Final Blessing

Priest : And may the Almighty God, bless you all of you, who are
gathered here, the Father, and the son, and The Holy Spirit. A Eucharistic Wedding Celebration
INTRODUCTION
ALL : Amen.
Commentator : Dear family, relatives and friends, today, we are
Priest : Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. gathered here to witness the promise of love that
unites Ronald and Sharin, man and woman
ALL : Thanks be to God. becoming one, together and forever.

There is a moment in each of our lives when life

itself gains a richer meaning because it is shared
Signing of the Marriage Contract with love. For Ronald and Sharin, this moment has
come. Through this joyous feast of love which we
Presentation of the Newlywed are about to celebrate, let us, as witnesses and as a
whole Christian Community, pray for Ronald and
Couple Sharin that they may be filled with God’s abundant
graces as they start their new life together.

Please stand for the Processional March.

Priest : My dear faithful of God, Let us welcome Mr. & Mrs.
Vito.

Ronald, you may now kiss your Bride.

Bridal Processional March
Entrance Song

INTRODUCTORY RITES
Pictorial GREETINGS
Recessional Priest : In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.

ALL : Amen.
Priest : The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Concluding Rite
ALL : And with your spirit. ADMONITION

Priest : God is love and has, in a mysterious way, drawn you, Priest : Ronald and Sharin, now that you have received the Holy
Ronald and Sharin, together in love. But He leaves you Sacrament of Matrimony; I admonish you to remain faithful
free to make that love grow or to let it wither and die. The to one another.
Lord will help you, Ronald and Sharin, to forge a future
Sharin, love Ronald your husband and be a good wife.
for your love, if you do your share, when you stand to the
Persevere in faith, love and holiness.
commitment to love and honor one another in good times
Ronald, love Sharin, your wife, as Christ love His Church
and bad, in poverty and plenty, in sickness and in health, for
and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.
better and for worse, in that covenant which you are about
to seal. Today we, ratify that commitment in Matrimony
and the Mass. Solemn Blessing
The Penitential Rite is omitted. The Celebrant continues with the Gloria.
Priest : The Lord be with you.

ALL : And with your spirit.

Priest : May God the all-power Father grant you his joy and bless
Gloria you in your children.

ALL : Amen.
(to be sung)
ALL : Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of Priest : May the only begotten Son of God stand by you with
good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we compassion in good times and in bad
glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord
God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. ALL : Amen.

Priest : May the Holy Spirit of God always pour forth his love into
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
your hearts.
God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the ALL : Amen.
Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One, 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.
 Priest : Let us pray.
Sign of Peace Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord, and in your kindness
pour out your grace on these your servants Ronald and
Priest : The peace of the Lord be with you always. Sharin, that, coming together before your altar, they
may be confirmed in love for one another, through our
ALL : And with your spirit. Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Priest : Let us often each other the sign of peace,
ALL : Amen.
Holy Communion
Priest : Behold the Lamb of God, Behold Him who takes away the
Liturgy of the Word
sins of the world. Blessed are those who are called to the
supper of the lamb. First Reading
(Genesis 1:26-28, 31)
ALL : Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. Genevieve: A reading from the Book of Genesis. Then God said,
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness;
Commentator : For those who will receive the Holy Communion. and let them have dominion over the fish of the
You may form two lines in the middle aisle. sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
(After Communion, while the Priest cleans the chalice and ciborium)
creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.“ So God
Commentator : May we request the veil and cord sponsors to
created man in his own image, in the image of God
remove the veil and the cord from the newly
He created him; male and female He created them.
married couple.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, ”Be
Removal of the Veil and Cord fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue
it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and
over the birds of the air and over every living thing
Prayer after Communion that moves upon the earth.”God looked at
everything He made, and found it very good.
Priest : Having been made partakers at your table, we pray, O Lord, Evening came, and morning followed – the sixth
that those who are united by the Sacrament of Marriage day.
may always hold fast to you and proclaim your name to the
world. Through Christ our Lord.
The Word of the Lord.
ALL : Amen.

Collect ALL : Thanks be to God.

