The wedding reading you choose will depend upon the theme of your wedding.  Is your wedding a traditional, white wedding?  Or is it a more relaxed family affair?  There are a few examples of different wedding readings you could use below; some religious, some romantic and some humorous!

Funny Wedding Reading - Yes I’ll Marry You, by Pam Ayres

Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear,
And here’s the reason why;
So I can push you out of bed
When the baby starts to cry,
And if we hear a knocking
And it’s creepy and it’s late,
I hand you the torch you see,
And you investigate.

Yes I’ll marry you, my dear,
You may not apprehend it,
But when the tumble-drier goes
It’s you that has to mend it,
You have to face the neighbour
Should our labrador attack him,
And if a drunkard fondles me
It’s you that has to whack him.

Yes, I’ll marry you,
You’re virile and you’re lean,
My house is like a pigsty
You can help to keep it clean.
That sexy little dinner
Which you served by candlelight,
As I do chipolatas,
You can cook it every night!

It’s you who has to work the drill
and put up curtain track,
And when I’ve got PMT it’s you who gets the flak,
I do see great advantages,
But none of them for you,
And so before you see the light,
I do, I do, I do!

Spiritual Wedding Reading - Corinthians 13:1-13

If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, 
but have not love, 
I have become sounding brass or a tinkling symbol.
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, 
and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, 
but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I dole out all my goods, and 
if I deliver my body that I may boast 
but have not love, nothing I am profited.
Love is long suffering, 
love is kind, 
it is not jealous, love does not boast, 
it is not inflated.
It is not discourteous, 
it is not selfish, 
it is not irritable, 
it does not enumerate the evil.
It does not rejoice over the wrong, but rejoices in the truth
It covers all things, 
it has faith for all things, 
it hopes in all things, 
it endures in all things.
Love never falls in ruins; 
but whether prophecies, they will be abolished; or 
tongues, they will cease; or 
knowledge, it will be superseded.

Film Inspired Wedding Reading - From Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernierès

Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.

And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any fool can do.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.

Order of Service and Order of the Day Booklets

If you wish to print Order of Service or Order of the Day booklets for your wedding, which can contain all hymns, music and readings used during your ceremony, The Designer Card Company can help.  These booklets make a lovely keepsake for you and your guests, and make sure that the ceremony is never forgotten.  The booklets are available in a design to match your personalised wedding stationery, so that you can continue the theme set by your designer wedding invitations.

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