NUPTIAL MASS

INTRODUCTORY RITES
PROCESSIONAL GREETINGS

Neil Nolan : With marriage, Christ did something wonderful,

He elevated it to the high dignity of a sacrament,
through which God’s grace is given to us. The
Sacrament of Matrimony is sacrament of the
“living” received by a person who is spiritually
alive.

Today, Neil and Megan has come to unite

themselves in real Christian marriage. This union
exalts and makes divine the human Love.
Through this sacrament, their Love for each other
will be transfigured and will participate in God’s
own Love.

Let us all join Neil and Megan as they pray for

their faithfulness in their covenant. May their
union strengthen and may their love deepen, and
that the Lord will bless their shared moments, all
the days of their loves. Let us be ready to give
them the support and encouragement that they
will be needing as they come to live out their love
creatively.

Neil Nolan : Please stand for the Eucharistic Celebration.

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.

All : And also 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

Priest : As we prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery

of Christ’s love and ask for His Father’s blessing,
let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord
for pardon and strength.

All : I confess to Almighty God, and to you my

brothers and sister, that I have sinned through
my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have failed to
do, I ask the blessed Mary, ever 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.

All : Lord have mercy. (to be sung)

Gloria
Glory to God In the highest and peace to his people
on earth . . . .

Opening Prayer

Priest : Father, you have made the bond of marriage a

holy mystery, a symbol of Christ’s love for his
Church. Hear our prayers for Neil and Megan.

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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

Neil Nolan : Please be seated and listed to the word of God.

LITUGY OF THE WORD

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”

So He took some soil from the ground and

formed all the animals and all the bird. Then he
brought them to man to see what he would name
them; and this is how they all got their names.
So the man named all the birds and all the
animals; but not one of them was 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”.

The word of the Lord.

All : Thanks be to God.

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….)

2. You have blessed me with good things and plenty

and surrounded my table with friends, their love
and their laughter enrich me, together we sing
your praise. (RESPONSE….)

3. How great is your love, O Father, That You send

us your Savior Son. His death and His rising will
heal us, and draw all unto you. (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.

Husbands, love your wives in the same way that

Christ love the Church and gave His lifefor it. He
did it to dedicatethe Church to God, by His word,
after making it clean by washing in water. In
order to present the Church to Himself, in all
beauty, pure and faultless, without spot or
wrinkle, or any imperfection. Men ought to love
their wives just as they love their own bodies. As
the scripture says: BECAUSE OF THIS, MAN
SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER TO BE
UNITED WITH HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL
BECOME ONE FLESH, this is a very great
mystery, and I refer to Christ and the Church. As

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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.

All : Thanks be to God.

Lighting of the Candles

Neil Nolan : May we now request the candle sponsors to light
the couple’s candles.

Let us all stand to honor the Holy Gospel

Alleluia Gospel
Priest : The Lord with you.

All : And Also with you.

Priest : A reading from the Gospel according to John

(John 15:12-16)

All : Glory to you, O Lord.

Priest : Jesus said to his disciples: This is my

commandment: love one an other as I have loved
you. There is no greater love than this: to lay
one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if
you do what I command you. I no longer speak
of you as slaves, for a slave does not know what
his master is doing. Instead, I call you friends,
since I have made known to you all that I heard
from my father. It was not you who chose me, it
was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit.
Your fruit must endure, so that all you ask the
Father in my name He will give you.
The gospel of the Lord.

All : Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

Christ, abundantly blesses His love. He has

already consecrated you in baptism and now He
enriches you by a special sacrament so that you
may assume the joys and duties of marriage in
mutual and lasting fidelity.
And so in the presence of the church, I ask you
to state your intentions.

Megan, did you come here of your own freewill

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

Megan : Yes, Father.

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

Neil : Yes, Father.

Priest : Are you both ready to raise, as good Catholic

Christians, the children whom God will give you?

