presided over the last ceremony for this season. This sweet ending took place at Borsari Gallery as Allison and Bryan embarked on their beautiful beginning as husband and wife. As they said their vows "the sun shined warm upon" their faces and "pure were the joys surrounding" them. (from An Irish Blessing read by their Uncle Neil)
Bryan and Allison- as husband and wife.
The sacred threshold welcomes Allison and Bryan into the Country of Marriage
Liz and Pat are pictured in an engagement photo. My son was their best man as they wed in October with Grace Ceremonies presiding. Another dear and sincere couple.
Pat and Liz Engagement http://www.loveandperry.co
Michael and Marie another Autumn wedding at Borsari Gallery in Dennis on Cape Cod- Rebecca Arthur Photography
All ceremonies contain endings in order to allow for beginnings. The autumn season with its necessary endings so brilliantly on display highlights this emotional mix.
Presiding over my Goddaughter's wedding in Indiana brought this to mind. Choosing the one to whom you pledge your lifetime is a defining act of adulthood. For parents this is always a semi-sweet moment: a true rite of passage.
Helene DeLone, now Helene Hetrick, says it all in this photo taken in the loft of the beautiful barn where she and Zach wed. Welcome to the Country of Marrriage!
As John O'Donohue puts it in Blessing for Marriage
As kindly as moonlight might search the dark,
So gentle may you be when light grows scarce.
And Wendell Berry answers from The Country of Marriage:
and the dark more blessed than the light
as long as we stay brave enough to keep going in.
As light grows scarce and the autumn leaves fall; as we 'cozy in' for the winter
may all of you who have said "I do" in 2015, savor being home, as well as, coming
home to each other.
Don't worry. Be married!
Love,
Rev. Kathleen Geagan
Soulful Wedding Ceremonies
For a New Beginning
by John O’Donohue
In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.
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