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INTRODUCTORY RITES
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INTRODUCTORY RITES
Priest : In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit.
All : Amen.
Priest : The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with
you.
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Priest : God is love and has in some mysterious ways,
drawn you Neil and Megan together in love. But
He leaves you free to make that love grow. The
lord will help you to forge a future for your love if
you do your share when you stand for the
commitment to love and honor one another in
good times, in poverty and in plenty, in sickness
and in health, for better and for worse, in that
covenant which you are about to seal
PENITENTIAL RITE
All : Amen.
Gloria
Glory to God In the highest and peace to his people
on earth . . . .
Opening Prayer
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With faith in you and in each other pledge their
love today. May their lives always bear withness
to the reality of that love. We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God
forever and ever. Amen.
All : Amen
First Reading
Julius : The first reading is taken from the book of
Genesis (2:18-24)
Then the Lord God said, “It is good for man to
live alone. I will make a suitable companion to
help him”
Then the lord God made the man fall into a deep
sleep, and while he was sleep, and while he was
sleeping. He took out one of the man’s ribs and
closed up the flesh. He formed a woman out of
the rib and brought her to him. Then the man
said, “At last, here is one of my own kind, bone
taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh.
“Woman” is her name be cause she was taken
out of man”.
Responsorial Psalm
Carmelita : For the responsorial psalm, let our response be:
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TILL THE END OF MY DAYS, O LORD, I WILL
BLESS YOUR NAME. SING YOUR PRAISE, GIVE
YOU THANKS, ALL MY DAYS!
1. You have made me, little less than a God, and
have lavished my heart with your love. With
dignity and honor you’ve clothed me, Given me
rule over all. (RESPONSE….)
Second Reading
Grace Marie: Taken from the first letter of Paul to the
Ephesians (Ephesians 5:21-33)
Submit yourselves to one another because of
your reverence to Christ. Wives, submit
yourselves to your husband’s as to the Lord. For
a husband has the authority over his wife, in the
same way that Christ has the authority over the
Church, His Body. And so wives must submit
themselves completely to their husbands, in the
same way that the Church submits itself to
Christ.
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for you, let each one love his wife as himself, and
every wife respect her husband.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia Gospel
Priest : The Lord with you.
Homily
Rites of Marriage
Neil Nolan : Let us remain seated for the rite of marriage.
We invite the parents and principal sponsors to
stand to witness the exchange of consent.
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Priest : Neil and Megan, you come together today
before God and His community, to make an
irrevocable promise to live for each other, and to
share your love in oneness, in mutual dedication
and responsibility.
Priest : Neil, did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in love and service of your
wife?
Exchange of Consent
Priest : Since it is your intentions to enter into Holy
Matrimony, join your right hand and declare your
intentions before God and His Church.
Neil & Megan: 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.
All : Amen.
Priest : Neil & Megan are now husband and wife. Let us
give the newly wedded couple a big hand.
All : Amen.
All : Amen.
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Prayer of the Faithful
Priest : It is from God that we come when we enter this
life, and it is Him we go when we leave it. This
means that through we may be traveling along
separated paths, we are in fact all going in the
same direction. Let us pray to God for grace to be
truly helpful to one another.
Let our response be: Lord of love, hear us.
Mary Grace: For the Holy Church spread all over the world and
for Her Leaders, that she may continue to be a
sacrament of God’s love and fidelity to all the
people of the earth Let us pray to the Lord.
All : Lord of love, hear us.
Mary Grace: For the leaders of our nation that they will live
the love as a means of attaining genuine peace
and justice. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : Love of love, hear us.
Mary Grace: For the married couples that they will live in love
and faithfulness, for better or worse, in joy and in
sorrow, all the days of theirlives. Let us pray to
the Lord.
All : Lord of love, hear us.
Mary Grace : For Neil & Megan that they may keep their
hearts united forever, may no selfishness, pride
or weakness separate them. Let us pray to the
Lord.
All : Lord of love, hear us.
Mary Grace : For their parents, who reared them and showered
them with love and a happy life, may God reward
them with unending peace and prosperity. Let
pray to the Lord.
All : Lord of love, hear us.
Mary Grace : For this godparents, may God give them His gifts
of wisdom, to guide the newly married couple in
the path of Christ. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : Lord of love, hear us.
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Mary Grace: For all of us gathered here, may God continue to
protect us and guide us and our loved ones in our
daily lives. Let us pray to the Lord.
All : Lord of love, hear us.
Offertory Procession
The gifts may now be offered to the altar.
