(Number of) years ago NAME and NAME joined their lives together in marriage and in doing so they combined their two separate lives into a new and living reality. Today, on the communion table there are three candles which symbolize their individuality and their union as one. NAME and NAME will now light the outside candles which represent their individual lives and then with the flames of those candles, light the centre candle which symbolizes their life together, that candle which is called the Unity Candle. (Lighting of Candles)