INTRODUCTION

Commentator: Good afternoon brothers and sisters in Christ, John Ariel and
Kathleen have invited us here today to share in the celebration
of their marriage. We come together not to mark the start of a
relationship, but to recognize a bond that already exists. This
marriage is one expression of many varieties of love, and this
is how the couple will consummate their love.

Let us then offer our thanks to God for having led them
together in this love. Let us pray that He may bless and
consecrate their commitment to each other and that John Ariel
and Kathleen may freely and lovingly take upon them the task
the Lord has entrusted to them, to live for each other and their
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 the blessing in witnessing this
occasion

Please remain seated for the processional.

ENTOURAGE MARCH

(Canon in D/ Religious Song ONLY)

THE BRIDAL MARCH

(Instrumental Love Song/Canon in D)

ENTRANCE HYMN (to be sung)

GREETING

Celebrant: In the name of the Father + and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Celebrant: 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.

PENITENTIAL RITE

Celebrant: Dear friends, we are gathered here today to celebrate the

banquet of life, and the fount of love which Christ has
given in the Eucharist and to witness the beginning of
a new life together for John Ariel and Kathleen As we
prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s
love, let us pause for a while, acknowledge our sins
and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.
All: I confess to Almighty God, and to you my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in
what I have done, and in what I have failed to do, through my
fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;
therefore, I ask Blessed Mary, ever-Virgin, all the Angels and
Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the
Lord, our God.

Celebrant: May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
All: Amen.
OPENING PRAYER

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that these your servants, now

to be joined by the Sacrament of Matrimony, may grow in the
faith they profess and enrich your Church with faithful
offspring, 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.
Commentator: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word

LITURGY OF THE WORD

Commentator: Love has the noblest place in God’s plan and in the Old
Testament the nuptial union between a man and a woman is
its greatest expression.

FIRST READING

Lector: A reading from the book of Genesis 1:26-28.31

God said, " Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness
of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea,
the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the
reptiles that crawl upon the earth,” God created man in the
image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male
and female he created them. God blessed them, saying to
them, " Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be
masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all living
animals on the earth." God saw all he had made, and indeed it
was very good.

The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS 32:12,18.20-22. R. V.5)
Reader: Let our response be:
The Lord fills the earth with his love
Kindly repeat.

All: The Lord fills the earth with his love.

Reader: They are happy, whose God is the Lord, the people He has
chosen as His own. The Lord looks on those who revere Him,
on those who hope in His love.

All: The Lord fills the earth with his love.

Reader: Our soul is waiting for the Lord; The Lord is our help and our
shield. In Him do our hearts find joy. We trust in His holy
name.

All: The Lord fills the earth with his love

Reader: May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in
you.

All: The Lord fills the earth with his love.

SECOND READING

Commentator: In his letter, St. Paul tells us that to love is more important than
to perform miracles or to do great things for others. For
without love all that we do can become meaningless.

Lector: A reading from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1
Cor 12:31-13:8a)

Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a

way that is better than any of them.

If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak

without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal
clashing. If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the
 mysteries there are, and knowing everything, and if I have
faith in all its fullness, to move mountains, but without love,
then I am nothing at all. If I give away all that I possess, piece
by piece, and if I even let them take my body to burn it, but am

without love, it will do me no good whatever. Love is always

patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or
conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence
and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's
sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to
trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not
come to an end.

This is the word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Commentator: Please rise to honor the Holy Gospel.

ALLELUIA (to be sung)

GOSPEL

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark

10:6- 9
All: Glory to you, O Lord.

Celebrant: Jesu said:

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“Fro the beginning of creation,
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God made them male and female.
For this reason, a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife,
 and the two shall become one flesh.

So, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore

what God has joined together, no human being
must separate.”
Celebrant: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus

Christ. Commentator: Please be seated for the

homily.

RITE OF MARRIAGE

Commentator: We have now come to the Rite of Marriage. Please remain

seated.

LIGHTING OF CANDLES

Commentator: May we request the candle sponsors to come forward and light
the candles.

These two candles represent Kathleen and John Ariel and

their commitment to Christ in the sacrament of Baptism. The
flame is the symbol of Christ who is the light of the world. In
lighting these candles, we pray that the love of Christ may
radiate around John Ariel and Kathleen

As we begin the marriage rites, may we request the parents

and principal sponsors to stand and act as witnesses of this
holy event.

Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen you have come together in this
church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your
love in the presence of the church’s minister and this
community. Christ abundantly blesses this love. He
has already
 consecrated you in baptism and confirmation and now
he enriches and strengthens you by a special

sacrament so that you may assume the duties of

marriage in mutual love and lasting fidelity. And so, in
the presence of the Church, I ask you now to declare
before God and the whole Church that you have come
here freely to take on the responsibilities which you
commit yourselves today.
Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen, may I now ask you to answer
truthfully the following questions.
(Kathleen), did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in the love and service of your
husband?
Kathleen: Yes, Father.

Celebrant: ( John Ariel ), did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in the love and service of your
wife?
John Ariel : Yes, Father.

Celebrant: Are you both ready to raise as good Christian the children
whom God will give you?
John Ariel & Kathleen: Yes, Father.
EXCHANGE OF CONSENT:

Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen, since you wish to contract Holy
Matrimony, please join your right hands and express
your intention before God and His Church.
(John Ariel and Kathleen hold each other’s right
hand.)

Celebrant: (Kathleen) do you take ( John Ariel ) here present, for

your lawful husband according to the rite of our holy
Mother the Church?
Kathleen: I do

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

Kathleen: I do

Celebrant: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?

Kathleen: I do

Celebrant: ( John Ariel ) do you take (Kathleen) here present, for

your lawful wife according to the rite of our holy
Mother the church?
John Ariel : I do

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

John Ariel : I do

Celebrant: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?

John Ariel : I do

Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen, pray now that our Lord may
bless and bind you in marriage
 John Ariel and Kathleen: Grant us O Lord, to be one heart and one soul, from
this day onward, to have and to hold, to honor and to treasure,
for better and for worse, for richer and for poorer, in sickness
and in health, until death do us part. We place our lives and
ourselves together in your loving hands.

CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND

Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen, you have declared your intentions
and promises to live out your marriage covenant all
days of your lives. And I, by the authority of the
Church, calling on all those present here as
witnesses, confirm and bless the bond which you
have contracted, in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.

Commentator: The parents and principal sponsors may now be seated.

BLESSING AND EXCHANGE OF RINGS AND ARRHAE

Commentator: We will now have the blessing and exchange of rings

and arrhae. May we request the ring and arrhae
bearers, to come forward.

Celebrant: ( John Ariel ) and (Kathleen), we shall now bless your

arrhae and rings. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All He made heaven and earth.

Celebrant: Let us pray. Bless O Lord your servants, John Ariel and
Kathleen, 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.
Celebrant: Bless, O Lord, these rings so that your servants, John Ariel
and Kathleen, who will wear them may forever live in
mutual love and in unbroken loyalty. We ask this
through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

EXCHANGE OF RINGS AND GIVING OF THE ARRHAE

Celebrant: Now, John Ariel and Kathleen, give these rings to each
other.
John Ariel : (Kathleen), 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.
Amen.

Kathleen: (John Ariel ), 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.
Amen.

Celebrant: Hold these arrhae in your hands as a sign that your

blessings will no longer be held separately but
together. Remember that whatever gifts you have in
this life are not yours but God’s gift to you. As God’s
stewards use them wisely and share them
generously.
John Ariel : (Kathleen), I give you these arrhae as a pledge of my
dedication to your welfare and to our children. In the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Kathleen: ( John Ariel ), I accept these arrhae as a symbol of our shared

joy and responsibility of building a true Christian family. In the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
PRESENTATION OF THE NEWLY-WEDS

Celebrant: Dear parents, sponsors, brothers and sisters in Christ, I

now present to you Mr. and Mrs. Salvadora, And I
request you to accept and support them as a new
couple in our Christian community. (As a warm
gesture of our acceptance of John Ariel and Kathleen
let us give them a big round of applause).

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

Commentator: Please stand for the intercessory prayers.

Celebrant: Now that we have witnessed the nuptial union of John

Ariel and Kathleen, let us lift up our prayers to God
for our community and for the Church everywhere.
For every petition, we pray,
“Lord of Love, hear our prayer.”
Lector: For the newly-wed couple, John Ariel and Kathleen that they
may have the sustaining power of Christ’s love so that they
may live out the love they have promised to each other and
make it grow stronger in their life together. We pray…

All: Lord of Love, hear our prayer.

Lector: For the parents and relatives of John Ariel and Kathleen who
first taught them how to love, may they keep supporting John
Ariel and Kathleen May they be rewarded for the selfless
care, understanding and guidance they continuously share.
We pray…

All: Lord of Love, hear our prayer.

Lector: Lord, we thank you for the gift of friendship. We pray for the
parents, families and friends of John Ariel and Kathleen who
have come from
 near and far, and for all the help, support and encouragement
they have given. May the Lord reward them for their goodness
and kindness.

