Ask you priest or pastor .
It was my understanding that the unity candle is tying the bride and groom together in unity for the rest of their lives.The above poster is correct because I was at a wedding in February and the Bride and Groom went through the ritual of the Unity Candle to mesh their souls before God.
The mother of the bride will be the groom's Mother-in-Law or Future Mother-In-Law if the wedding has not occurred yet.
yes they do.
the bride and the groom is first, then the bride and her father, and then the groom and his mother. After that the bride dance with her new dad and groom dance with his new mom.
It means that the bride and groom are now one and joined together.
Only going by my very Christian and very lovely sister's wedding: 3 white candles, in the Church, at first unlit. When came almost the time to announce the Bride and Groom were announced man and wife, the Minister lit the Bride and Groom's candles, that they held. Then, the bride and groom stood near the 3rd candle and used their own candles to light the 3rd Candle, so that spiritually, they were married at that instant, the Minister announced to all in the Church that my sister and brother in law were NOW married; so that the lights, the spiritual light of both Bride and Groom became ONE, and also that the Minister said that: the lights of the Bride and Groom are now, when the 3rd candle was lit, the spiritual light of the 2 candles becomes ONE and ALSO GREATER than before. This ceremony required a 3-fold candle holder, at the front of the Church, and the 3rd candle was in the MIDDLE, the other two candles at the sides, and is also I suppose, a symbolic and lovely gesture from my sister and her husband, the 3 candles also symbolic of Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
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Yes. A Christian wedding will often have the bride & groom simultaneously light candle to show the unity of 2 families.
I think that it is more usual for some friends of the bride or groom's parents to host a shower or some of the bride's girlfriends but it is not improper for the groom's mother to host one if she would like. If there are other showers being given, I would not do another one if I were the groom's mother. It is nice to have the groom's mother and the bride's mother just enjoy the showers as guests.
To show his respect for his mother, I would think the groom should escort his mother to her seat before he takes his place at the alter.
In Venezuela, the only attendants during the wedding ceremony are the bride and groom's parents. The mother of the bride can walk down the aisle herself or with the mother of the groom.
The future bride and groom should have to make arrangements for the both of them to get together, like dinner or something like that.