Neil & Megan: Yes, Father.

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.

Megan, do you take Neil, here present as your

lawful husband according to the rite of our Holy
Mother, the Church?

Megan : Yes, I do.

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

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Megan : Yes, I do.

Priest : Do you accept him as your lawful husband?

Megan : Yes, I do.

Priest : Neil, do you take Megan, here present, as your

lawful wife according to the rite of Our Holy
Mother, the Church?

Neil : Yes, I do.

Priest : Do you give yourself to her as her husband?

Neil : Yes, I do.

Priest : Do you accept her as your lawful wife?

Neil : Yes, I do.

Priest : Now, please say together the prayer of

commitment to each other.

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.

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.

Priest : Neil & Megan are now husband and wife. Let us
give the newly wedded couple a big hand.

Blessing of Rings and Arrhae

Priest : Neil & Megan, we shall now bless your rings and
arrhae. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
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All : Who made heaven and earth.
Priest : Bless O Lord, these rings so that your children,
Neil & Megan, who wear them may ever live
In mutual love and unbroken loyalty. We ask this
through Christ our Lord.

All : Amen.

Blessing of the Arrhae

Priest : Let us pray, bless O Lord your children Neil &
Megan with sufficiency of material possession
which these arrhae symbolize so that they may
use them to attain eternal life. Through Christ
Our Lord.

All : Amen.

Priest : Now, give these rings to one another.

Neil : Megan, 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.

Megan : Neil, 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.

Priest : Now, Neil give the arrhae to Megan.

Neil : Megan, I give you these arrhae as a pledge of

my dedication and constant concern for your
welfare and that of the children God may, in his
loving goodness, give us. In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Megan : And I accept them with the promise to share in

the joys and pains, the challenges and the
responsibilities of building our Christian home.
Neil, I pledge my concern and dedication to you
and the children God may give us.

Neil Nolan : Please rise for the Prayer of the Faithful.

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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.

Priest : Almighty, eternal God, look down with favor upon

Neil and Megan, grant them to remain faithful to
You and to one another. At the end of a long and
well-spent life, reward them with happiness with
their children and with all those who love them.
Through Christ our Lord.
All : Amen

Neil Nolan : Please be seated.

Laying of the Veil

Neil Nolan : We now request the Veil Sponsors to lay the veil
on the couple.

Placing of the Cord

Neil Nolan: We now request the Cord Sponsors to place the
cord on the couple.

Offertory Procession
The gifts may now be offered to the altar.

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.

Priest : Lord God, we ask You to receive us and to be

pleased with the sacrifice we offer you humble
and contrite hearts. Lord wash away in inequity,
cleanse me from my sins.
Pray, my dear brothers and sisters, that our
sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the Almighty
Father.

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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.

Prayer of the Gifts

Priest : Lord, accept our offering for this
newly-married couple, Neil & Megan. 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.

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.

The Lord’s Prayer

Priest : Let us pray to God, the Father, in the words our
Savior gave us.
All : Our Father…

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.

Father, keep them always true to your

commandments. Bless them with children and
help them to be a good parents. Keep them
faithful in marriage and let them be living
examples of Christ life. We ask this through
Christ our Lord.
All : Amen.

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.

Prayer after Communion

Priest : Lord, is your love you given us this Eucharist to
unite us with one another and with you. As you
have made Neil & Megan one in this sacrament
of marriage (and in the sharing of 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.

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

Singing of Marriage Contract

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 PICTURE TAKING ARRANGEMENT

Neil and Megan

Couple with Priest

Couple with Principal Sponsors

Couple with Bride’s Parents

Couple with Bride’s Immediate Family

Couple with Groom’s Parents

Couple with Groom’s Immediate Family

Couple with Entourage

Couple with Secondary Sponsors

Couple with Bride’s Relatives

Couple with Groom’s Relatives

Couple with Bride’s Friends

Couple with Groom’s Friends

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