Introduction

Commentator: Dear family, relatives and friends, today, we are

gathered here to witness the promise of love that unites
NOEL and KIMBERLY Man and woman becoming
one, together and forever. There is a moment in each of
our life when life itself gains a richer meaning because it
is shared with love.

For NOEL and KIMBERLY, this moment has come.

Through this joyous feast of love which we are about to
celebrate, let us, as witnesses and as a whole Christian
community, pray for NOEL and KIMBERLY that they
may be filled with God’s abundant graces as they start
their new life together.

Please stand for the processional march.

Bridal Processional March

Introductory Rites
G reet ings
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: God is love and has, in some mysterious way, drawn you,
NOEL and KIMBERLY, 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, NOEL and
KIMBERLY, 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 Penitential Rite is omitted. The celebrant continues with the

Gloria.

Gloria
(During Advent and Lent “Glory to God” is not said unless specified
in the Ordo that it is said in Solemnities within these seasons.)

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 Father.

Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of

God, Son of the Father, you take away 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.

Co llect
Priest: Let us pray.
Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord, and in your kindness
pour out your grace on these your servants NOEL and
KIMBERLY, that, coming together before your altar,
they may be confirmed in love for one another. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns
with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever
and ever.
All: Amen.

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading (Sg 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a)

Lector: 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 windows,
peering through the lattices.
My lover speaks to me: he says to me:
“Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one, and come!
“O my dove in the clefts of the rock, 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 love belongs to me and I to him.
He says to me: “Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your
arm;
For stern as death is love, relentless as the nether world is
devotion; its flames are a blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench
love, nor floods sweep it away.”

The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 33: 12,18,20-21,22)

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

The people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
But see, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon
those who hope for his kindness. (Response)

Our soul waits for the Lord,

Who is our help and shield,
For in him our hearts rejoice;
In his holy name we trust. (Response)

May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us

Who have put our hope we trust. (Response)
Second Reading (1Cor. 12:31-13:8a)

Lector: A reading from the first Letter of St. Paul to the

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; if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but
do not have love, I am nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is
not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is
not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not
rejoice over wrongdoing 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.

All: Thanks be to God.

Alleluia Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever remains in love, remains in God and God in him.
Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel (Jn 15:9-12)

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your Spirit.

Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love
you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will
remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy might be
in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment:
love one another as I love you.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentator: Please be seated for the homily.

Homily

Rite of Marriage
(The couple stands. The coin and ring bearer will stand at the right
side of the celebrant.)

ALLOCUTION
Priest: Dearly beloved, NOEL and KIMBERLY, 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.

Addressing the community:

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: NOEL and KIMBERLY, May I now ask you to answer
truthfully the following questions:

KIMBERLY, did you come here of your own free will to

bind yourself forever in the love and service of your
husband?

Bride: Yes, Father.

Priest: NOEL, did you come here of your own free will to bind
yourself forever in the love and service of your wife?

Groom: Yes, Father.

Priest: Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the

children whom God will give you?

NOEL and KIMBERLY:Yes, Father.

EXCHANGE OF CONSENT
Priest: NOEL and KIMBERLY, since you wish to contract
Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and express
your intention before God and His Church.
They join their right hands.
Priest: KIMBERLY, do you take NOEL, here present, for your
lawful husband according to the rite of our holy Mother,
the Church?

Bride: Yes, I do.

Priest: Do you give yourself to him as his wife?

Bride: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?
Bride: Yes, I do.
Priest: NOEL, do you take KIMBERLY, here present, for your
lawful wife according to the rite of our holy Mother, the
Church?
Groom: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
Groom: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?
Groom: Yes, I do.
Priest: Now please say together.
NOEL and KIMBERLY:Grant us, O Lord, to be one heart and
one soul, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for
richer, 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
the marriage which you have contracted. In the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.

BLESSING OF THE ARRHAE AND RINGS

Priest: NOEL and KIMBERLY we shall now bless your arrhae

and rings.

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.
Priest: Let us pray.
Bless  O Lord, Your servants NOEL and KIMBERLY
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 rings so that your servants NOEL
and KIMBERLY, 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 THE ARRHAE

Priest: Now give these rings to one another:

Groom: KIMBERLY, 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.

Bride: NOEL, 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.

Groom: KIMBERLY, 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 of the Holy Spirit.
Bride: And, I accept them.

PRONOUNCEMENT

Priest: My dear brothers and sisters as gesture of our acceptance

of NOEL and KIMBERLY as a new couple in the
Christian community let us give them a round of
applause.
Commentator: Please all stand for the Prayer of the Faithful.

P RAYER S O F TH E FA ITHFU L
Priest: Heavenly Father we have just witnessed the covenant of
marriage between NOEL and KIMBERLY.
We know our brokenness and our needs, none of which
can be healed without your divine power and love. And
so, confident with your care and concern, we pray:
Lord, keep us in your love.

1. For your people, your Church, that she may always be the source
of light and strength for the married couples in their midst, let us
pray to the Lord.

2. For NOEL and KIMBERLY, that they may constantly seek for
God’s love, peace and guidance and make Him the center of
their family life, let us pray to the Lord.

3. May NOEL and KIMBERLY find strength in God and in each

other and brace the crosses that might come their way and may
they have the humble heart to accept their triumphs and offer it
to God, let us pray to the Lord.

