INTRODUCTORY RITE CLAIRE

Commentator: Good afternoon brothers and sisters in
Christ. Today we come to celebrate and witness
with joy the union of Ryan and Claire, in the
love of Christ in the sacrament of Matrimony.
Let us offer our prayers for them that God
may shower upon them the graces as they
begin their new life together. Let us all be
witnesses in this momentous event in the
life of Ryan and Claire.
I wrote your name in the sky,
but the wind blew it away.
I wrote your name in the sand,
but the waves washed it away.
I wrote your name in my heart,
and forever it will stay.
RYAN

Processional: Wedding March We would like to thank you for sharing this day with us and
we look forward to your continued friendship throughout
Entrance Hymn our married life.
Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
We also want to thank you all, especially our parents,
and of the Holy Spirit.
for all their love and support throughout the years.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
Ryan & Claire
Priest: The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit be with you all.

Commentator/ All: And also with you.

Priest: Coming together as one family in faith, hope

and love, let us honor and give thanks to
the Lord for the love that he has bestowed
on Ryan and Claire. May the Lord make their
love grow, and help them forge a future for
that love.
 Claire, love your husband and be a good housewife As one people of God, let us all together
persevere in faith and love and holiness. now examine ourselves, acknowledging our
faults, and trying to see how much have
Ryan, love your wife as Christ loves His Church we responded to His call of unity and love.
and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.
Commentator / All: I confess to Almighty God, and to you
Priest: The Lord be with you. my brothers and sisters, that I have
sinned through my own fault, in my
Commentator / All: And also with you. thought and in my words, in what I
have done, and in what I have failed
SOLEMN BLESSING to do; and I ask Blessed Mary, ever
virgin, all the angels and saints, and to
Priest: May God the eternal Father keep you steadfast in your you my brothers and sisters to pray for
love me to the Lord our God.
All: Amen. Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our ins, and bring us to
Priest: May you have children to bless you, friends to console everlasting life.
you and may you live in peace with all people.
Commentator / All: Amen.
All: Amen.
Gloria (sung or recited)
Priest: May the peace of Christ dwell in your home. May the
angels of God protect it and may the Holy family of Commentator / All:
Nazareth be its model and inspiration. Glory to God in the highest and peace to
his people on earth. Lord, God,
All: Amen. heavenly King, Almighty God and the
Father, we worship you, we give you
Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father,  the Son and thanks, we praise you for your glory.
the Holy Spirit Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the
All: Amen. sins of the world, have mercy on
us. You are seated at the right hand of
Priest: The mass is ended. Go in peace to love and serve the the Father: receive our prayer. For you
Lord. alone are the Holy One, you alone are
the Lord. You alone are the Most High,
All: Thanks be to God.
 Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit in the
glory of God the Father. Amen.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Almighty God, hear our prayer for Ryan and Claire,
who have come here today to be united in the
sacrament of marriage. Increase their faith in you
and in each other, and through them bless your
Church with Christian children.
We Ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit one God, forever and ever.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
Commentator/ All: Please be seated and listen to the
word of God.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORDS
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Hebrew 1:1-6
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee,
proclaiming the good news of God, and saying “ The
time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come
near, repent, and believe in the good news.”
Priest: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins
of the world. Happy are those who are called to
His supper.
Commentator / All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive You, but
only say the word and I shall be healed.
COMMUNION HYMN
Commentator: (Removal of veil, cord and ribbon) May we request
the secondary sponsors to remove the veil, cord
and ribbon from the couple.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Commentator: Please all rise.
Priest: Let us pray: Lord, in your love you have given us
this Eucharist to unite us with one another and
with you. As you have made Ryan and Claire, one
in this sacrament of marriage and in sharing of the
one bread and one cup, so now make them one in
love for each other. We ask this through Christ our
Lord.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
CONCLUDING RITE
Priest: Ryan and Claire, now that you have received the
Holy Sacrament of Matrimony I admonish you to
remain faithful to one another.
 Lord, may they both praise you when they are
happy and turn to you in their sorrows. May they
be glad that you help them in their work and know
that you are with them in their need. May they
pray to you in the community of the church and be
your witnesses in the world. May they reach old
age in the company of their friends and come at
last to the kingdom of heaven. We ask these
through Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
COMMUNION RITE
Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, You said to Your apostles: “I
leave you peace, my peace I give you.” Look not
on our sins, but on the faith of your Church and
grant us the peace the unity of Your Kingdom,
where you live forever and ever.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Commentator / All: And also with you.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Comentator/ All: Peace be with you.
Commentator / All: LAMB OF GOD, YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS
OF THE WORLD; HAVE MERCY ON US.(2X) LAMB
OF GOD YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE
WORLD; GRANT US PEACE.
Commentator: Please kneel.
As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw
Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into
the sea - for they were fishermen. And Jesus said
to them. Follow me and I will make you fish for
people. And immediately they left their nets and
followed him. As he went a little farther he saw
James son of Zebedde and his brother John, who
were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately
he called them; and they left their father
Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and
followed him.
This is the word of the Lord.
Commentator / All: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Let our response be: Let all his angels worship
him.
The Lord is kind and full of compassion.
slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
All: Let all his angels worship him.
All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
The eyes of all creatures look to you and you give
them their food in due time.
All: Let all his angels worship him.

