Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction

Poems & Readings for Weddings

A Wedding Pair
An Emblem of Love
Wedding Bouquet
Message of Love
Promise of Love
Pure Sweet Love
Two Doves, Two Loves
Wedding Flight
Hope and Joy
Faithful Flight
Flight of Love

Funerals & Memorials
Angels from Above
Adiós (in Spanish)
Angels of White
Farewell
Fly Home
A Trinity Release
Gentle Angel
Guided by the Trinity
Flock of Angels
I’ll be There
Memorial Dove
The Happy Times
If There's a Doggy Heaven
A Toast of Doves
21-Dove Salute
A Tribute to Your Service
Red, White, and Blue
A Prayer of Love
Angels Overhead
Angel Land
Trinity Doves

Other Occasions
Our Anniversary
Anniversary Celebration
Wings of White at Baptism
Baptism Doves
A Dove From Heaven
Special Baptism Blessing
Announcing a Birth
Birthday
Confirmation Doves
Easter Doves
Graduation on Wings of White
Graduation Doves
Twenty-one Years Celebrated
Quinceñera
Special Birth Blessing
Sweet Sixteen
Valentine’s Dove
Mother’s Day Doves
Christmas Doves of Love
Message of Love

The Symbolism of Doves
Doves as Symbols of Divinity
Early Mythology
Old Testament Traditions
New Testament Doves
Islam Symbols
American Symbols
Hindu Traditions
The Constellation Columba
Doves as a Symbol of Peace
As Love & Marriage Symbols
Doves as Symbols of the Soul
Numbers of Significance
   Seven Doves
   Twelve Doves
   21-Doves

About Dove Ceremonies
General Guidelines
  Care of Birds
  Type of Dove
  Readings and Poems
Sample Displays
  Classic Wedding
  Bouquet of Doves
  Spectacular Flock
  Trinity
  A Dove Salute
  Flock of Angels
  Memorial Display

References & Further Reading