A wedding ceremony speech is an important moment that blesses the happy future of the bride and groom. We have collected various examples of wedding speeches to make your special day even more memorable.

 

Title – A wedding ceremony for the afterlife officiated by myself Greeting

On this beautiful autumn day, which is the season of harvest, I sincerely congratulate this young couple on their marriage. May the new family formed by the groom, ○○○, and the bride, □□□, be filled with happiness forever. We would also like to congratulate the parents of the groom and bride for raising such a handsome and beautiful couple. I would also like to thank all of my friends and acquaintances who have come to celebrate with me, on behalf of the bride and groom and their families.
Today is a very happy day. It is a blessed day when two young people become one and make a new start. The two young people in front of me are truly courageous. Many criticize the pomp and ceremony and talk about a healthy wedding culture, but it takes a lot of courage to put it into practice. Excessive wedding costs and wasteful wedding culture are causing suffering to the bride and groom-to-be, their parents, and the entire nation. Everyone knows the problem, but it is not easy to break this vicious cycle. However, these two young people have proudly rejected such temptations. These young people are holding this wedding at the lowest cost with funds they have raised on their own. It is truly a beautiful and admirable thing. The government is also working hard to spread a “modest wedding culture” and is promoting “My Own Wedding Ceremony” by selecting 100 couples in collaboration with the Chosun Ilbo, which is also running a campaign with the same purpose.
As mentioned earlier, these young people responded positively to this purpose. I have no special relationship with the bride and groom, but I have volunteered to officiate at their wedding to encourage the beautiful and holy intentions of these young people. I expect that the number of people like these two young people in our society will increase day by day. Mr. ○○○, the groom, and Ms. □□□, the bride, are both people of good character, sound common sense, and courage, so I am sure that you will be able to live wisely without any special advice from me as the officiant. However, since I am standing here as the officiant, I will give you a few words of advice.
The virtue you should keep in mind as you live is “consideration.”
First, the husband should consider the wife and the wife should consider the husband. Even if the two are married because they love each other, there will be no small or big conflicts between the couple as they live their lives. The key to resolving these conflicts is consideration for the other person. Even if something bothers you, you should not immediately point it out and criticize it, but rather wait patiently. Thinking from the perspective of others, making concessions, and sacrificing are all forms of consideration, and this is love.
Second, you should equally consider both of your parents.
It is the beginning and end of filial piety to show consideration to one’s parents-in-law, regardless of whether they are father-in-law or mother-in-law. It is also the source of family harmony. The Bible also says that those who honor their parents will be blessed.
Third, we should not neglect to care for and give to our neighbors. This is because it is for others, but ultimately for ourselves.
Finally, we should take care of ourselves. That is “health.” In fact, the importance of health cannot be overstated. If you are not healthy, you cannot achieve anything, including your own self-fulfillment, love for your spouse, filial piety to your parents, or consideration for your neighbors.
I believe that ○○○ and □□□ have kept their bodies and minds healthy until they met each other. Now, as the husband of one wife and the wife of one husband, and as the parents of children who will be born in the future, I urge you to work harder to manage your health. Now, the moment has come for this beautiful young couple to take their first step. I hope that the love of the two will grow more beautiful with trust and consideration for each other, and I wish the two of you great blessings in the future. I believe that the guests will also support these two young people in their future endeavors, and I will end my speech here. Thank you.

 

 

Theme – Protecting myself while building us

Congratulations on the marriage of the groom ○○○ and the bride ○○○.
With the blessings of their parents and many guests, the two have now become a married couple.
The two will only have happy days ahead of them, and even if they face difficulties, they will overcome them with love.
The two must have thought a lot about love before they came to this point.
Today, I would like to talk about what the two should keep in mind when they love in the future.
Love is about creating ‘us’ without losing ‘me’.
The two will discover many differences in each other as they live their lives.
And they will live their lives trying to harmonize those differences.
In order to adjust to each other in this way, we must create a new “us” rather than trying to eliminate ourselves and become someone who suits each other.
This will be much more difficult than adjusting to one person by sacrificing one person.
However, if someone is forced to sacrifice themselves without doing so, the marriage of the person who is sacrificed may be difficult in the future.
This is because marriage lasts a lifetime, and it is never easy to hide oneself for a lifetime.
In order for two people to be happy for a lifetime, it is necessary to find common ground in each other’s appearance and create a new “us” based on that.
If they go through this process, they will be able to have a much more mature love than they have had so far, become more mature, and be able to live with their love forever.
Having watched them for a long time, I know that they are truly responsible, diligent, and considerate people.
Because of that, I believe that they will become a couple who cares for and cherishes each other more than anyone else.
I also believe that they will be able to protect me and create a family.
I hope that the future of the two of them will always be full of love and happiness, and I will give my speech here.
Congratulations once again on your marriage.
I hope you live happily.

