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My book, The Heart of the Wedding, published in May of 2011, celebrates both a time-honored ritual and the power of words. By connecting marriage with a larger vision of humanity, past, present, and future,  I demonstrate how to celebrate our selves, our families, and our communties.

I learned about the concept of the civil celebrant in Australia where it is a national institution. Civil Celebrants perform the majority of weddings in Australia and New Zealand. In 1973, Lionel Murphy, Attorney General of Australia, created the concept of a secular officiate who could incorporate traditions from all over the world.  I am certified in Australia by the International College of Celebrance, Melbourne, and in the U.S. by the Celebrant Foundation and Institute, Montclair, NJ.  

One of the rewards of being a civil celebrant is that you get to see the truth of humanity, which is not self serving, but reaches out to connect.  As an example of the power of the words we say to each other, I remember a wedding I performed at a hospice in New York City. The bride and groom had two children and had lived together for seven years. His liver was failing, and no one was sure if he would live out the day. Family and friends gathered to hear messy the simple words “You are legally joined together in my presence and in the presence of these, your family and friends, I am bound to remind you publicly of the solemn, the serious, and the binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter. It is made in the deepest sense to the exclusion of all others, and it is entered into with the desire, the hope, and the firm intention that it will last for the rest of your life.”  No one could hold back the tears, but after the vows were said, the groom managed the traditional smashing of the glass, tand we all shouted Good luck! Congratulations! Mazel Tov!

I have thought about this wedding a great deal. What is marriage? The groom had hours to live. By marrying, he gave his wife certain legal recourse for social services. Is that why they married? If so, why did the bride wear a special dress? The groom wore a tuxedo shirt. The families had bottles of sparkling grape juice to pop open after the ceremony. No, this couple was not making a business decision to marry. They were reaching out for eternity. When my hospice couple married, even though their physical connection was temporal, their souls were changed. When we wished them mazel tov, we weren’t wishing them future money and comfort. We were acknowledging the good fortune that had given their souls the opportunity to be together even for a brief moment. The physical world is ever changing and impermanent, but that moment of union was a blessing beyond the measure of time.