Introduction

Commentator: Dear family, relatives and friends,

today, we are gathered here to witness the
promise of love that unites BON and SHERA
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 BON and SHERA, 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 BON and
SHERA 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 r eet 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, BON and SHERA, 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,
BON and SHERA, 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 BON and SHERA, 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

F ir st R ead ing (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.

R es pons oria l Psa lm (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)

S e cond Read ing (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.

A lle lu ia A cclamat io n

Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever remains in love, remains in God and
God in him.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Go sp el (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.

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

ALLOCUTION

Priest: Dearly beloved, BON and SHERA, 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: BON and SHERA, May I now ask you to
answer truthfully the following questions:

SHERA, 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: BON, 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?

BON and SHERA: Yes, Father.

EXCHANGE OF CONSENT
Priest: BON and SHERA, 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: SHERA, do you take BON, 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: BON, do you take SHERA, 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.
BON and SHERA: 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: BON and SHERA 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 BON and
SHERA 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
BON and SHERA, 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: SHERA, 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: BON, 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: SHERA, 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 BON and SHERA 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 BON and
SHERA.
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 BON and SHERA, 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 BON and SHERA 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 BON and SHERA 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 BON and SHERA, 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 SHERA, 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 BON, 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: BON and SHERA, now that you have received

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

BON, love your wife SHERA. 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. BON and SHERA, 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