INTRODUCTORY RITES
Commentator: Brothers and sisters in Christ good afternoon.
Today, we gather as a community to participate in the Holy
Eucharist and to witness the celebration of the Sacrament
of Marriage between Boven and Iris.
Please, everybody stand to welcome the Mass Celebrant.
PROCESSIONAL
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.
All:
And with your Spirit.
Priest:
Boven and Iris, God is love and has, in some mysterious
ways, drawn you together in love. But he leaves you free to
make that love grow or to let it wither and die. The Lord will
help you to forge a future for your love, if you do your share,
when you stand to the commitment to love and honor one
another in good times and bad, in poverty and plenty, in
sickness and in health for better and for worse, in that
covenant which you are about to seal. Insert it into that other
covenant which we celebrate in each celebration of the Mass.
THE GLORY
All:
Glory to God in the highest, 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
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Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God,
Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take way 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 Most
High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of
God the Father. Amen.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest:
Let us pray. Father, you have made the bond of marriage a
holy mystery, a symbol of Christ’s love for his Church. Hear
our prayers for Boven and Iris. With faith in you and in
each other, they pledge their love today. May their lives
always bear witness to the reality of that love. We ask you
this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and
ever.
All:
Amen.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
FIRST READING Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16
Reader:
A reading from the Book of Sirach.
Happy the husband of a good wife, twice lengthened are his
days; a worthy wife brings joy to her husband, peaceful and
full is his life. A good wife is a generous gift bestowed upon
him who fears the Lord; be he rich or poor, his heart is
content, and a smile is ever on his face. A gracious wife
delights her husband, her thoughtfulness puts flesh on his
bones; a gift from the Lord is her governed speech, and her
firm virtue is of surpassing worth. Choicest blessings is a
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modest wife, priceless her chaste person. Like the sun rising
in the Lord’s heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the
radiance of her home.
The Word of the Lord.
All:
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Response: ® May love be ours, Lord
May love be ours
May love be ours, O Lord
Not for tongues of heaven’s angels
Not for wisdom to discern
Not for faith that masters mountains
For this better gift we yearn. ®
Love is humble, love is gentle
Love is tender, true and kind
Love is gracious, ever patient
Generous of heart and mind. ®
Never Jealous , never selfish
Love does not rejoice in wrong
Never boastful or resentful
Love believes and suffers long ®
Soon will fade the word of wisdom,
Faith, and hope be one day past:
When we see our Savior clearly
Love it is alone will last ®
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SECOND READING 1 Cor. 13:4-13
Reader:
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the
Corinthians.
Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not
put on airs, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not
self-seeking, it is not prone to anger; neither does it brood
over injuries. Love does not rejoice in what is wrong but
rejoices with the truth. There is no limit to love’s
forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure.
Love never fails. Prophecies will cease, tongues will be silent,
knowledge will pass away. Our knowledge is imperfect and
our prophesying is imperfect. When the perfect comes, the
imperfect will pass away. When I was a child I used to talk
like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I
became a man I put childish ways aside. Now we see
distinctly, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. My
knowledge is imperfect now; then I shall know even as I am
known. There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope
and love, and the greatest of these is love.
The Word of the Lord.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Commentator: Please all stand to honor the Holy Gospel.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
All:
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Reader:
Alleluia, Alleluia. If we love one another, God will live in us
in perfect love. Alleluia, alleluia.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
All:
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GOSPEL
Matthew (19:3-6)
Priest:
The Lord be with you.
All:
And with your Spirit.
Priest:
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (19:36)
All:
Glory to you, O Lord.
Priest:
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and to test him they said
“Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any
pretext whatever?” Jesus answered: “Have you not read that
the creator from the beginning made them male and female
and that he said: This is why a man must leave his father and
mother, and cling to his wife, and he two become one body.
So then, what God has united, man must not divide.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
All:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentator: Please be seated and listen to the. homily.
HOMILY
RITE OF MARRIAGE
Commentator: All remain seated. The bride and groom please stand for the
Rite of Marriage. May I request the principal sponsors to
stand beside the couple.
ALLOCUTION
Priest:
Dearly beloved Boven and Iris, 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
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the duties of the married state. And you (addressing
congregation), dear brothers and sisters, may I ask you to
help them with your prayers and accept them as a new
couple in our Christian Community.
SCRUTINY
Priest:
Boven and Iris, may I now ask you to answer truthfully the
following questions.
Priest:
Iris, did you come here of your own free will to bind
yourself forever in the love and service of your husband?
Iris:
Yes, Father.
Priest:
Boven, did you come here of your own free will to bind
yourself forever in the love and service of your wife?
Boven:
Yes, Father.
Priest:
Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the children
whom God will give you?
Boven and Iris: Yes, Father.
EXCHANGE OF CONSENT
Priest:
Boven and Iris, since you wish to contract Holy
Matrimony, please join your right hands and express your
intention before God and His Church.
Iris, do you take Boven, here present, for your lawful
husband, according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the
Church?