 that partaking of the Body and Blood of the Christ they may
Responsorial Psalm always be bound together by love for one another.
(Psalm 33:12, 18, 20-21, 22) (Then Priest, with hands extend over the Bride and the Groom, continues: )
Genevieve : “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love is
Holy Father, who formed man in your own image, male and
everlasting. (Please Repeat)
female you created them, so that as husband and wife,
Genevieve : Happy are those who fear the Lord, who walk in His United in body and heart, they might fulfill their calling in
Ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your hard work. the world;
Happy shall you be and favored. (Respond)
O God, who, to reveal the great design you formed in your
ALL : “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love is love, willed that the love of spouses for each other should
everlasting. foreshadow the covenant you graciously made with your
people, so that, by fulfillment of the sacramental sign, the
Genevieve : Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses mystical marriage of Christ with his Church might become
of your home; your children like olive plants around manifest in the union of husband and wife among your
your table. Behold, thus is the man blessed who faithful;
fears the Lord. (Respond)
Graciously stretch out your right hand over these servants
ALL : “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love is Ronald and Sharin, we pray, and pour into their hearts
everlasting. the power of the Holy Spirit.
Genevieve : Your husband shall be a strong fort, the Lord sent Grant , O Lord, that, as they enter upon this sacramental
him to preserve and safeguard you from all harm. union, they may share with one another the gifts of your
(Respond) love and, by being for each other a sign of your presence,
become one heart and one mind.
ALL : “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love is
everlasting. Graciously crown with your blessings your daughter
Sharin, so that, by being a good wife and mother, she
Genevieve : The Lord bless you from Zion. May you see may bring warmth to her home with a love that is pure and
prosperity and abundance all the days of your life. adorn it with welcoming graciousness.
May you see your children’s children. (Respond)
Bestow a heavenly blessing also, O Lord, to Ronald, your
ALL : “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love is servant that he may be a worthy, good and faithful
everlasting. husband.
Grant, Holy Father, that, desiring to approach your table as
a couple joined in Marriage in your presence, they may one
day have the joy of taking part in your great banquet in
heaven. Through Christ our Lord.

ALL : Amen.
 Be mindful also, Lord, Ronald and Sharin, whom you
have brought to their wedding day, so that by your grace
they may abide in mutual love and peace.
Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen Rufiella : A reading from the Letter of Saint Ronald to the
asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died
in Your mercy; welcome them into the light of Your face.
Have mercy on us all, we pray that the Blessed Virgin
Commentator, Mother of God, with the Blessed Joseph, her
spouse, the Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased
You throughout the ages, may we merit to be co-heirs to
eternal life, and may we praise and glorify You through Your
Son, Jesus Christ.
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, forever and ever.
ALL : (to be sung) AMEN.
Communion Rite
Priest : At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we
dare to say:
Lord’s Prayer ALL : Thanks be to God.
(to be sung)
Alleluia Acclamation
Nuptial Blessing
Priest : Let us pray to the Lord for this groom and bride, who come
to the altar as they begin their married life,
Second Reading
(1Cor. 12:31-13:8a)
Corinthians.
Brothers and sisters:
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I
shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak
in human and angelic tongues but do not have love,
I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I
have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all
mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,
so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing.
Love is patient and kind. It is not jealous, is not
pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not
seek its own interest, it is not quick-tempered, it
does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over
wrong doing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things.
Love never fails.
The Word of the Lord.
(Ps 85:8)
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Whoever remains in love, remains in God and God
in him.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel

Priest : The Lord be with you.
ALL : And with your spirit.
Priest : A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John.
ALL : Glory to you, O Lord.
Priest : On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and
the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were
also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the
mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And
Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect
me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the
servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six
stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each
holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, “Fill the
jars with water.” So they filled them to brim. Then he told
them “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.”
So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water
that had become wine, without knowing where it came
from (although the servers who had drawn the water
knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to
him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when
people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept
the good wine until now.” Jesus did this as the beginning of
his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his
disciples began to believe in him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
ALL : Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentator : Please be seated for the homily
Eucharistic Prayer II
Priest : You are indeed Holy, O Lord, 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, He freely accepted, He
took the creed 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 shared for you and for all so that sins
may be forgiven.
Do this in memory of me.
The mystery of faith.
ALL : We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your
Resurrection until you come again.
Priest : Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of His death and
resurrection, we offer You, Lord, the Bread of life and the
Chalice of salvation, giving thanks that You have held us
worthy to be in Your presence and minister to You.
Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of
Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.
Remember, Lord, Your Church, spread throughout the
world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with
Francis, our Pope and Patricio Buson our Bishop and all the
clergy.
Prayer over Offering
Priest : Receive in your kindness, Lord, the offerings we bring in
Gladness before you, and in your fatherly love watch over Rite of Marriage
those you have joined in a sacramental covenant.
Through Christ our Lord. Commentator : May I request the Principal Sponsors and the
Parents of Ronald and Sharin to stand behind them
ALL : Amen. to witness the Rite of Marriage.
(The couple stands. The coin and ring bearer will stand at the right side of the Celebrant.)

Preface Allocution
Priest : The Lord be with you.
Priest : Dearly beloved Ronald and Sharin, you are here today
ALL : And with your spirit. to seal your love with an eternal bond before the Church.
Priest : Lift up your heart. I assure you of the prayers of our community that God may
ALL : We lift them up to the Lord. pour his abundant blessings on your love and help you to
carry out the duties of the married state.
Priest : Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Addressing to the community:
ALL : It is right & just.
Priest : And you, dear brothers and sisters, may I ask you to help
Priest : It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always them with your prayers and accept them as a new couple in
and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father, our Christian community.
almighty and every living God, Through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
For in Him you have made a new covenant with your Scrutiny
people, so that, as You have redeemed man and woman by
Priest : Ronald and Sharin, may I now ask you to answer
the mystery of Christ Death and Resurrection, so in Christ
truthfully to the following questions:
you might make them partakers of divine nature and joint
heirs with Him of heavenly glory.
In the union of husband and wife you give a sign of Christ
loving gift of grace, so that the Sacrament we celebrate
might draw us back more deeply into the wondrous design
of your love.
And so, with all the Angels and all the Saints, we praise you,
and without end we acclaim:

