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Hey guys
So I have to do a reading at my sister's wedding coming up in the next couple of months. The problem is I can't find anything that is just right. I don't want to do a reading of a religious nature but the wedding is being held in a church. This means that whatever I choose has to be checked off by the priest.
So, does anyone have any suggestions on this front? Something faux religious but not actually religious?
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Mission accepted, here's a smattering that might help, if you don't like these picks maybe something else by the same authors. Just don't do Shakespere's Sonnet 18 if you want any shred of originality. I'm not sure that Trent really classifies as faux religious but I've always loved the words in this song. Gibram is an untapped mine. With a bit of hunting Lewis could provide some thoughtful words with built in ministerial approval.
Sonnet 116
| Shakespere wrote: |
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
admit impediments. Love is not love
which alters when it alteration finds,
or bends with the remover to remove:
Oh, no! It is an ever-fixed mark.
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
it is the star to every wandering bark,
whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
within his bending sickle's compass come;
love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
but bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved. |
We’re in this together now
| NIN-Trent Reznor wrote: |
You and me
Were in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you |
The Prophet on Marriage (this guy has a LOT of faux religious stuff, have a trawl)
| Khalil Gibran wrote: |
Then Almitra spoke again and said...
"And what of Marriage, master?"
And he answered saying:
You were born together,
and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings
of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the
silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between
the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together.
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress
grow not in each other's shadow. |
From A Year With C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works “Being in Love”
| C.S. Lewis wrote: |
If the old fairy tale ending ' they lived happily ever after' is taken to mean 'they felt for the next fifty years exactly as they felt the day that they were married', then it says what probably never was, nor ever would be true, and would be highly undesirable if it were. Who could bear to live in that excitement for even five years? What would become of your work, your appetite, your sleep, your friendships? But of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love...love is distinct from being "in love"-it's not merely a feeling...it is having this love for eachother even at those moments when they do not like eachother. This queiter love enables them to keep the promises they made. Make quite sure you are judging by what you really know from your own experiences and from watching the lives of your friends, and not by ideas you have derived from novels or films
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I love the C.S.Lewis quote. Its down to earth and quirky, and is quite deep.
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That C.S.Lewis quote is great.
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| döppelgangbang wrote: | We’re in this together now
| NIN-Trent Reznor wrote: |
You and me
Were in this together now
None of them can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me
If the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you |
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problem with this is people will expect you to follow up with Closer, and given it's your sister, it could be awkward.
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You can sing Closer at my wedding.
You = anyone. It's NIN, I don't care. Just give my rellies enough to drink and they'll sing along too.
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You should read something from 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. It is very romantic and is considered a masterpiece by the Catholic Church.
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Definitely a good suggestion. I was thinking something from the fourth part. Do you have any recommendations?
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| 3mt wrote: | | I love the C.S.Lewis quote. Its down to earth and quirky, and is quite deep. |
Heh, I hate to play devil's advocate, but I don't think it's appropriate in a wedding 
It does speak volumes, but even mention of not liking one another, yet continuing to love, or of precautioning someone as to their choice to wed will just get people confused as to what you're truly saying (and possibly even take it completely the wrong way).
If you want to impress -everyone- and deliver something meaningful, you can't pass up Shakespeare.
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you know.. just say wats in your mind..
by naming all these quotes and wat other people says doesn't make it close... it seems like your giving an acadamic speech or presentation at your sister's wedding.. just be casual.. relax and say things like how you feel about your brother in law.. their dating stories etc etc...oh and try make it humories.. nothing like a long speech that make everyone sleepy
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