Iris:
Yes, I do.
Priest:
Do you give yourself to him as his wife?
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Iris:
Yes, I do.
Priest:
Do you accept him as your lawful husband?
Iris:
Yes, I do.
Priest:
Boven, do you take Iris, here present, for your lawful wife,
according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church?
Boven:
Yes, I do.
Priest:
Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
Boven:
Yes, I do.
Priest:
Do you accept her as your lawful wife?
Boven:
Yes, I do.
Priest:
Now, please say together this Prayer of Commitment.
Priest and Couple:
Grant us, O Lord, to be one heart and one soul,
from this day forward, for better and for worse, for richer
and for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us
part.
CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND
Priest:
And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on all those
present here as witnesses, confirm and bless the bond of
marriage, which you have contracted. In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.
All:
Amen.
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BLESSING OF RINGS AND ARRHAE
Commentator: May I request the bearers of the rings, arrhae and bible to
come forward.
Priest:
Boven and Iris, we shall now bless your rings and arrhae.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All:
Who made heaven and earth.
Priest:
Let us pray.
Bless, + O Lord these rings so that Boven and Iris,, who
will wear them, may ever live in mutual love and in unbroken
loyalty, thorough Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
Priest:
Let us pray. Bless, + O Lord Boven and Iris, with
sufficiency of material possessions, which these arrhae
symbolize, so that they may use them to attain eternal life.
We ask this thorough Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
GIVING OF RINGS
The priest sprinkles the rings and arrhae with holy water.
Priest:
me:
Now give these rings to one another, and say after
The groom places the ring on the ring finger of the bride, saying:
Boven:
Iris, 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 bride places the ring on the ring of the groom, saying:
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Iris:
Boven, 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.
GIVING OF ARRHAE
The Groom takes the arrhae in both hands. The bride places her cupped hands under
those of the groom. The groom lets the arrhae fall into the hands of the bride saying:
Boven:
Iris, I give you these arrhae as a pledge of my dedication to
your welfare. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
the Holy Spirit.
Iris:
And I accept them.
The bride places the arrhae on the tray.
Commentator: May I request the parents and principal sponsors to please
go back to their seats. Offerers and the Secondary sponsors
please proceed to the offertory table.
All please rise.
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Priest:
Dearly beloved, let us now pray for the Church and for our
newlywed couple, whose marriage reflects the union of
Christ and his Church.
Reader:
Let our response be: Lord, graciously hear us.
All:
Lord, graciously hear us.
Reader:
For the holy Church spread all over the world, for its leaders
and for the rulers of our nation, let us pray to the Lord.
All:
Lord, graciously hear us.
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Reader:
For Boven and Iris, that God may keep their hearts united
forever, let us pray to the Lord.
All:
Lord, graciously hear us.
Reader:
That He may protect them from evil, lighten their burdens
and fortify them in their trials, let us pray to the Lord.
All:
Lord, graciously hear us.
Priest:
Father, in the new covenant of Christ, you have given us this
pledge of your eternal love and fidelity. Hear our prayers for
Boven and Iris,. May they mirror your love and reflect your
fidelity in their married life, through Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
Commentator: May I ask the candle sponsors to light the bridal candles.
LAYING OF THE VEIL
Commentator: May I ask the veil sponsors to place the veil over the head
of the bride and the shoulders of the groom.
LAYING OF THE CORD
Commentator: May I ask the cord sponsors to place the cord over the
shoulders of Boven and Iris,.
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PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
After preparing the altar, the priest holds the paten with the bread and says:
Priest:
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation. Through your
goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given
and human hands have made. It will become for us the
bread of life.
All:
Blessed be God forever.
The priest pours wine and a little water into the chalice and says:
Priest:
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation. Through your
goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and
work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.
All:
Blessed be God forever.
After washing his hands, the priest says:
Priest:
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that our sacrifice may
be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.
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.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Priest:
Lord, accept our offering for this newly married couple
Boven and Iris,. By your love and providence you have
brought them together; now bless them all the days of their
married life. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
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PREFACE
Priest:
The Lord be with you.
All:
Priest:
And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
All:
We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All:
It is right and just.
Priest:
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always
and everywhere to give You thanks, Lord, Holy Father,
Almighty and eternal God. For You have forged the
covenant of marriage as a sweet yolk of harmony and an
unbreakable bond of peace, so that the chaste and fruitful
love of Holy Matrimony may serve to increase the children
you adopt as your own. By your providence and grace, Oh
Lord, You accomplish the wonder of this twofold design:
that, while the birth of children brings beauty to the world,
their rebirth in Baptism gives increase to the Church,
through Christ our Lord. Through Him, with the Angels and
all the Saints, we sing the hymn of Your praise, and without
end we acclaim.
SANCTUS
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. 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.
CONSECRATION
Commentator: Please all kneel for the Consecration.
Priest:
You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all Holiness.