Priest : Sharin, did you come here of your own free will
to bind yourself forever in the love and service of
Homily Ronald your husband?
Sharin : YES, Father. spent life, reward them with eternal happiness, together
with their children and with those who love them, we ask
Priest : Ronald, did you come here of your own free will to
this through Christ our Lord.
bind yourself forever in the love and service of
Sharin your wife? ALL : Amen.
Ronald : YES, Father.
Priest : Are you both ready to accept children lovingly from
God, and bring them up according to the Law of
Christ and His Church? Liturgy of the Eucharist
Ronald & Sharin: Yes, Father.

Any appropriate song for the Presentation of the Gifts is sung. The couple receives
the offering and gives them to Priest. The couple remains standing until they kneel
in singing the Sanctus.

Exchange of Consent OFFERTORY PROCESSION

Priest : Ronald and Sharin, since you wish to contract

Lighting of Candles Laying of Veil
Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and
express your Intention before God and His Church. and Cord
They join their right hands. (Bride and Groom kneel for the lighting of the candles and the putting on of the veil
and cord.)
Sharin, do you take Ronald, here present, for
your lawful husband according to the rite of our Commentator : May I request the Candle sponsors to light the
Holy Mother, the Church? bridal candles. The Veil sponsors and the Cord
sponsors to follow.
Sharin : Yes I do.
PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR & GIFTS
Priest : Do you give yourself to him as his wife?
Priest : Pray, brothers and sisters, that their sacrifice and
Sharin : Yes I do.
yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty
Priest : Do you accept him as your lawful husband? Father.
Sharin : Yes I do. 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 holy Church.
Sherah : For the poor and the sick, the hungry and
Priest : Almighty eternal God, look down with favor upon your oppressed. May they experience the love of
servants Ronald and Sharin, grant them to remain Christ in their lives by the love we show
faithful to You and each other. At the end of a long and well them in the word and in action, we pray.
 Ronald : Yes. I do.
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.
Priest : Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
Sherah : For our departed love ones that they may Ronald : Yes. I do.
live in God's peace we pray.

ALL : Lord, graciously hear us. Priest : Now, please say together.
Ronald & Sharin: Grant us, O Lord, to be one heart
Sherah : For the families, relatives and friends of and one soul, from this day forward.
Ronald and responsible citizen and true For better, for worst, for richer, for poorer,
Christians. For the children, that they grow in sickness and in health,
responsible individuals and live in an until death do us part.
environment of peace, security and
harmony, we pray.

ALL : Lord, graciously hear us. Confirmation of Marriage Bond

Sherah : For the parents of Ronald and Sharin,
who gave them the gift of life, and who Priest : And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on
first, taught them how to love may they those
keep supporting Ronald and Sharin. present here as witness confirm and bless the bond
May they be rewarded for selfless care, of marriage which you have contracted.
understanding and guidance, they In the name of the Father, and of the Son, of the
continuously shared to their children, we Holy Spirit.
pray.
ALL : Amen
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.

Sherah : For Ronald and Sharin , now beginning

their new life together, that they have
divine assistance at every moment the rich
blessings of children, and good health until
a ripe old age , we pray.

ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.

Priest : Ronald, do you take Sharin, here present for

your lawful Wife, according to the rite of our Holy
Mother, the Church?

Blessing of the Arrhae and Ring
Priest : Ronald and Sharin, we shall now bless your Ring
and Arrhae. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
ALL : Who made heaven and earth.
Priest : Let us pray
Bless, O Lord, your servant Ronald and Sharin,
with sufficiency of material possessions ,which
these arrhae symbolize so that they may use them
to attain eternal life, through Christ our Lord.
ALL : Amen.
Priest : Bless, O Lord these ring so that your servants,
Ronald and Sharin, who wear them may ever
live in mutual love and in unbroken loyalty through
Christ our Lord.
ALL : Amen.
Giving of the Wedding Rings and
Arrhae
Priest : Now, give these rings to one another:
Ronald : Sharin, 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.
Sharin : Ronald, 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.
Ronald : Sharin, I give you 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.
Sharin : and, I accept them.
Pronouncement
Priest : My dear brothers and sisters as a gesture of
acceptance of Ronald and Sharin as a new
couple in the Christian Community let us give them
a round of applause.
The principal sponsors and the parents of Groom and Bride may now return to their
seats.
Commentator : Let us all stand for the Prayers of the
Faithful.
Prayers of the Faithful
Priest : Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us now turn
to the Lord and offer our prayers for the need of the
Church, our country and for the blessings of our
newly married couple, their parents, relatives and
friends.
Sherah : Let our response be, Lord, graciously hear
us. Please repeat.
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.
Sherah : For the church and her leaders that they
continue to proclaim Christ's message of
faith, hope and love, in our world today, we
pray.
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.