Chanting the Wedding Blessings

Hereabouts, just before a couple jumps the broom, it's customary to chant over them the Threefold Wedding Blessing.

Thirty-two years ago, I chanted them over two dear friends; today, in honor of thirty-two years together (and wishing them thirty-two more) I'll chant them again.

As one would expect for a wedding, the blessings are paired. (Read closely: the pairings are not random.) After each pair of blessings, assembled family and friends will respond: So mote it be.

(We have it from the ancestors that, when you respond So mote it be to a blessing, it is considered as if you had pronounced the blessing yourself.)

Then they'll jump the broom.

The Wedding Blessings

Grace of form, grace of voice be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of charity, grace of wisdom be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of beauty, grace of health be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of sea, grace of land be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of music, grace of guidance be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of battle-triumph, grace of victory be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of life, grace of praise be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of love, grace of dancing be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of pipe, grace of harp be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of sense, grace of reason be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of speech, grace of story be thine.

So mote it be.

Grace of peace, grace of all be thine.

So mote it be.

More frequently practiced than spoken of in modern pagan circles, Grace is one of the great pagan virtues, like Hospitality or Generosity.

What is Pagan Grace? Grace answers the question: What is the beautiful thing to do here?

For NM and RL

Many years!