 

 

Theme – Spend a lot of time talking to each other to understand each other better

Thank you very much to the guests who came to the ceremony despite their busy schedules to bless the bride and groom. With your blessings, the future of the bride and groom will shine even brighter.
First, I would like to give some advice to the bride and groom, ○○○ and ○○○, to love each other always, respect each other, and cherish and love each other.
They have grown up under the care of their parents, but now they have come of age and are married, which is the first step to becoming parents.
There are two principles that are undeniable here.
The Lord said that you should honor your father and mother.
After getting married, you become two fathers and two mothers. Those who are getting married today do not have both fathers on both sides, so they become two mothers.
Now, I hope that you will honor your mother well after getting married.
For those who honor their parents, the first thing they do is to succeed and prosper. The greatest blessing is to be successful and prosperous in one’s work.
In the past, after getting married, I used to greet my parents in the morning and evening.
But now, it would be even better if I could do more than that, so as not to cause my parents any worries and always make them happy.
Until now, I have been raised by my parents, but after getting married, it would be nice to take good care of my parents and occasionally give them some pocket money.
Now that you have reached adulthood, I hope that you will start with a new mindset of honoring your parents in the temple, where you will receive the blessing of marriage like today.
So I hope that your work will go well and that you will enjoy longevity.
I hope that you will always honor your parents and that you will be a couple that is respected by your children.
I hope that ○○○-kun and ○○○-yang, who have now married and started a new family, will have everything go well on the road they are walking and that nothing will get in their way.
Thank you.

 

 

Topic – Husbands, please warmly embrace your wives, and wives, please help your husbands to be cheerful

Hello, everyone. Today, two people are standing here. I would like to tell you a story for the two people who will spend the rest of their lives together.
First, I would like to ask the groom. Don’t try to understand your wife. Understanding does not come from effort. As long as you love your wife, understanding will come naturally.
But many couples try to understand each other. The more they try to understand, the more they fall into a labyrinth. The reason is that understanding and loving are not achieved through “effort.”
The bride and groom, you love each other very much, don’t you? That’s right. As long as you have that loving heart, you can understand each other without any effort. There comes a time in life when you just don’t understand each other. At that time, love your wife more deeply and your husband your wife.
I ask my wife. A husband lives to earn his wife’s respect. Above all, please help my husband to regain his spirit. Being ignored by one’s wife is fatal for a husband. The reason a man bows his head outside is for his wife. A man puts up with things for the sake of his children and family. Even if the whole world ignores her husband, if his wife respects him, he will stand up. If a wife ignores her husband, who is recognized by the whole world, the husband leaves his wife and goes elsewhere.
I ask my husband. Please be a warm husband. A woman living with a cold husband is like living in a cold house for the rest of her life. In life, the other person is not always lovable. Of course, there are times when you hate them. But to my wife, I am no longer a father, but a husband. Please protect your wife with a sense of responsibility, and if you’re going to protect her, please be a warm-hearted husband.
Two things I asked my husband and two things I asked my wife.
If you keep these two things, I have no doubt that the bride and groom will be able to live happily for the next 10 or 20 years.

 

 

Topic – I hope you will become a couple who shares and serves

Hello, everyone. It is raining softly. There is a poem that says that spring rain moistens the dry earth and awakens the sleeping roots. Summer rains are slimy and autumn rains are pathetic, but spring rains are the nectar of nature’s blessings for the creatures of the earth. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you who have taken the time to come and congratulate the bride and groom on their marriage on this beautiful day of the season, and to congratulate them on their marriage.
The bride and groom are busy with many things, and the guests will be very hungry, so I will keep the ceremony short. The main points of a wedding ceremony are usually “Be filial to your parents,” “Be together for a hundred years,” and “Have many sons and daughters and raise them well.” I could repeat these points a hundred times, but I won’t go into them today. I believe that these two people, who are starting a new life today, know this 100%, or even 120%, without having to be told, and will continue to practice it very well.
In fact, young people these days are very smart and resourceful, and they are all good at taking care of themselves and feeding their wives and children. I’m worried that most young people these days are too cunning and selfish. It’s great that everyone makes a lot of money and lives well, but how bleak and annoying would it be if we all became a society where we are only obsessed with making money and judge people by the size of their apartments or the displacement of their cars? We shouldn’t let our sons, daughters, and grandchildren live in such a bleak and annoying society, right?
Unlike other young people, my favorite groom ○○○-kun is really broad-minded and deep. He’s not petty. “Will I lose out?” or “It’s not my problem.” I have lived my life sacrificing myself without turning a blind eye to the injustice and absurdity of this society, which is easy to be indifferent to.
In addition to the most basic attitude towards life, such as filial piety to parents and raising a good son or daughter, I would like to remind you to always live with the spirit of sharing and service. You will be living a middle-class life or above, right? You are, of course, the pillars and leaders of this society. I hope you will take the lead in creating a society where we can live together in harmony by broadening the scope of our lives and not turning a blind eye to the difficulties of our neighbors.
Dear guests, thank you for taking the time to come today! Please continue to watch over the bride and groom and send them your encouragement and support. Once again, I wish the new families of these two young people and the families of the guests happiness and health.
Thank you.

