Venzon-Morales Nuptial

Wedding Misalette St. Mark the Evangelist Parish Church

Commentator: Greetings When we reach lifes greatest crossroads, the choice of the decision we make must be done with much faith and love. My dear friends, Anthony Dennis & Everlina have approached these crossroads already with a lot of faith and a deeply nurtured friendship and love. Let us then offer our thanks to God for having led them together in this love. Let us pray that He may be bless and consecrate their commitment to each other and that Anthony Dennis & Everlinamay freely and lovingly take upon them the task the Lord has entrusted to them, to live for each other and their future children, their family, their relatives and friends on their road through life to God. Let this day be memorable for all of us for the Lord have given us blessing in witnessing this.

Rev. Fr. Leobardo Y. Inofinada Officiating Priest

July 11, 2012 9:30 A.M.

Eucharistic Celebration of Nuptial Vows

Anthony Dennis &Everlina
Commentator: Let us stand to witness the professional. Processional Gentlemen march with ladies at their left in the following order: BEST MAN PARENTS OF THE GROOM GROOM PRINCIPAL SPONSORS CANDLE, VEIL, & CORD SPONSORS BRIDESMAIDS & GROOMSMEN RING, COIN & BIBLE BEARERS FLOWER GIRLS MATRON OF HONOR PARENTS OF THE BRIDE BRIDE

Eucharistic Celebration
Introductory Rites Choir: Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen Priest: May the grace and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you always. All: And also with you. Priest: My brothers and sisters we prepare ourselves to celebrate this Sacred Mysteries, let us call to mind our sins. All: I confess to Almighty God, and to you my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own faults, in my thoughts, and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do so. And I ask the Blessed Mary, even Virgin, all the angels and saints and to you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the Lord our God. Priest: May Almighty God have Mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life. All: Amen. Choir: Lord, Have Mercy (To Be Sung) Priest: Let us pray. Almighty God, hear our prayers for Anthony Dennis & Everlina who has come here today to be united in the Sacrament of Marriage. Increase their faith in you and each other, and through them bless Your Church (with Christian children). We ask this through Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives, and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

All:

Commentator: Let us all be seated for the word of God. -END OF THE PROCESSIONEveryone sits down for the first reading.

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading Reader: A reading from the Song of Songs: Hark! My lover! Here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Here he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattices. My lover speaks. He says to me, Arise my beloved, my beautiful one and come! O my love in the clefts of the rocks, in the secret recesses of the cliff. Let me see you, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet and you are lovely. My lover belongs to me and I to Him. He said to me, Set me as a seal in your heart, as a seal on your arm. For storm as death in love, relentless as the netherworld as devotion, its flames are a blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench love nor flood sweep it away. This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Responsorial Psalm Reader: Let our response be: I will bless the lord at all times. (Please repeat). All: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader: I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul will glorify in the Lord than the poor may hear and be glad. All: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader: Glorify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. All: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES

Reader: Look to God that you maybe radiant with joy and your faces may not blush with shame. When the afflicted man called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress He saved him. All: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them. Taste and see how good the Lord is, happy the man who takes refuge in Him. All: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Choir: Gospel Acclamation (To Be Sung) Commentator: Please rise for the Gospel. The Gospel Priest: The Lord be with you! All: And also with you! Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. All: Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ! Priest: Jesus said to His disciples, As the father has loved me, so I have loved you. You will live in my love if you keep my commandments, even as I have kept my Fathers commandments and live in His love. All this I tell you so that my joy maybe yours and your joy maybe complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. This is the Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ! Commentator: Please be seated for the homily. Homily Everyone sits down while the priest makes his Homily.

Rites of Marriage:
Commentator: Please be seated for the marriage rites. Principal sponsors and parents please come forward and stand beside the couple.

Allocution After the Homily the Principal Sponsors and the priest will stand. The priest will address the couple. All the rest will remain seated. Priest: Dearly beloved Anthony Dennis & Everlina, 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 marriage state. Priest: And you, 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: Anthony Dennis & Everlina, May I now ask you to answer truthfully the following questions. Priest: Everlina, did you come here today in your own free will to bind yourself forever in love and service of your husband? Ever: Yes, Father. Priest: Dennis, did you come here today in your own free will to bind yourself forever in love and service of your wife? Dennis: Yes, Father. Priest: Are you ready to raise as good Christians the children whom God will give you? Couple: Yes, Father. Exchange of Consent Priest: Anthony Dennis & Everlina, since you wish to contract Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and express your intention before God and His Church. Priest: Everlina, do you take Dennis here present to be your lawful husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church? Ever: Yes, I do.

