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Minister: Friends and family, we are gathered here today, in this beautiful garden to celebrate a union, a sacred bond blessed by God and witnessed by each of you. The marriage of two people and the coming together of all who love and support them. This evening, Thorne and Brooke will join their lives and their families. Her children will become his. His family will become hers. Like a garden, their marriage will grow more lovely with each passing year. With God's blessing, Brooke and Thorne's marriage will be strengthened by the triumphs and the challenges they will face. This we pray. Thorne and Brooke have invited us into this garden to celebrate their love. A love which has already weathered many storms and brought a bright new light into their lives. Today, this love blossoms, comes to fruition. You, their friends and family, will share in its beauty. As witnesses, you will help them to nurture and cultivate it, today and in the years to come. So if there's anyone who can show good cause as to why they should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace.
Stephen: The minister has compared this union to a garden where Brooke and Thorne will always be safe. And after today, they'll be a refuge for one another. And for Rick and Bridget. But this isn't a private garden. This marriage is a reminder to us all how valuable it is to love and to be loved. This is from Corinthians 13. "Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful. It is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable or resentful. It does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends." And that's what's brought us all together, our love for Brooke and Thorne and their enduring love for each other. May it, indeed, last forever.
Minister: This evening, Thorne and Brooke are entering into a sacred covenant. Unifying their hearts and their lives before God and those they love. May their commitment inspire us all. Let these candles be the symbol of that shared vision.
Stephen: Go ahead, Beth.
Minister: The union of two separate lives linked forever together.
Stephanie: Let me do it.
Minister: As this couple and their families. Witness now, the gathering light of a stronger, brighter, more joyous future for Brooke and Thorne and their families as two become one. Thorne. Brooke. The unity candle has been lit. Your families have pledged to support and join you in the future that you're making together. That future begins now, as you exchange a symbol of the bond and state your intentions towards each other.
Thorne: I love you, Brooke. And I always have. First as a friend, and now, as the woman that I want to be my wife. What started out as friendship has blossomed into the most significant relationship of my life. And together we have found the child in each of us. I cherish you, from this day forward, till death do us part. And I pledge my life to you, and to your children, and to our future. Together. Now and forever.
Brooke: Today, we begin a sacred journey, a walk into uncharted territory. Into a future that we've both imagined, yet never experienced. We've come together to begin a new life as man and wife. But we didn't get there on our own. Our separate lives have been guided and touched by the people that love us, our friends -- our parents -- our siblings -- our children. They have made us who we are. And they have taught us the meaning of love and unconditional love. We carry their love with ours always. Today, I pledge to walk by your side with joy and happiness, grateful and secure. And whatever lies in our path, we will face it together. Now and forever.
Minister: Now that Thorne and Brooke have given themselves to each other by solemn vows, with the joining of hands and exchange of rings, I pronounce them husband and wife.
[Brooke to herself.] Walking down that aisle, that was the happiest moment of my life. Finally, it has happened. After so many years, the Forresters and the Logans have come together. We put the past behind us, and at that moment in time, we embarked on a new future together. For ourselves, for this family. My family. Our family. All because of one man, the most amazing man I have ever met. My husband, Thorne Forrester.
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