The Lord is just in all his ways
and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
who call on him from their hearts.
All: Let all his angels worship him.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the
Corinthians
Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to
show you a way that is better than any of them.
If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but
speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a
cymbal clashing. If I have the gift of prophecy,
understanding all the mysteries there are, and
knowing everything, and if I have faith in all its
fullness, to move mountains, but without love, then I
am nothing at all. If I give away all that I possess,
piece by piece, and if I even let them take my body to
burn it, but am without love, it will do me no good
whatever.
Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous;
love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or
selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful.
Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but
delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to
Commentator / All: Amen
Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the
words our Savior gave us.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Commentator / All: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HOLY BE YOUR
NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE
DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN GIVE US
THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, FORGIVE US OUR
SINS, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST
US, DO NOT BRING US TO THE TEST, BUT
DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
Commentator/ All: Amen.
NUPTIAL BLESSING
Priest: My dear friends, let us turn to the Lord and pray
that he will bless with His grace, Claire, now
married to Ryan, 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.
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
gift of married love and enrich your Church with
their children.
ACCLAMATION
trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love
Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith. does not come to an end.

Commentator: Please rise. This is the word of the Lord.

Commentator / All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will All: Thanks be to God.
come again.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Priest: In memory of His death and resurrection, we offer
You Father this life-giving bread, this saving cup.
All: Alleluia, Alleluia!
We thank you for counting us worthy to stand in
As long as we love one another
your presence and serve You. May all of us who
God will live in us
share and blood of Christ be brought together in
and his love will be complete in us
the unity by the Holy Spirit.
Alleluia!
Lord, remember Your Church throughout the
world: make us grow in love, together with Commentator: Please stand for the Gospel
Benedict our Pope, Carlo our Bishop and all the
PROCLAMATION OF THE HOLY GOSPEL
clergy.

