Community Shares | Incorporating Prayer into Your Wedding Day
/Invite a spirit of prayerfulness into your wedding day but intentionally incorporating moments of intercession and thanksgiving with your (soon-to-be) husband, your parents, bridesmaids, and even your guests.
PHOTOGRAPHY: CHELSEA SLIWA AS SEEN IN MADISON AND AJ’S 1920S RAILWAY STATION WEDDING
This week, we asked members of the Spoken Bride Community how they incorporated prayer into their wedding day, and here’s what they had to say:
I prayed a Divine Mercy chaplet with my bridesmaids before the wedding. During the Nuptial Mass, our priest allowed us to lead the Litany of Trust after the vows, since that prayer was deeply meaningful to us. At the reception, a priest friend led the blessing. Finally, and maybe most importantly, we prayed together, just the two of us, after the wedding. // Siobhan O.
My husband and I had our confessions heard after our wedding rehearsal, before driving to the dinner, and prayed our penances side by side in the empty chapel. I remember feeling so overcome, like, "this is it," and such peace and anticipation. We also read through the readings for our liturgy in the days leading up to the wedding, which I really loved. We used Tobit 8, Eph. 5, and the Wedding Feast at Cana. // Stephanie C.
I prayed the rosary with three of my bridesmaids the morning of our wedding. We also concluded a novena we had put together for our wedding, on our wedding day. Instead of a "first look" we met in the back of the church with the confessional doors between us to pray the final prayer of our novena together. It was a really special moment to be able to hold each other's hands and pray together before walking down the aisle. // Catherine B.
My husband and I went to confession together early in the morning before the day's festivities began––I loved being able to say our vows with a completely clean heart and felt much more prepared to enter into our marriage. We also prayed in front of the Marian statue after communion together and had several holy friends of ours pray over us at the reception. It was such a gift to have many quiet moments of prayer with my new husband as well as celebrating our joy through prayer with loved ones. // Carissa P.
My friends surprised me with a spiritual bouquet and at some point my mom gave me a blessing. At the reception we had a friend and groomsman lead everyone in the blessing before meals. And this was my favorite: when we got back to our hotel room my hubby had a reading from Tobit that we read together and prayed before we had some fun. // Andi C.