Rite of Marriage Rite of Marriage

INTRODUCTORY RITE
PRIEST: And may almighty God bless you all,
(15 minutes before the appointed time, all those included in the Wedding the Father, and the Son.
Entourage shall be assembled at the vestibule of the Church and shall form and the Holy Spirit.
themselves accordingly to the order of the Wedding Procession)
People: Amen.
INSTRUCTION
DISMISSAL
Commentator:
Welcome to this Eucharistic celebration wherein PRIEST/
Ralph and Catherine will receive the Sacrament of DEACON: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
Matrimony.
People: Thanks be to God.
The Holy Mass is our highest form of prayer and
worship. It is Jesus Christ himself who is offering this
Sacrifice, through the priest, and also the one being
offered as our perfect sacrifice to God the Father.

To ensure the solemnity of this occasion, we invite you to

actively participate in the Holy Mass. Let us avoid
distractions by not walking or running around and
refrain from making conversations. Gadgets should be
switched off to prevent calls, texts, posting status, tweets
and the likes.

We warmly welcome the non-Catholics who are present.

But humbly we request that you respect and follow the
manners and gestures in attending the Holy Mass. If it is
against your belief, we respectfully ask you to go out or
wait until we have finished with our celebration.

Let us preserve an atmosphere of prayer. Let us make this

Eucharistic celebration a fitting worship to the Father
through the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thank you.

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ENTRANCE SONG behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
PRIEST: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. People: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my
roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
(After Communion)
People: Amen.
Commentator: We now call on the Secondary Sponsors to remove
PRIEST: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with the marriage symbols.
you all.
Commentator: (After each symbol is removed): Please rise.

People: And with your spirit. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

PRIEST: Ralph and Catherine, the Church shares your joy
and warmly welcomes you, together with your
families and friends, as today, in the presence of
God our Father, you establish between yourselves
a lifelong partnership.
May the Lord hear you on this your joyful day.
May He send you help from heaven and protect
fulfill every one of your prayers.
PRIEST:
By the power of this sacrifice, O Lord,
accompany with your loving favor what in
your providence you have instituted, so as to
make of one heart in love N and N whom you
have already joined in this holy union and
replenished with the one Bread and the one
Chalice. Through Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.

CONCLUDING RITES

PRIEST: Ralph. and Catherine., now that you have received

the holy sacrament of Matrimony,
I admonish you to remain faithful to one another.

To the bride:
Catherine., love your husband and be a good
housewife; persevere in faith and love and
holiness.

Penitential Act
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and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we
glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take
away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, receive our
prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the
Lord, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most
High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen,
COLLECT
PRIEST:
THE NUPTIAL BLESSING
Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord,
and in your kindness uphold
what you have established
for the increase of the human race,
so that the union you have created
between N. and N. may be kept safe by your
assistance. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God,
forever and ever.
People: Amen.
Comm.: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
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THROUGH HIM, AND WITH HIM, AND IN
HIM, O GOD, ALMIGHTY FATHER, IN THE
UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL GLORY AND
HONOR IS YOURS, FOR EVER AND EVER.
People: Amen.
Comm.: Please all rise.
PRIEST: At the Saviors command and formed by divine
teaching, we dare to say:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us; and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil.
PRIEST: My dear friends, let us turn to the Lord and pray
that He will bless with His grace, Catherine, now
married to Ralph, and that through the sacrament of
the body and blood of Christ, He will unite in love
the couple He has joined in this Holy Bond.
(The priest continues with hands outstretched over the couple:)
Holy Father, creator of the universe, Maker of man
and woman in your likeness, source of blessing for
married life. We humbly pray to you for this
woman, who today is united with her husband in
this Sacrament of Marriage.
May your fullest blessing come upon her and her
husband, so that they may together rejoice in your
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Lector: Happy are those who fear the Lord, PRIEST: Lord, you are holy indeed, the fountain of all
who walk in his ways! holiness.
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
happy shall you be, and favored. Make Holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
by sending down your Spirit upon them like the
People: Happy are those who fear the Lord. dewfall, so that they may become for us the
Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lector: Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recess of your home; At the time he was betrayed and
your children like olive plants around your table. entered willingly into his Passion,
he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it,
People: Happy are those who fear the Lord. and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Lector: Behold, thus is the man blessed TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU,
who fears the Lord. AND EAT OF IT:
The Lord bless you from Zion:
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
FOR THIS IS MY BODY
all the days of your life. WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP
FOR YOU.
People: Happy are those who fear the Lord.
In a similar way, when supper was ended,
he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks,
he gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU,