Remember our brothers and sisters who have Priest:
gone to their rest in hope of rising again, bring
them and all the departed into the light of Your All:
presence.
Priest:
Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share
eternal life with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, All:
with the Apostles, and with all the saints, who
have done. Your will throughout the ages. May we
praise. You in union them, and give you glory,
through your Son Jesus Christ.
Through Him, with Him, and in Him; in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours,
Almighty Father, forever and ever.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark
Glory to you, Lord.
Jesus said: “From the beginning of creation God
made them male and female. That is why a man
must leave father and mother, and the two become
one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but
one body. So then, what God has
united, man must not divide.”
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.
Commentator/ All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentator/ All: Please be seated for the Homily.
HOMILY
WEDDING CEREMONY
Commentator: Please remain seated for the marriage rites.
May we request Ryan and Claire to stand
up. And the principal sponsors to come
forward beside the couple.
Candle sponsors please come forward to
light the candles and assist for lighting their
candle. The candle represents the light,
which is Christ. May it be light that will shine
upon Ryan and Claire, which will guide as
they move on their new life as married
couple.
The UNITY CANDLE – symbolizes the
union of Ryan and Claire, lives from them to
discover their true selves in the light of the
truth. As this light undivided so their love be
one.
Priest: Dearly beloved, Ryan and Claire, you are
here today to seal your love with an eternal
bond before the Church. I assure you of the
prayers of our community that God may pour
his abundant blessings on your love and help
you to carry out the duties of the married
state. And you, dear brothers and sisters, may
I ask you to help them with prayers and
enriches the world and your grace enriches also
your Church.
Through Christ the choirs of angels and all the
saints praise and worship your glory. May our
voices blend with theirs as we join in their
unending hymn of praise:
Commentator / All: Holy (3x) Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna
in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Commentator: Please kneel.
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.
Before He was given up to death, a death He
freely accepted, he took the bread and gave you
thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to His disciples
and said: TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND EAT IT,
THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR
YOU.
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.
 accept them as a new couple in our Christian
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS community.

Priest: Lord, accept our sufferings for this newly-married

couple Claire and Ryan. By your love and SCRUTINY
providence you have brought them together, now
bless them all the days of their married life. We Priest: May I ask you to answer truthfully the
ask this through Christ our Lord. following questions.

Commentator / All: Amen. Claire, did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in the love and service of
PREFACE your husband?
Priest: The Lord be with you.
Bride: Yes, Father.
Commentator / All: And also with you.
Priest: Ryan, did you come here of your own free will
Priest: Lift up your hearts. to bind yourself forever in the love and
service of your wife?
Commentator / All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Groom: Yes, Father.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Priest: Ryan and Claire, Are you ready to raise as good
Comentator/ All: It is right to give Him thanks and praise. Christians the children whom will be given you?

Priest: Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we do Bride & Groom: Yes, Father.
well always and everywhere to give you thanks. By
this sacrament your grace unites man and woman
in an unbreakable bond of love and peace. You EXCHANGE OF CONSENT:
have designed the chaste love of husband and
wife for the increase of both of the human family Priest: Ryan and Claire, since you wish to contract Holy
and of your own family born in baptism. Matrimony, please join your right hands and
You are the loving Father of the world of nature; express your intention before God and His Church.
you are the loving Father of the new creation of (The bride and groom join their hands)
grace. In Christian marriage you bring together
the two orders of creation: nature’s gift of children
Priest: Claire, do you take Ryan, here present, for your Commentator: Cord sponsors, please come forward. The cord is
lawful husband according to the Rite of Our Holy the symbol of God’s faithfulness to his Church. Let
Mother, the Church? this symbol be a sign of your fidelity and
commitment to one another. Just like the way
Bride: Yes, I do. Christ love his Church, so let the same
unconditional love reign in your marriage life.
Priest: Do you give yourself to him as his wife?

Bride: Yes, I do.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?
Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through
Bride: Yes, I do. your goodness we have this bread to offer, which
the earth has given and human hands have made.
Priest: Ryan, do you take Claire, here present, for your It will become for us the bread of life.
lawful wife according to the Rite of Our Holy
Mother, the Church? Commentator/ All: Blessed be God forever.

Priest: By the mystery of this water and wine, may we

Groom: Yes, I do.
come to share in the divinity of Christ who
humbled himself to share in our humanity.
Priest: Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through
Groom: Yes, I do.
your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of
the vine and work of human hands. It will become
Priest: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?
our spiritual drink.
Groom: Yes, I do. Commentator / All: Blessed be God forever.

