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Introduction
WEDDING PROCESSIONAL
Best Man
Parents of the Groom
Groom
Principal Sponsors
Grandmothers of the Bride and Groom
Matron of Honor
Groom’s Men and Bride’s Maids
Secondary Sponsors
Ring Bearer, Coin Bearer and Bible Bearer
Flower Girls
Maid of Honor
Parents of the Bride
Bride
Entrance Hymn
INTRODUCTORY RITES
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit
All: Amen.
Greetings
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Priest May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive our sins,
and lead us to everlasting life.
All Amen
All Amen.
First Reading:
Responsorial Psalm:
Psalmist: Happy are you fear the Lord, who walks in His ways.
For you shall eat fruit of your handiwork; happy shall
you be and favored. Response.
All The blessings of the Lord be upon us, now and
forever.
Psalmist: Your husband shall be like a strong fort, the Lord sent
him to preserve and safeguard you from all harm; he
was sent to love and honor your you. Behold, thus is
the woman blessed who fears the Lord. Response.
Psalmist: The Lord bless you, you may see prosperity and
abundance all days of your lives; may you see your
children’s children. Response.
Priest: Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it
awful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
And He Answered and said, “Have you not read that God
who created them from the beginning made them male and
female, and said, “for this reason a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife and two shall
become one flesh?” So they are no longer two, but one
flesh. What therefore God has joined together let no man
separate.”
Homily
Commentator: At this point, MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN will light
their Unity Candle as a symbol of their marriage. The
candles that they will light represent each of them in the
fullness of their personhood. They come into this marriage
as individuals, without losing their identities. Rather they
create through their commitment the relationship of
marriage. Therefore, this burning candle symbolizes their
commitment to each other and to a lasting and loving
marriage."
Priest: "On the day of their baptism, God began in MARCO PAULO
& JOWEE ANN the process of becoming a Christians. They
were given the privilege of being a light, an example to the
people they would meet. Their process of becoming
Christians continues today. A new dimension is added as
they celebrate the Sacrament of Matrimony. Today they
come here from two different families. Out of these two
families, a new family will be created in the Lord. From now
on they will grow together as unique persons becoming like
Christ, the light of the world."
MARRIAGE RITES
Lighting of the Candles
Priest: MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN, you have come together in
this Church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your
love in the presence of the Church’s ministers and this
community Christ abundantly blesses with His love. He has
already consecrated you in Baptism and now, He enriches
and strengthens you more by a special sacrament that you
may assume the duties of marriage in mutual and lasting
fidelity. I assure you of the prayers of our community that
God may pour abundant blessings on your love and help
you carry out the duties of married life.
And you, dear sponsors, parents, brothers, sisters, relatives,
and friends of MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN, may I ask
you to help them with your prayers and accept them as a
new couple in our Christian community.
Declaration of Consent
Priest: Dear brothers and sisters, let us join MARCO PAULO &
JOWEE ANN in prayer and accept them as a new couple in
our Christian community so that they may, with courage
and confidence in God’s unfailing love and grace, make and
live their vows and fidelity to one another.
Dear MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN, you are here today
before God and His Church to make an irrevocable promise
to live for one another, and to share your love, oneness, in
mutual dedication, sacrifice and responsibility. In behalf of
this community, may I now ask you to truthfully answer the
following questions:
Priest: JOWEE ANN, did you come here of your own free will to bind
yourself forever in the love and service of your husband?
Priest: MARCO PAULO, did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in the love and service of your wife?
Exchange of Consent
Priest: MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN since you wish to contract
Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and express
your intention before God and His Church.
MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN: Almighty God, with full confidence,
we realize that You brought us together in the beginning
and helped our love for each other grow. At this moment.
You are within us in a very special way. We believe that you
will stay by our side in the days to come to protect us from
any harm that may befall our marriage; to give us courage
when burdens come our way; to ever teach us to forgive
each other when one of us fails. We ask this through Christ,
our Lord, Amen.
Nuptial Vows
Priest: MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN, we shall now bless your
rings. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Amen.
