My brother is performing our (32F, 34M) ceremony and wants to meet to with us discuss vows/ceremony ideas. I have NO idea. Neither of us like being the center of attention so we want something short and sweet. I do know I want to incorporate a sand ceremony as well because I’m cheesy and that seems cute and that will be a nice decoration to have at home. Does anyone have any ideas for us or how their ceremony went? This is only my brother’s second ceremony and his first was our sister’s wedding which was very traditional vows and that’s not something we’re interested in.
Obedience, poverty, and celibacy are the three vows I see most often as the ones necessary to join a Christian religious military order. Knights in these orders were usually also considered to be monks. However, I became interested when I read that the Hospitaller Knights were incentivized to stay and fight during a siege in 1402 (the siege of Smyrna) by having their pay increased to 100 florins per year - a rather large sum for the time. But why would knights who took a vow of poverty be interested in or motivated by money? Doesn't offering the knights a higher pay contradict the vow of poverty they took? Or were their vows seen as secondary to their military purpose?
... even though they may not be too 'religious' at all.
Hello and the and you for your time. I apologize for the oddity of the post.
Due to very recent trauma, which I will not speak of in detail here, I have ultimately decided to take a Monastic Vow of Silence.
My question is, is there any legal precedent that will protect or assist me as a job seeker so I can maintain my Vow for the intended length of time? Five years is the time.
Thank you again for your time.