AND DRINK FROM IT:
THIS IS THE CHALICE
OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW
AND ETERNAL COVENANT.
WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR
YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
SECOND READING
DO THIS IN MEMORY ME.
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the
PRIEST: The mystery of Faith.
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God is love; let us love one another People: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the
as he has loved us. Alleluia, Alleluia. praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of
all his holy Church.
GOSPEL READING Mt. 19:3-5

PRIEST/ . PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

DEACON: The Lord be with you
People: And with your spirit.
PRIEST: Receive, we pray, O Lord,
PRIEST/
DEACON: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.
the offering made on the occasion
Matthew. of the sealing of the sacred bond of Marriage
People: Glory to, O Lord. and just as your goodness is its origin, may
your providence guide its course. Through
PRIEST/DEACON:
Christ our Lord.

People: Amen.
S ome Pharisees approached him, and tested him,

PREFACE OF MARRIAGE
you not read that from the beginning the Creator
PRIEST: The Lord be with you.

People: And with your spirit.

mother and he joined to his wife, and the two shall
PRIEST: Lift up your hearts.
one flesh.
Therefore, what God has joined together, no human People: We lift them up to the Lord.

PRIEST: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

The Gospel of the Lord
People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. People: It is right and just.

Comm.: Please, be seated for the homily.

HOMILY
(After the homily):
THE DIGNITY OF THE MARRIAGE COVENANT
Commentator: Please remain seated.

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PRIEST: May I now ask you to answer truthfully the
following questions. Leader: Let us pray for Ralph. and Catherine. united today in

Catherine, did you come here of your own free will

to bind yourself forever in the love and service of stewards and collaborators of God in rearing their
your husband?
future children. We pray.
Catherine: Yes, Father.
Leader: For their parents, that the Lord may reward them for
PRIEST: Ralph, did you come here of your own free will to the care and understanding they have showed upon
bind yourself forever in the love and service of their children. And that they may be a source of
your wife? inspiration and guidance. We pray.

Ralph: Yes, Father. Leader: Let us pray for the young people who will embrace
the vocation to married life that they may learn from
PRIEST: Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the life and experiences of others the beauty of love that
children whom God will give you? comes from generosity. We pray.

Both: Yes, Father. PRIEST: God our Father,

EXCHANGE OF CONSENT
PRIEST: Since it is your wish to contract holy matrimony,
please join right hands and express your intention
before God and His Church.
Catherine do you take Ralph here present,
for your lawful husband according to the rite
of our holy Mother, the Church?
look down with favor upon your servants.
Grant them to remain faithful to you and to one
another. At the end of a long and well-spent life,
reward them with eternal happiness together with
their children and with all those who love them.
Through Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.

Catherine: Yes, I do. Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Offertory after
which the laying of the Christian symbols.
PRIEST: Do you give yourself to him as his wife?

Catherine: Yes, I do.

PRIEST: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?

Catherine: Yes, I do. PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS AND LAYING OF CHRISTIAN
SYMBOLS
PRIEST: Ralph do you take Catherine here present,
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PRIEST: Our help is in the name of the Lord. In the name of the Father/
and of the Son/
People: Who made heaven and earth. and of the Holy Spirit.

PRIEST: Catherine: I accept.

Bless O Lord, your servants (Ralph & Catherine.),
with sufficiency of material possessions Catherine: Ralph wear this ring/
which these arrhae symbolize so that they as a sign of my love and loyalty./
may use them to attain eternal life. In the name of the Father/
Through Christ our Lord. and of the Son/
and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Ralph: I accept.
PRIEST: Bless O Lord, these rings so that your servants, (N.
and N.) who wear them may ever live in mutual Ralph: I give you these arrhae/
love and in unbroken loyalty. as a pledge of my dedication/
Through Christ our lord. to your welfare./
In the name of the Father/
People: Amen. and of the Son/
and of the Holy Spirit.
(Then the priest sprinkles the arrhae and the rings with holy water.)
Catherine: And I accept them.
Commentator: Please be seated except for the principal sponsors
and the couple PRIEST: My dear people of God, it is my joy to present you
the newly wedded couple, Mr. & Mrs.
___________________.

Comm.: Let us clap our hands.

(After the clapping, the Commentator will say:)

Commentator: Please stand.

GIVING OF THE WEDDING RINGS AND THE ARRHAE PROFESSION OF FAITH (For Sundays and Solemnities)

Ralph: Catherine wear this ring/ ALL: I believe in God, the Father almighty,
as a sign of my love and loyalty./
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