Priest: Now give this ring to one another while you say your
promise.
All: Amen.
Consent of People
Priest: Almighty Father, through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
You have chosen MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN and
joined them together in the Holy Sacrament of
Matrimony. Show them the way, the truth and the life,
that they will share together so that they can attain
everlasting joy, happiness and peace of Your glory. For
this we pray: GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
Reader:
Reader: For the Holy Catholic Church, world leaders and rulers of
our nation,
that God may illuminate their minds and hearts to
continually
educate all of us towards authentic reverence for family life
and
concretely work against social pressures which cause family
breakdowns. We pray...
Reader: For MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN that they may infinitely
be in love with each other and remain faithful to their
marriage vows forever. May the Lord bless them with
children; provide them with divine
guidance throughout their lives and good
health as they grow old together. We pray…
Priest: Loving Father, look down with favour upon Your children
MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN. Grant them to remain
faithful to you and to one another. And 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. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
May the cord laid around MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN
be a sign for them and for us of their perpetual unity. Let
nothing and no one come between you to break this
sacramental oneness.
Offertory Procession
Priest: Lord, hear our prayers and accept the gifts we offer for
MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN. Today, in Your fatherly
love and providence, You have made them one in the
sacrament of marriage. May the mystery of Christ’s
unselfish love, which we celebrate in this Eucharist, increase
their love for you and for each other, and protect them all
the days of their life.
All: Amen.
Preface
And so, with the angels and all the saints of heaven, we
proclaim your glory and sing the unending hymn of your
praise:
Eucharistic Prayer
Priest: Lord, you are Holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness. Let
Your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy so that
they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord,
Jesus Christ.
Priest When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again, He gave
You thanks and praise, gave the cup to His disciples and
said: “Take this, all of you and drink from it. This is the cup
of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant.
It will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be
forgiven. Do this in memory of me.”
Choir: AMEN.
Priest: Let us join hands and pray with confidence to the Father
in the words our Saviour gave us.
Nuptial Blessing
Priest: My dear friends, let us now turn to the Lord and pray that
He will bless with His grace, JOWEE ANN, now married in
Christ to MARCO PAULO 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.
Father, stretch out your hand and bless MARCO PAULO &
JOWEE ANN. Grant that they begin to live this sacrament,
and that they may share with each other the gifts of your
love and become one in heart and mind as witness to your
presence in marriage. Help them to create a home together
and give them children to be formed by the gospel and to
have place in your family.
All: Amen.
COMMUNION RITE
Sign of Peace
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Priest: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the
world. Happy are those who are called to His supper.
All: Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
Holy Communion
(The Candle Sponsors may now come forward to put off the
Candles.)
CONCLUDING RITE
Priest: MARCO PAULO & JOWEE ANN, now that you have
received the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you
to remain faithful to one another.
Sevenfold Blessing
Priest: May the Lord bless you by His word and Spirit till the end of
your days.
All: Amen.
All: Amen.
Priest: May you be blessed with loving children, and may the care
and love that you lavish on them be returned a hundredfold.
All: Amen.
Priest: May the peace of Christ dwell always in your hearts and
in your home. May you have true friends to stand by
you, both in joy and in sorrow.
All: Amen.
Priest: May you be ready with help and consolation for all those
who come to you in need and may the blessing promised
to the compassionate descend in abundance to your
home.
All: Amen.
Priest: May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its fruits.
May your career never cause you distress nor desire for
earthly possessions lead you astray. But may your hearts’
concern be always for the treasures laid up for you in the
life of heaven.
All: Amen.
Priest: May the Lord grant you fullness of years, so that you may
reap the harvest of a good life and after you have served
Him with loyalty in His kingdom on earth. May He take
you up into his eternal dominion in heaven.
All: Amen.
Priest: And may the Almighty Father bless you all, the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Dismissal
Marco Paulo
&
Jowee Ann
DECEMBER 28, 2017, 3:00 PM
San Rafael Arkanghel Parish
Mabiga, Mabalacat City, Pampanga