Each bridge a mystery:

Of far shores joining

Of mercy extended

Of groping and being grasped

Of holding and being held

Of bolstering, sustaining, raising up, sending on

Of making a way

Of walking on waters;

Today to each other; tomorrow to others still

Of loving and being loved.



May God be for you the binding vow,

The hidden only way,

Sustaining you this day and each to come

Above, below, beyond, forever.

May you know always together

      the presence of the Trinity

The joy of the Annunciation

The steadfastness of the Covenant.

And may you dwell in the garden of

      God’s faithfulness

All your days.