![]() ![]() Cincinnati’s Celebrating Marriage booklet has a pastoral explanation for this. Most policies do not prohibit this custom but many suggest that it be done at the reception since the Rite of Marriage already has abundant symbols of unity. Unity Candle Although lighting a “unity candle” is not part of the Rite of Marriage it has become very popular as an additional ritual. Here is what I have found in regard to the unity candle so far: Then in the midst of all of our happy planing I discovered it is not allowed in our diocesan cathedral. The wedding guide booklet put out by our diocese states that it is ” and addition to the Liturgy”. “How strange,” I thought “perhaps I should research this more”. It is allowed at our parish, but I wanted to understand the meaning behind it. This spring when we began planning our wedding, I bought a unity candle and decorated it to fit our wedding theme. My parents used it back in the 80s and every wedding I have ever been to has had it in one form or another. In the midst of our liturgical plans we came across a raging debate: The Unity Candle. ![]() We will be getting married in a lovely old German Catholic Church, which is a testament to our parish of the beautiful job our Pastor and his staff do of blending the old and the new. In the final weeks leading up to our wedding, my fiance and I are working on the last details of our wedding mass. ![]()
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