbolize the giving and receiving of love. Usually done at the end of the ceremony before the couple is pronounced husband and wife.  Children can also be included in this ceremony. Here is the wording below.

The Rose Ceremony

You now have what remains the most honorable title which may exist between a man and a woman, the title of husband and wife. For your first gift as husband and wife, that gift will be a single rose. In the past, the rose was considered as symbol of love and a single rose always meant only one thing - it meant the words “I love you”.  So it is appropriate that for your first gift as husband and wife that gift would be a single rose. Please exchange your first gift as husband and wife.  (Rose exchange) (Also a song if desired) In some ways it seems like you have not done anything at all. Just a moment ago you were holding one small rose, and now you are holding one small rose. In some ways, a marriage ceremony is like this. In some ways, tomorrow is going to seem no different than yesterday. But in fact today, just now, you both have given and received one of the most valuable and precious gifts of life - one I hope you always remember - the gift of true and abiding love within the devotion of marriage.  

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