 

 

Theme – Accept and understand that we may be different from each other

Today, the middle day of the Golden Week in June, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the guests who have taken time out of their busy schedules to congratulate the marriage of the groom, ○○○, and the bride, ○○○.
In fact, I have not had much life experience, so I have been thinking a lot about whether it is right for me to be standing here, but I was encouraged by the tacit pressure that I should be the officiant because it is the first requirement for the bride and groom to prepare for a new start and live happily as a couple. However, when I actually stood here, I felt awkward and apologetic to the guests, unlike when I usually give lectures.
I would like to ask the newlyweds and the officiant, who is standing here for the first time, to give a big round of applause to encourage them.
The first thing I would like to ask is that they need to understand each other’s differences. As many of you in the audience may have experienced, the paths that a man and a woman have taken as adults cannot be the same, and the family traditions and environments of each family are not the same. When you look at them from a distance, you may not know much about them, but once you start a family, you will find that they are very different from each other, and this is often the cause of conflict.
This conflict starts with why don’t you do it like me, like I lived, like my house, and eventually hurts each other’s hearts and hurts many people. However, this problem can be solved very easily, and the solution is understanding that we may be different from each other. Because the moment you understand that people have different faces, different personalities, and different values that have been formed throughout their lives, the difference will not be a source of conflict, but an acknowledgment of the differences, and the moment you acknowledge the other person, it will turn into a pleasant time of finding new common ground.
The second request is “Mirrors don’t smile first. “ I would like to ask the couple to remember and practice this saying. “The mirror does not smile first” can be interpreted as meaning that one needs to take the initiative in relationships with others, and I ask the couple to understand and practice this saying in the same way. It may be natural for a husband to return home after a day of work and show his wife a tired and worn-out face, who is tired not only from work but also from housework and childcare. However, what you should remember in such a situation is that if you don’t smile first in front of the mirror, your face reflected in the mirror will never smile. I hope that the bride and groom, as well as the guests, will think that their married life will be like mine in front of the mirror.
Finally, I would like to thank the guests for listening to the observations of a novice officiant who was under pressure to officiate for the first time, and I conclude my speech by wishing the bride and groom, ○○○ and ○○○, only blessings, love, and happiness in the future.

 

 

Theme – Always live your life appreciating each other’s existence

Hello, everyone. I would like to tell these two people, who are starting a new life today, an important story that is so obvious. It’s a difference of opinion. As a senior in life and marriage, I would like to say to the newlyweds starting out:
Why do fights happen? They get married with the intention of benefiting each other, and because they live with that intention, they argue. The fact that neither of them has the slightest intention of losing out, and that the wife wants to benefit her husband and the husband wants to benefit the wife, is the cause of the quarrel.
If you marry with the intention of giving, you can marry anyone you want. However, if you choose someone with the intention of getting something in return, you will end up choosing the wrong person, even if you choose from a hundred people.
The most important thing is to forget the idea of being a good husband from the moment you get married. What can I do for my wife or my husband? I have to make them feel that they have benefited from living with me. If you think this way, you will not have any problems in life.
It seems like nothing special, but it is difficult when you live. Perhaps because it is so commonplace, we tend to forget it.
Everyone, the initial mindset is important. At first, I thank the bride and groom for their existence. Right? And I’m so grateful that this person loves me. The food this person cooks, the gifts this person gives, the endless love this person gives, there is nothing that is not important or not appreciated from start to finish.
But at some point, the food this person cooks, the gifts this person gives, and the endless love this person gives become a given.
This is what we should be most wary of while living together. Do not take it for granted, but always be grateful for each other’s existence. I conclude the ceremony by wishing the bride and groom and all the guests happiness in their homes.

