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The text explains that the number 13 signifies unconditional love and a promise to share wealth with the poor, alongside the goods shared over the 12 months.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"What items are needed to perform the ceremony?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"The ceremony requires coins, Arras or Laso, and two sponsors—preferably a married couple—who provide the lasos/arras as a gift to the couple.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"How does the coin exchange work between the groom and the bride?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"The officiant places the coins into the groom’s cupped hands, then the groom hands them to the bride. The bride receives them as a sign of God’s blessing and returns the coins to the groom, while the officiant explains the symbolism of love, dedication, and sharing.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},381310,1791503721,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,89,94,99,104,109,113,118,123],{"id":85,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":86,"show_sort_weight":87,"slug":88},11,"Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":90,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":91,"show_sort_weight":92,"slug":93},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":95,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":100,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":105,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":110,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},17,40,"forms",{"id":114,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":119,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":124,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":126},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":128},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":129,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":130,"doc_module":22,"category_id":110,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":131,"file_id":132,"file_url":133,"file_type":134,"file_size":135,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":30,"language":136,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":137,"faqs":138,"seo_title":139,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":140,"read_time":22},962085570644,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","The Coin and Lasos Ceremony  \nThis unusual custom comes from the Romans, whose tradition included breaking of gold or silver with one half to be kept by the woman and the other half by the man as a pledge of their marriage.  \nNowadays, las arras (Spanish for “The Coins”), are 13 coins substituted for the gold and silver of old.  \nSet Up  \nFor this ceremony you’ll need:  \n1. Coins and  \n2. Arras or Laso  \n3. 2 sponsors, preferably a married couple to provide the lasos / arras as a gift to the Couple.  \nFind a Laso  \nFind Wedding Coins  \nThere is a table with the coins in a small box on it. Alternative: A relative of the couple bring the box with the coins forward and gives to the Officiant  \nBlessing the Coins  \nOfficiant: These coins are blessed by the love of God and all who are here with us today. May the meaning of this ceremony open their hearts and open the way to all good in their marriage together.  \nOfficiant removes the coins for the box and places them in Groom’s cupped hands.  \nExchange of Coins  \nGroom: “Bride’s Name, receive also these coins: they are a token of the care that I will have for you so that we will not lack what is necessary for us in our home.”  \nGroom drops the coins in Bride’s cupped hands.  \nBride: “Groom’s Name, I receive these coins as a token of God’s blessing upon us and a sign of the goods that we will share together.”  \nBride drops the coins back into the Groom’s cupped hands  \nOfficiant: The 13 coins are significant because they denote the unconditional love between the husband and wife. The groom pledges to place all of his goods into her care. The passing of coins back and forth is a symbol of sharing worldly goods for richer or for poorer. The bride then gives the groom the coins, promising confidence and dedication to him. These coins become oneof the family heirlooms. The number 13 represents the goods to be shared by the bride and groom during the 12 months of each year, while the 13th coin is their promise to share their wealth with the poor.  \nExchange of Lasos  \nPresenting the Arras / Lasos by the Sponsors  \nOfficiant: “This symbolic cord represents the commitment blessed by God that the bride and groom have promised each other. The Arras/Lasos points to the one life the couple will share. This life, imitating a Rosary, will be filled with joyful, sorrowful, luminous and joyful mysteries.”  \nInvite Sponsors to present the Arras/Laso to Officiant.  \nBlessing the Arras/Laso  \nOfficiant: We know our Loving Creator is the wisdom that brought Couple’s Names together in marriage and expresses in their marriage as a love that grows daily, one day at a time. His love will always be available to them no matter where they go or what they do. We pray they remember to ask for His help whenever there is a need, or just for the joy of talking with God.  \nReading–Romans 12--Optional  \n1 By the mercies of God, to present your bodies bas a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, 3 but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, 5 and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, 6 with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 Let love be genuine. 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