Priest: Now, please say together with (or after) me: Grant
us, O Lord/ to be one heart and one soul/ from
this day forward/ for better or for worse, for richer
or for poorer/ in sickness and in health until death
do us part.
CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND:
Priest: Pray, my brothers and sisters that our sacrifice
may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.
Commentator / All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your
hands, for the praise and Glory of His name, for
our good and the good of all His Church.
Commentator: Please rise.
 - For their parents, that the Lord may reward
them for the care & understanding they have
showed upon their children. And that they may
be a source of inspiration & guidance. Let us
pray to the Lord… (res.)
- For those who have joined in life with Ryan
and Claire, their brothers and sisters, relatives
and friends, and all of us here present in this
gathering that they may remain as source of
encouragement to them. Let us pray to the
Lord… (res.)
Priest: Almighty, eternal God, 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.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Offertory Procession.
AFTER OFFERTORY
Commentator: May we request the couple to kneel for the
laying of the veil and cord.
Commentator: Veil sponsors, please come forward. The veil is
the symbol of God’s presence. Just like the cloud
that overshadows journeyers in times of weariness
in a dessert, so does God’s love comfort us in
times of trials. Its whiteness reflects the purity and
simplicity of God’s presence among us.
Priest: And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on all
those present here as witnesses, confirm and bless
the bond of the marriage which you have
contracted. In the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Commentator / All: Amen.
BLESSING OF ARRHAE AND RINGS:
Commentator: Please rise for the blessing of the rings and
the arrhae.
Priest: Claire and Ryan, we shall now bless your arrhae
and rings. Our help in the name of the Lord.
Commentator / All: He made heaven and earth.
Priest: Let us pray. Bless, O Lord, your servants Ryan and
Claire, with sufficiency of material possessions
which these arrhae symbolize so that may use
them to attain eternal life, through Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
Priest: Bless, O Lord, these rings so that your servants
Claire and Ryan, who wear them may ever live in
mutual love and in unbroken loyalty, through
Christ our Lord.
Commentator / All: Amen.
(The priest sprinkles holy waters on the arrhae &
rings)
GIVING OF THE WEDDING RINGS AND ARRHAE:
Priest: Now give these rings to one another, and say after
me.
(The grooms takes the bride’s ring from the priest
and puts it on the bride’s finger and says after the
priest)
Groom: Claire, wear this ring/ as a sign of my love and
loyalty./ In the name of the Father/ and of the
Son/ and of the Holy Spirit.
(The brides takes the groom’s ring from the priest
and puts it on the groom’s ring finger, saying after
the priest.)
Bride: Ryan, wear this ring/ as a sign of my love and
loyalty./ in the name of the Father/ and of the
Son/ and of the Holy Spirit.
(The grooms takes now the arrhae in both hands;
the brides places her cupped hands under those of
the groom, saying after the priest.)
Groom: Claire, I give this arrhae/ as a pledge of my
dedication/ to your welfare/ in the name of the
Father/ and of the Son/ and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Bride: And I accept them.
Priest: Bless, O Lord, this Bible so that your Ryan and
Claire, who shall use them will continue to place
You in the center of their lives. May they continue
to help spread your message to other people, and
may they instill this too, in their children you will
bless them, through Christ our Lord.
Bride: Ryan, I give you this bible as an expression of my
common desire to continuously seek and follow
the will and wisdom of God in every step and
moment of our life, May He bless our commitment
to know and serve him better.
Priest: Brothers and sisters, may I present to you the
newly married couple in our Christian community:
Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Claire Marie Lacson. Let us
acknowledge them as husband and wife by giving,
them a hearty applause.
Commentator: Please stand for the prayers of the faithful.
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Priest: Dearly beloved, let us now pray for the Church
and for our newly wedded couple whose marriage
reflects her union with Christ. Let our response be:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
- For the Holy Church spread all over the world,
for the Pope, Bishops and Priest, that they may
faithfully preach Jesus teaching of love and
peace. Let us pray to the Lord… (res.)
- For leaders in the government, and ruler of
every nation in the world. That they may
adhere to our Lord’s teaching of Christians
service, and be instrument of unity. Let us
pray to the Lord… (res.)
- For the suffering & those in trials of affliction
that they may find hope & consolation in
Jesus. Let us pray to the Lord… (res.)