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All : May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands,
for the praise and the glory of His name, for our
good and the good of all His Church.
Neil Nolan : Please rise.
Eucharistic Prayer
Priest : The Lord be with you.
All : And also with you.
Priest : Lift us your hearts.
All : We lift them us to the Lord.
Priest : Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
All : It is right to Him thanks and praise.
Priest : Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we do
well always and everywhere to give You thanks.
You created love to share Your divine life. We see
His high destiny in the love of husband and wife,
which bear the imprint of Your own divine love.
Love is man’s origin, love is his constant calling,
love is his fulfillment in heaven.
The love of man and woman is made holy in the
Sacrament of Marriage, and becomes the mirror
of Your everlasting love.
Through Christ the choirs of angels and all the
saint praise and worship your glory. May our
voices blend with theirs as we join in their
unending hymn.
All : Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might.
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.
Neil Nolan : Please kneel.
Consecration
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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, a death He
freely accepted, He took bread and gave You
thanks. He broke he 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 shed for you and
for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in
memory of me.
Priest : Let us proclaim the mystery of the faith.
All : Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come
again.
Priest : In the 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 present and serve You. May all of
us share in the body and blood of Christ be
brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.
Lord, remember You Church throughout the
world; make us grow in love, together with
Benedict XVI, our Pope, Christian Vicente Noel,
our bishop, and all the clergy.
Remember our brother and sisters who have
gone to their rest the hope of rising again; bring
them and all the departed into the light of you
presence.
Have mercy on us all, make us worthy to share
eternal life with Mary, the Virgin Mother of Christ
our God, with all the apostles, and with all the
saints who have done Your will throughout the
ages. May we praise You in union with them and
give you Glory through your Son Jesus Christ.
Through Him, with him, and in Him, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is, Yours,
Almighty Father forever and ever.
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All : Amen.
Neil Nolan : Please stand.
Nuptial Blessing
Priest : My dear friends, let us turn to the Lord and pray
that He bless with His grace Neil & Megan, now
married in Christ and that through the Sacrament
of the Body and Blood of Christ, He will unit them
in love. (pause)
Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of
man and woman in your own likeness, source of
the blessing for married life, you created Neil &
Megan for each other. May they share with each
other gift of love and become one in heart and
mind.
Lord, with love on Your daughter, Megan, now
joined to her husband in marriage, she asks your
blessings. Give her grace of peace of and
strength, patience and love. May she always
follow the example of Mary, our Mother.
May her husband, Neil, put his trust her and
recognize that she is his equal and heir with him
to the life of grace. May he always honor her and
love her as Christ loves His bride, the Church.
Give your blessings to your son, Neil, so that he
may be a faithful husband and a good father.
Prayer of Peace
Priest : Lord Jesus Christ, You said to Your apostles, I
leave you peace, My peace I give you.” Look not
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on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and
grant us the peace and unity of Your Kingdom,
where You live forever and ever.
All : Amen.
Priest : May the peace of the Lord be with you always.
All : And also with you.
Priest : Let us give each other the sign of peace.
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. (TO BE SUNG)
Neil Nolan : Please kneel.
Invitation to Communion
Priest : This is 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.
Neil Nolan : The veil and cord may now be removed.
Final Blessing
Priest : Neil & Megan, now that you have received the
Holy Sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to
remain faithful to each other.
Megan, love your husband and be caring wife to
him. Be by his side at all times to comfort and
encourage him. Persevere in faith, in love and in
holiness.
Neil, love your wife as Christ loves His Church.
Be with her lasting fidelity. Be a good husband,
providing her with strength and support she will
need from you.
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The Lord be with you.
All : And also with you.
Priest : May the Lord bless you by the Word of His
mouth.
: Amen.
Priest : May He unite your hearts in an enduring bond of
pure love.
All : Amen.
Priest : May you be blessed with children, and may your
generous love for them be returned to you a
hundredfold.
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 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 home.
All : Amen
Priest : May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its
fruits; may earthly possession not lead you
astray, but may your heart’s concern be always
for the treasures laid up for you in the life of
heaven.
All : Amen
Priest : May the Lord grant you fullness of years so that
you may reap the harvest of good life. And after
you have served Him with loyalty in his Kingdom
on earth, may He welcome you to His eternal
dominion in heaven.
All : Amen
Priest : May the Almighty God bless you all, the Father,
and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
All : Amen
Priest : The mass is ended, go in peace to love and serve
the Lord.
All : Thanks be to God
Recessional
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