It is my greatest delight and pleasure to create ceremony. For me, rites of passage are a focal point of the deepest meaning in life. The time that we join with a beloved partner in marriage, the honouring of a loved one who has passed, or the joy of celebrating a new life. All of those times are so important, and it is a true privilege to guide and support people at those most special and intimate times.
I see my role as a celebrant as bringing the presence of the One, by whatever name we may call that presence into the ceremony.
I have around 15 years of experience as an OSIF legal marriage celebrant here in Scotland, and it never fails to thrill me when I see the love that couples allow to flow when they fully engage with their marriage ceremony as a sacred rite.
We first met you on this beautiful sunny day and instantly we knew that you got us. We both have faith and something we both felt immediately was that you were a spiritual person, you have a light and warmth that radiates out of you and it is very calming. During our wedding ceremony, what we got was something so unique. Just the three of us, as I walked down the aisle I was completely overwhelmed. You looked at me with your calm eyes and I felt grounded. Then Máire joined us, all the other guests completely disappeared.
The vows I think made everyone cry and the hand fasting felt as important to us as the rings, something I was not expecting. The story you told of us, it was so desperately true that it was hard to imagine you had not been with us for the past five years. I can in all honesty tell you that it was the best and purest part of the day. Strangely almost every single person that I spoke to said that they felt the same thing, that they were witness to something so deeply personal and special that it completely absorbed them. They spoke of our ceremony as something they had never before experienced, spiritual but not religious, personalised but still genuine. I know many people cried, I know some laughed, I know everyone cheered and everyone thought you were wonderful. Thank you so much for helping us create something that we will carry with us our whole lives together.
I just want to say that we feel blessed that you conducted our wedding ceremony and it was just perfect in every way. You put us at ease and the service was so relevant to Neil and I. I’ll never forget how you made us feel and how you brought so much love into the hall that day.
We can’t express how meaningful, personal and romantic our wedding ceremony was thanks to Morag. She took so much time to carefully understand our relationship, our spirituality, and what marriage truly means to us and expressed all of these things so eloquently. Many of our friends and family said they had never heard such beautiful and thoughtful words at a wedding, and we couldn’t agree more. Thank you, Morag, for being such an important part of the best day of our lives.