 

 

Topic – A couple who will lead the rural community

Congratulations on the marriage of the groom ○○○ and the bride ○○○.
I would like to express my gratitude to the parents of the bride and groom for raising the two of them so well, and to all the guests who have come to celebrate with us.
On behalf of the bride and groom, I would also like to express my gratitude to all the guests who have come to celebrate with us.
I am ○○ of our village,
and I have been watching the two of you from the time you were so young that you probably don’t remember it,
right up to the present day when you are standing here.
I’m sure there are many people here who have been watching the two of them grow up all this time.
As you know, the two of them are very exemplary in our rural areas, and they are indispensable in our rural areas, where young people have almost disappeared…
In the future, we will lead and revitalize our rural areas…
It is the ‘treasure’ of our rural areas.
These days, many people are returning to the countryside.
It seems that people only realize the happiness and necessity of living in harmony with nature when they are old.
The happy family of the two will be a good example for young people who are thinking of leaving the countryside to realize the happiness and necessity of living in harmony with nature at an early age.
The two were born in the bosom of nature, and they grew up watching and learning from nature and playing with nature.
The personalities of the bride and groom, who were raised in this beautiful natural environment, are as wonderful as nature itself.
I wish the two of you a happy family life and that you can achieve all your goals.
Finally, if you ever face a difficult situation in life,
ask for help from the adults around you as you have done so far,
and live by their teachings.
Once again, I congratulate the two on their union, and I will conclude my officiating here.
Thank you.

 

 

Theme – I hope that you will be a happy couple who are not far apart even in your old age

I sincerely congratulate the groom ○○○ and the bride ○○○ on their marriage, which promises a new start in life in this beautiful season. And I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you who have come to bless the marriage of the two of them, even though you are busy.
I would like to ask the two of you who are getting married today to do one simple thing. I would like you to always hold hands wherever you go. I sometimes see grandpas and grandmas walking leisurely, holding hands tightly in parks or on hiking trails. You have no idea how wonderful and beautiful the elderly couple is.
It’s not just because holding hands is cool and beautiful. It’s about feeling each other’s warmth and heart while holding hands. When a couple first gets married, they are less than a centimeter apart. But after 10 or 20 years, the couple’s distance gradually grows, and sometimes a huge wall forms between them.
To avoid such a wall and distance, I hope that no matter how much time passes, the couple will always hold hands and understand and think about each other. I hope that the two of you will understand each other, make concessions, be patient, and love each other in order to enjoy such a wonderful old age in the distant future. I would like to ask a favor of the guests who have come to this event. As you know, the two of them have physical disabilities.
A disability is just a little inconvenience in living. I hope that you will not look at their appearance, but evaluate their sincere character and abilities, and I ask that you continue to watch over and guide these two people with much interest and affection.
Finally, I would like to conclude my speech by offering my heartfelt applause to the parents of the bride and groom for raising them so well and steadfastly, which has led to this day.
Thank you.

 

 

Theme – Husbands should love their wives like daughters, and wives should love their husbands like sons

On this sunny day, we sincerely congratulate the newlyweds, Mr. ○○○ and Ms. ○○○, on their marriage. We would like to thank the parents of the bride and groom, as well as the guests who have come despite their busy schedules, for attending the wedding. I am a longtime hometown friend of the groom’s father, who I went to middle school with, and I feel even more joy today because I am standing here as the groom’s father’s best man.
That is why, rather than the formal best man speeches I have given as a teacher or company employee, I wanted to give the father some advice that he could easily share with his son, such as life wisdom, the roles and responsibilities of a married couple, and advice for the couple’s future second child.
Also, on a day as beautiful as today, anyone would be so happy and excited that no matter how nice the words are, they would not easily come to their ears. So I tried to choose and reduce the things I wanted to say, and it all comes down to the words “Love each other and live.”
Love your wife like your daughter and your husband like your son. Throughout my life, whenever I was disappointed in my wife or felt unbearably angry, I tried to think of her as a daughter, understand her, forgive her, and embrace her, and it gave me great strength to know that she would have done the same for me.
I would like to say the same to the two of you today. I believe that if you live your life loving your partner as a parent would love their son or daughter, you will be able to overcome any difficulties without difficulty and that your family will always be harmonious and happy. In addition, the sight of you loving each other and living affectionately like doves will inspire and make those who watch you happy.
I want to make my parents happy more than anyone else, so I can do a small favor for them. Filial piety is not something grand. As the old saying goes, “The beginning of filial piety is taking care of one’s body,” I think showing parents their children living happily and harmoniously after marriage is also a form of practicing filial piety.
Just as small drops of water come together to form a river, small things come together to form big things.
Their love makes them happy, and it is the source of filial piety to their parents and the foundation of a harmonious family. If you go further, it becomes a contribution to society.
I believe that all of you who are here to witness this wedding and wish the couple a happy and healthy life together will join me in offering warm encouragement and support.
Let me reiterate once again. “Love your wife like your daughter, and your husband like your son.” The two of you who are getting married today, hold hands and move forward with strength.
Thank you.