Priest: Do you give yourself to him as his wife? Ever: Yes, I do. Priest: Dennis, do you take Everlina here present to be you lawful wife according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church? Dennis: Yes, I do. Priest: Do you give yourself to her as her husband? Dennis: Yes, I do. Priest: Now please say together. Couple: 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: 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 of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Commentator: May we request the Best Man, the Matron of Honor, together with the bearers to please bring the rings and coin to be blessed and given. Blessing of the Arrhae and Rings Ring, Coin and Bible Bearers will come forward assisted by the Best Man and Matron of Honor and will stand at the right side of the priest. Priest: Anthony Dennis & Everlina we shall now bless your Arrhae and Ring. Our help is in the need of the Lord. All: Who made Heaven and Earth. Priest: Let us pray. Bless O Lord Your servants Anthony Dennis & Everlina with sufficiency of material possessions which this Arrhae symbolize so that they may use them to attain eternal life through Christ our Lord.

All:

Amen.

Priest: Bless, O Lord, these Rings so that your servants Anthony Dennis & Everlina who will wear them may live in mutual love and unbroken loyalty through Christ our Lord. All: Amen. Ring, Coin and Bible Bearers will return to their seats. The Best man will take hold of the rings and take his place on the grooms side. The Matron of Honor will also take hold of the coins and take her place on the brides side. Giving of the Wedding Rings and the Arrhae Priest takes the rings from the Best Man and gives it to Anthony Dennis & Everlina Priest: Now give this ring to one another and say after me: Dennis: Everlina, 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. Ever: Dennis, 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.

Reader: For the Holy Church spread over the world, for its leaders and for the rulers of our nation. Let us pray to the Lord! All: GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader: For the poor and the sick and for all those in trial and afflictions. Let us pray to lord! All: GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader: For Anthony Dennis & Everlina that they may keep their hearts united forever and all married couples. Let us pray to the Lord! All: GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader: That He may stir up the grace of the sacrament in all the married couples here present. Let us pray to the Lord! All: GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader: 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 well spent life, reward them with eternal happiness together with all those who love them. This we ask through Christ our Lord. All: Amen. Commentator: Let us all be seated for the lighting of the candles and placing the veil and the cord. Commentator: May we request the candle sponsors to come forward and light the candles. These candles symbolize light that will guide the couple in every step that they will make. May this shine forever and will make your relationship strong. Commentator: May we call the veil sponsors to place the veil over the head of Everlina and shoulder of Dennis. This is the symbol of protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary of married life which God, his loving providence has called you. Let this veil be a reminder that you belong to each other.

Priest takes the Arrhae from the Matron of Honor and gives it to Dennis. Dennis: Everlina, 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. Ever: And I accept them. Everyone stand for the Prayers of the Faithful Commentator: Let us all stand. Prayers of the Faithful Priest: Dearly beloved, let us now pray for the Church and for our newly wedded couple whose marriage reflect their union with Christ, Let our response be, GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS!

Commentator: May we call the cord sponsors to come forward and place the cord. This cord signifies the love of God that binds you together. Offertory Choir: Everyone sits down and the person who will offer the candles, flowers, fruits, bread and wine will now proceeds to bring in these gifts to the altar. Liturgy of the Eucharist Commentator: Please rise. Priest: Blessed are you, lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this bread tooffer, which the earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life. All: Blessed be God forever. Priest: By the mystery of this water and wine, may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity. 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. Priest: Pray, my 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 Church. Commentator: Please rise. Prayer over the Gifts Priest: Lord, accept our sufferings for this newly-married couple Anthony Dennis & Everlina. 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. Preface Priest: The Lord be with you All: And also with you. Priest: 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 to give Him thanks and praise. Priest: Father, all powerful and ever living God, we do will always and everywhere give you thanks. Priest: By this sacrament, your race unifies man and woman in an unbreakable bond of love and peace. You have designed the chaste love of husband and wife for the increase of human family and of your family born in Baptism. Priest: You are the loving Father of the world of nature. You are the loving Father of the new creation of grace. In Christian marriage, you bring together the two orders of creation, natures gift of children enriches the world and your grace also enriches the world. Priest: Through Christ, the choir 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: Choir: Holy, Holy (To Be Sung) Commentator: Please kneel for the consecration. Eucharist Prayer II 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, the death He freely accepted, He took the bread and give 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 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. Let us proclaim the Mystery of Faith. Choir: Dying (To Be Sung) Priest: In memory of His death and resurrection, we offer you, father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the Body and Blood of Christ, be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit. Lord, remember your Church throughout the world, make us grow in love together with Benedict, our Pope, Ernesto Salgado, our Bishop and all our clergy. Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. Bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence. Have mercy on us all. Make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, with the Apostles and with all the Saints who have done your will throughput the ages. May we praise you in the union with them and give you glory through your son, Jesus Christ. Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours Almighty Father, forever and ever. All: Amen. Communion Rites Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave us. All: To be sung with both hands rose.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, Holy be Thy name, Your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not to temptation and deliver us from evil. For thane are the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Nuptial Blessing Priest: My dear friends let us ask God for His continued blessing upon Anthony Dennis & Everlina. Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of man and woman, in your likeness, source of blessing for married life, we humble pray to you for this man and woman who today are united in the Sacrament of marriage. May your fullest blessing come upon them so that they may together rejoice in your gifts of married love and enrich your Church with their children. Lord, may they both praise you when they are happy and turn to you in their sorrows. Mat they be glad that you help in their work and know that you are with them in their needs. 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 in the kingdom of heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

