Did you do a unity candle?? FH dosent want to do one but I do. The Deacon said that they are actually not part of the Catholic right and should not be done in a Roman Catholic service. He said the unity candle is actually a pagan tradition.
We're not doing one, but that was personal preference. Our priest asked us if we wanted it in our service so I guess it has become acceptable.
i did it. my Priest asked us if we were doing it and he didnt have any problems with it at all. they even made sure we covered it at the rehearsal. i guess each Church is different.
We are doing a memory candle as well. We will do it at the start of the service
Its not a religious tradition....just personal preference...we did it..I liked it and it was something we can have from our ceremong...I know some ladies do the sand ceremony too
Posted by mcb916
We're not doing one, but that was personal preference.
FH really dosent want to do it. I guess we shouldnt because he feels so strongly about it.
We are doing one. We just think it is a nice thing to do. We are doing it with our mother.
Posted by Chelle
Actually, the real reason we're not doing it is because a few people warned me that my FH would probably knock over the candle and either light the altar on fire, or me!![]()
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Posted by beautyq115
I got hot candle wax on my arm and said 'h $hit under my breath on the altar...its probably on the video![]()
Posted by Chelle
Posted by mcb916
We're not doing one, but that was personal preference.
Same Same!!![]()
We are doing it. In our church planning book it gives the option to do it or not to do it. AFter reading the description of it, I thought it was a very sentimental idea. It is supposed to be a reminder of the candles at your baptism(and you can use those candles if you want). So we are going to have our two mothers light the side candles at the beginning of the mass to represent our two families and when we were baptized and then we will join the two flames into the big candle after the vows to symbolize that we are married and our families are one. I thought it was very sweet when I read what it symbolizes. We are going to play the'Irish Wedding Song' as we light it.
We're doing one (bought them at Fantasyland), but our Church said it was optional, but we wanted to do it.
Ive seen it done in many Catholic ceremonies...guess it differs from parish to parish.
we did it with no problems plus our mom's lite it in the beginning, another way to acknowlegde them
We are doing it. I think its a special part of the ceremony
