Option 6

I, _celebrant_, am duly authorised by law to solemnise this marriage according to the law.

May this day shine eternally in your lives. May it add brilliance to every achievement and cast a divine light over any misfortune.

May you care for each other in all sadness. May you give cheer and vitality to each other in all undertakings.

May all that is virtuous, beautiful and honest, remain with you always. May love, acceptance and forgiveness be the anchor that secures your love forever.

Before you are joined in marriage in my presence and in the presence of these witnesses, I am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter.

Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.