An ideal choice for a Catholic marriage ceremony

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If you're looking for Catholic wedding ceremony readings, this might just be the right one for you! Featuring a passage from the bible, which includes the sweet lines, "our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active," it's suggested by Irish Catholic organisation Accord as a second reading for a wedding, which is usually taken from the New Testament. A short, easy-to-read passage that puts the emphasis on the couple's faith, while also including moving words on love, we think it's a great choice for a Catholic wedding ceremony.

Catholic wedding ceremony weddings: A reading from the first letter of St John (3: 18-24)

My children,
our love is not to be just words or mere talk,
but something real and active;
only by this can we be certain
that we are children of the truth
and be able to quieten our conscience in his presence,
whatever accusations it may raise against us,
because God is greater than our conscience and he knows everything.
My dear people,
if we cannot be condemned by our own conscience,
we need not be afraid in God’s presence,
and whatever we ask him,
we shall receive,
because we keep his commandments
and live the kind of life he wants.
His commandments are these:
that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ
and that we love one another
as he told us to.