Make Holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down
your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may
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become for us the Body and + Blood of our Lord, Jesus
Christ.
At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his
passion, He took bread and giving thanks, broke it, gave it
to His disciples, saying:
“TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU,
AND EAT OF IT; FOR THIS IS MY BODY
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU”.
In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice
and once more giving thanks and praise, he
gave it to
his disciples, saying:
“TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT.
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE
BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL
COVENANT. WHICH WIL BE POURED OUT FOR
YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS
OF SINS. 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.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
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 as
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.
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Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the
world, and bring her to the fullness of charity together with
Francis, our Pope, Angel our Bishop, and all the clergy.
Remember also our brothers and sisters, who have fallen
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 with the Blessed Virgin
Mary, Mother of God, with St. Joseph, her spouse, with
the Blessed Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased
you throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to
eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your
Son, Jesus Christ.
Through Him, 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:
Amen.
Commentator: Please all rise.
COMMUNION RITE
Priest:
At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching
we dare to say:
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who are 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.
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NUPTIAL BLESSING
Priest:
Let us now invoke by our prayers, dear brothers and sisters,
God’s blessing upon Boven and Iris,, that in his kindness
he may favor with his help those on whom he has bestowed
the Sacrament of Matrimony.
Holy Father, maker of the whole world, who created man
and woman in your own image and willed that their union
be crowned with your blessing, we humbly beseech you for
these your servants who are joined today in the Sacrament
of Matrimony. May your abundant blessing, Lord, come
down upon this bride, Iris and upon Boven, her companion
for life, and may the power of your Holy Spirit set their
hearts aflame from on high, so that, living out together the
gift of Matrimony, they may adorn their family with children
and enrich the Church. In happiness may they praise you, O
Lord, in sorrow may they seek you out; may they have the
joy of your presence to assist them in their toil, and know
that you are near to comfort them in their need; let them
pray to you in the holy assembly and bear witness to you in
the world, and after a happy old age, together with the circle
of friends that surrounds them, may they come to the
Kingdom of Heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
SIGN OF PEACE
Priest:
Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave
you, my peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the
faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and
unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign
forever and ever.
All:
Amen.
Priest:
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
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All:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
The sign of peace is given according to local customs.
LAMB OF GOD
The priest breaks the bread and places a fragment into the chalice, symbol of the unity with
the Pope, while people sing the Lamb of God.
All:
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace.
COMMUNION
The priest holds the host over the paten and says:
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.
Commentator: Please all be seated. Those who wish to receive Holy
Communion may come forward.
HOLY COMMUNION
Commentator: (After the communion) May I request the secondary sponsors
to please remove the cord and the veil.
The sponsors remove the cord and veil.
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Commentator: Please all stand for the final prayer.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
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 Boven and Iris, one in this sacrament of
marriage and in the sharing of the one bread and the one
cup, so now make them one in love for each other. We ask
this through Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
CONCLUDING RITES
ADMONITIONS
Priest:
Boven and Iris,, now that you have received the Holy
Sacrament of matrimony, I admonish you to remain faithful
to one another.
Iris, love your husband and be a good housewife; persevere
in faith and love and holiness.
Boven, love your wife as Christ loves his Church and live
with her in the holy fear of the Lord.
THE FINAL BLESSING
Priest:
The Lord be with you.
All:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
May the Lord bless you by the word of his mouth.
All:
Amen.
Priest:
May he unite your hearts in an enduring bond of pure love.
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All:
Amen.
Priest:
May you be blessed with your children, and may the love
that you lavish on them be returned a hundred fold.
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 on your house
All:
Amen.
Priest:
May you be blessed in you work and enjoy its fruits. May
care never cause you distress, nor the desire for earthly
possessions led you astray; but may your hearts’ concerns be
always for the treasures laid up for you in 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 dominions in heaven.
All:
Amen.
Priest:
And may Almighty God bless you all, the Father, and the
Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All:
Amen.
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DISMISSAL
Priest:
The Mass is ended. Go in peace to serve the Lord with
love.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Priest:
Brothers and Sisters, I would like to present to you again
our newly – wed. Let us give them a big round of applause.
PERSONAL VOWS
SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Commentator: Please all be seated, while the Bride, the Groom, the
Priest and the Sponsors sign the marriage contract.
RECESSIONAL
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POST-CEREMONY PICTORIAL SEQUENCE
Couple with Officiating Priest
Couple
Couple with Parents of the Bride
Couple with both Parents
Couple with Parents of the Groom
Couple with Female Principal Sponsors
Couple with Both Male and Female Principal Sponsors
Couple with Male Principal Sponsors
Couple with Maid of Honor and Best Man
Couple with Secondary Sponsors
Couple with Bridesmaids and Groomsmen
Couple with Flower Girls and Bearers
Couple with Bride’s Immediate Family
Couple with Bride’s Immediate Family and Relatives
Couple with Groom’s Immediate Family
Couple with Groom’s Immediate Family and Relatives
Couple with Friends
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