4. That the beauty of this celebration and love we have witnessed

today, keep us all faithful in Christ’s love and make us strive to
seek for His mercy and faithfulness, let us pray to the Lord.
Priest: Heavenly Father, the greatest of your kingdom is the law
of love. Unite NOEL and KIMBERLY in their love for
each other. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS

Any appropriate song for the Presentation of the Gifts is sung. The
couple receives the offerings and gives them to the priest. The
couple remains standing until they kneel in singing the Sanctus.
The Lighting of Candles and the Laying of Veil and Cord is made
simultaneously during the singing of the Sanctus.

PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND GIFTS

Priest: Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours 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: Receive in your kindness, Lord, the offerings we bring in

gladness before you, and in your fatherly love watch over
those you have joined in a sacramental covenant. Through
Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.
PREFACE

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your Spirit.

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 and just.

Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father most
holy, through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Word
through whom you made all things, whom you sent as our
Saviour and Redeemer, incarnate by the Holy Spirit and
born of the Virgin.

Fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people, he

stretched out his hands as he endured his Passion, so as to
break the bonds of death and manifest the resurrection.
And so, with the Angels and all the Saints we declare
your glory,
as with one voice we acclaim:

Sanctus (to be sung)

During the singing of the Sanctus, the couple kneels and the
Lighting of Candles and the Laying of Veil and Cord is made
simultaneously.
 EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
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 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,
and 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,
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 WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND
FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
 DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Priest: The mystery of faith.

All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord,

and profess your Resurrection
until you come again.
Or:
When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim your Death, O Lord,
until you come again.
Or:
Save us, Saviour of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.

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, 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 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, and with him, and in him,

O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honour is yours,
for ever and ever.

All: Amen. (to be sung)

COMMUNION RITE

Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching,

we dare to say:

OUR FATHER (to be sung)

NUPTIAL BLESSING

Priest: Let us pray to the Lord for this bride and groom, who
come to the altar as they begin their married life, that
partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ they may
always be bound together by love for one another.
Then the Priest, with hands extend over the bride and the
bride groom, continues:

Holy Father, who formed man in your own image, male

and female you created them, so that as husband and wife,
united in body and heart, they might fulfill their calling in
the world;
O God, who, to reveal the great design you formed in
your love, willed that the love of spouses for each other
should foreshadow the covenant you graciously made
with your people, so that, by fulfillment of the
sacramental sign, the mystical marriage of Christ with his
Church might become manifest in the union of husband
and wife among your faithful;
Graciously stretch out your right hand over these servants
NOEL and KIMBERLY, we pray, and pour into their
hearts the power of the Holy Spirit.
Grant, O Lord, that, as they enter upon this sacramental
union, they may share with one another the gifts of your
love and, by being for each other a sign of your presence,
become one heart and one mind.
May they also sustain, O Lord, by their deeds the home
they are forming and prepare their children to become
 members of your heavenly household by raising them in
the way of the Gospel.
Graciously crown with your blessings your daughter
KIMBERLY, so that, by being a good wife and mother,
she may bring warmth to her home with a love that is pure
and adorn it with welcoming graciousness. Bestow a
heavenly blessing also, O Lord, on NOEL, your servant
that he may be a worthy, good and faithful husband and a
provident father.
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.
SIGN OF PEACE

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

LAMB OF GOD (to be sung)

Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the
sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper
of the Lamb.
All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my
roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
COMMUNION RITE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Priest: Having been made partakers at your table, we pray, O

Lord, that those who are united by the Sacrament of
Marriage may always hold fast to you and proclaim your
name to the world. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.
After the Prayer after Communion, the veil and the cord are removed

REMOVAL OF THE VEIL AND CORD

Commentator: May we request the veil and cord sponsors to

remove the veil and the cord from the newly married
couple.

Concluding Rite

ADMONITION

Priest: NOEL and KIMBERLY, now that you have received

the holy sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to
remain faithful to one another.
KIMBERLY, love your husband NOEL and be a good
housewife; persevere in faith and love and holiness.

NOEL, love your wife KIMBERLY. as Christ loves His

Church and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.
SOLEMN BLESSING

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

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

All: Amen.

Priest: May the Only Begotten Son of God stand by you with
compassion in good times and in bad.
All: Amen.

Priest: May the Holy Spirit of God always pour forth his love
into your hearts.

All: Amen.

FINAL BLESSING

Priest: And may almighty God, bless you all of you, who are
gathered here, the Father, and the Son,  and the Holy
Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

All: Thanks be to God.

Signing of the marriage contract and presentation of the
newlywed couple
Priest: My dear faithful of God, let us welcome Mr. and Mrs.
NOEL and KIMBERLY, you may now kiss your bride.

PICTORIAL
RECESSIONAL

ORDER OF PICTORIAL

 Couple with the priest

 Couple with Parents of the Bride
 Couple with Parents of the Groom
 Couple with Both Parents
 Couple with Female Principal Sponsors
 Couple with Both Female & Male Principal Sponsors
 Couple with Male Principal Sponsors
 Couple with Secondary Sponsors
 Couple with Best Man and Maid of Honor
 Couple with Best Man, Maid of Honor &
 Couple with the whole Bridal Entourage
 Couple with Immediate Family of the Bride
 Couple with Relatives of the Bride
 Couple with Immediate Family of the Groom
 Couple with Relatives of the Groom
 Couple with Friends of the Bride
 Couple with Friends of the Groom
 Couple with Liturgical Ministers