All:

Sign of Peace Priest: Lord, Jesus Christ you said to your Apostles: I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not in our sins but on the faith of your Church and grant us peace and unity of your kingdom where you live forever and ever. All: Amen. Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. All: And also with you. Priest: Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

Everyone turns around and say to one another; All: Peace be with you! Priest: May the mingling of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to those who receive it. Choir: Lamb of God (To be sung) 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. Commentator: Let us all kneel. Breaking of the bread Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, with faith in your love and mercy, I eat your body and drink your blood. Let it not bring me condemnation but health in mind and body. 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 to receive you but only say the word and I shall be healed. Priest: May the Body and Blood of Christ bring us to everlasting life. All: Amen. Holy Communion Choir: Communion Hymns (To Be Sung) While the choir sings the communion hymns, the priest gives communion to the newlyweds and then gives communion to everyone. Prayer after the Communion Priest: Let us pray. Almighty God may the sacrifice we have offered and the Eucharist we have shared strengthens the love of Anthony Dennis & Everlina and gives us all your fatherly aid. Amen.

Commentator: May we request that the cord and veil sponsors to please remove the cord and veil. After the prayer after communion, the Veil and Cord sponsors may now come forward to remove the cord and veil from the couple. Let us all rise. Priest: LET US PRAY, Lord in your love you have given us the Eucharist to untie us with one another and with you. As you have made Anthony Dennis & Everlina one in this sacrament of marriage, so now make them one in love for each other. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

All:

Concluding Rites Priest: Anthony Dennis & Everlina, now that you have received the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony I admonish you to remain faithful to one another. Everlina, love your husband and be a good housewife; persevere in faith and love and holiness. Dennis, love your wife as Christ loves His Church and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord. Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Solemn Blessing Priest: May the Lord Jesus who was a guest at the wedding in Cana bless you and your families and friends. All: Amen. Priest: May Jesus who loved His Church to the end, always fill your hearts with His love. All: Amen. Priest: May He grant that as you believe in His resurrection, so you may wait for Him in joy and hope. All: Amen.

All:

Priest: May the Almighty Father bless you all, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Priest: The mass has been offered. Go in peace and serve the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Priest: My dear friends, I now present you, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Dennis and Everlina Venzon. Dennis you may now kiss your bride, Everlina. Choir: Final Hymn (To Be Sung)

Picture Taking Order

COUPLE WITH PRIEST THE COUPLE COUPLE WITH BRIDES PARENTS COUPLE WITH GROOMS PARENTS COUPLE WITH BOTH PARENTS COUPLE WITH BOTH PARENTS AND SIBLINGS COUPLE WITH PRINCIPAL SPONSORS COUPLE WITH SECONDARY SPONSORS COUPLE WITH MATRON OF HONOR & BEST MAN COUPLE WITH MATRON OF HONOR, BEST MAN, BRIDESMAIDS, GROOMSMEN, FLOWER GIRLS & BEARERS COUPLE WITH BRIDESMAIDS AND GROOMSMEN COUPLE WITH flower girls and bearers COUPLE WITH MASS READERS AND OFFERERS COUPLE WITH BRIDES RELATIVES COUPLE WITH GROOMS RELATIVES COUPLE WITH THEIR FRIENDS

This special offer will always be remembered in your whole life not only because it has consummated our wishes of being one, but most especially because of your presence. Thank you for sparing this special moment with us!

Signing of Marriage Contract

Anthony Dennis & Everlina