Responsorial Psalm "The Lord is kind and merciful. Gospel John Homily Please sit. Celebration of Matrimony Please stand. Statement of Intentions Exchange of Consent After the exchange of vows, all join the cantor in singing the "Alleluia" acclamation. A request not to use flash photography during the ceremony. Thanks and acknowledgements to those who helped to plan and organize the wedding; don't forget your parish staff. Quotes from Scripture, poetry, artwork—to be used to fill blank spaces.
Directions to the reception hall. For more information Creating a wedding program for your guests Providing your guests with wedding programs that contain the service music and the assembly's responses can help them celebrate your wedding more fully. Find out more about Catholic wedding processions. The Responsorial Psalms are sung by the Cantor in reaction to the passage read, and the congregation typically joins in on the refrain.
During the homily, the Priest meditates on the readings and reflects on their meaning in the realm of marriage. During the Rite of Marriage, the congregation stands and remains standing. The wedding vows act as the couple's proclamation of their consent and intent to marry. Traditionally, the vow and ring exchange portion of the ceremony follows standard verbiage involving questions from the Priest and affirmations by the couple.
The Prayers of the Faithful are typically read by a family member or friend of the couple and after each prayer, the congregation responds together in affirmation they might say something along the lines of "Let us pray to the Lord" or "Lord, hear our prayer".
Your Priest might help you choose these prayers or guide you as you write your own. During the Liturgy of the Eucharist, friends or family of the couple will offer wine and bread in front of the Priest at the altar while a hymn is sung. The Priest will then pray over the bread and wine as part of the Eucharistic Prayer, which is followed by the Lord's Prayer.
After the congregation recites the Lord's Prayer together the Priest shares nuptial blessing as the couple kneels in front of the altar. The wedding party and guests then shake hands with those nearby and say, "Peace be with you," to offer a sign of peace.
Finally, as part of communion, the congregation will sing a hymn while the Priest breaks the bread and communion is shared with the couple and then the Catholic guests in the congregation. Read on for a sample double-sided Catholic wedding program to use as inspiration for your own. Welcome to the wedding ceremony of Jessica Ashley and Michael Christopher.
Saturday, October 16, St. Mary's Church Portland, Maine. To our friends and family, thank you for being here to celebrate our union.
We feel blessed to have you with us today and in our lives every day. Some Catholic churches will offer printed programs for your wedding mass, but there are also plenty of ways to get your programs printed with a more designed, custom look. Additionally, The Knot Invitations also offers editable wedding programs in a variety of designs that can be personalized based on the type of ceremony you're planning.
Main Menu. Find a Couple. Log In. Sign Up. Back to Main Menu. Planning Tools. Wedding Vision. Discover Your Vision. Take The Knot's Style Quiz. Reception Venues. Wedding Photographers. Bridal Salons. Wedding Planners. May their lives always bear witness to the reality of that love. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth. Reader: The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. All: The Lord is compassionate toward all His works. Reader: The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness.
The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all His works. Reader: Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord and let your faithful ones bless You. The eyes of all look hopefully to You and You give them their food in due season. Reader: The Lord is just in all His ways and holy in all His words. The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
Paul to the Phillippians. Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again, rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you. Proclamation of the Gospel Presider: Alleluia, Alleluia! All: Alleluia, Alleluia!
Presider: God is love. If God loved us, we must also love one another. Presider: A reading from the he Holy Gospel according to Matthew. All: Glory to you, Lord. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments. Christ abundantly blesses this love. He has already consecrated you in baptism and now He enriches and strengthens you by a special sacrament so that you may assume the duties of marriage in mutual and lasting fidelity.
And so, in the presence of the Church, I ask you to state your intentions. Statement of Intentions Presider: Mark and Laura, have you come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage? Mark: I have. Laura: I have. Presider: Will you love and honor each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives? Mark: I will. Laura: I will. Presider: Will you accept children lovingly from God and bring them up according to the law of Christ and His Church?
Consent Mark: I, Mark, take you, Laura, for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. Laura: I, Laura, take you, Mark, for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.
Reception of Consent Presider: You have declared your consent before the Church. May the Lord in His goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with His blessings. What God has joined, men must not divide. Grant that those who wear them may always have a deep faith in each other. May they do Your Will and always live together in peace, good will and love.
We ask You this through Christ our Lord. Mark: Laura, take this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Laura: Mark, take this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Prayer of the Couple Mark and Laura: All powerful, ever-living God, we now kneel before You very happy, but somewhat nervous. We feel you brought us together in the beginning, helped our love grow and at this moment are with us.
We ask that You stay by our side in the days ahead. Protect us from anything which might harm this marriage, give us courage when burdens come our way, teach us to forgive one another when we fail. Mark: I ask from You the assistance I need to be a good husband and father. Never let me take my wife for granted or forget she needs to be loved.
If You bless us with children, I promise to love and care for them, to give them the best possible example. Laura: I ask from You the assistance I need to be a good wife and mother.
May I never fail to give my husband encouragement. If You again bless me with motherhood, I promise to devote myself to the children, even to the point of stepping aside when they must walk alone. Mark and Laura: We ask, finally, that in our old age we may love one another as deeply and cherish each other as much as we do at this very moment.
After each petition is read, the response is as follows. Reader: Let us pray to the Lord All: Lord, hear our prayer. Presider: O ever-living and caring God, Jesus taught us to ask, to seek and to knock.
0コメント