All: Lord of Love, hear our prayer.

Lector: We remember the smiles and laughter of those who have

gone before us, who would have loved to share in the joy and
happiness of this day. We thank God for the happy memories

they have left with us. May God one day unite us again. Lord,
hear us.

All: Lord of Love, hear our prayer.

Lector: For John Ariel and Kathleen that they may infinitely be love
with each passing day, and remain faithful to their marriage
vows forever. We pray…

All: Lord of Love, hear our prayer.

Celebrant: Almighty God, be merciful to us and hear our prayers.

Strengthen the bonds of Holy Matrimony in your
Church as a source of great blessing for society and
as a saving sign of the new and eternal covenant you
have made with us through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY PROCESSION
PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS

Commentator: We will now have the presentation of gifts. Kindly be seated.

Celebrant: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation. For through
your goodness, we have received the bread we offer
you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will
become for us the bread of life.
All: Blessed be God forever.

Celebrant: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your
goodness we have received the wine we offer you:
fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will
become our spiritual drink.
All: Blessed be God forever.

VEIL AND CORD CEREMONY

Commentator: Please be seated. (John Ariel ) and (Kathleen) please kneel

May we request the Veil sponsors to come forward and lay the
veil on the newly-wed couple.

John Ariel and Kathleen this white veil reminds you of the
white garment with which you were clothed in Baptism. Now, it
stands as the symbol of your submission to the Lord. Let it
therefore be a constant reminder that you belong entirely to
the Lord and to each other and to no one else.

May we request the Cord Sponsors to come forward and lay

the cord.
 John Ariel and Kathleen, the cord is a symbol of God’s
binding love. Through the years, may your love grow stronger
and bind you closer to the Lord and to each other.

Commentator: Please stand.

Celebrant: Pray, brethren, 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

Celebrant: Show favor to our supplications, O Lord, and receive with

a kindly countenance the oblations we offer for these
your servants, joined now in a holy covenant, that
through these mysteries they may be strengthened in
love for one another and for you. Through Christ our
Lord, Amen.

All:

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.

Celebrant: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always
and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father,
almighty and eternal God. For you willed that the
human race, created by the gift of your goodness
should be raised to such high dignity that in the union
of husband and wife you might bestow a true image of
your love.
For those you created out of Charity you call to the
law of Charity without easing and grant them a share
in your eternal Charity. And so, the Sacrament of holy
Matrimony, as the abiding sign of your own love,
consecrates the love of man and woman, through
Christ our Lord. Through him, with the Angels and all
the Saints, we sing the hymn of your praise, as
without end we acclaim:
All: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts,
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

Commentator: Please remain standing for the consecration.

Celebrant: 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.

Celebrant: The mystery of faith.

All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your
Resurrection until you come again.

Celebrant: 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 Gilbert, 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 honor is yours, forever and ever.
All: Amen.

COMMUNION RITE

Celebrant: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine

teaching, we dare to say:
THE LORD’S PRAYER (to be sung)
NUPTIAL BLESSING

Celebrant: Let us humbly invoke by our prayers, dear brothers and

sisters, God's blessing upon John Ariel and Kathleen that in
his kindness he may favor with his help those on whom he has
bestowed the Sacrament of Matrimony.

(All pray in silence for a while)

Holy Father, maker of the whole world, who created man and
woman in your own image and willed that their union be
crowned with your blessing, we humbly beseech you for these
your servants, who are joined today in the Sacrament of
Matrimony.

May your abundant blessing, Lord, come down upon this Bride
, Kathleen and upon this Groom, John Ariel , her companion
for life, and may the power of your Holy Spirit set their hearts
aflame from on high, so that, living out together the gift of
Matrimony, they may (adorn their family with children and)
enrich the Church.

In happiness may they praise you, O Lord, in sorrow may they

seek you out; may they have the joy of your presence to assist
them in their toil, and know that you are near to comfort them
in their needs; let them pray to you in the holy assembly and
bear witness to you in the world, and after a happy old age,
together with the circle of friends that surrounds them, may
they come to the kingdom of Heaven.
Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
INVITATION TO PEACE

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

All: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

LAMB OF GOD

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

Commentator: Please remain standing.

Celebrant: 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.

(The priest gives communion to the couple. Then, he gives

Holy Communion to the people)

COMMUNION SONG

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Commentator: Please all stand. (Except the couple)

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that the power of the

Sacrament we have received may find growth in these
your servants and that the effects of the sacrifice we
have offered may be felt by us all. Through Christ our
Lord
All: Amen
Commentator: May we request the cord and veil sponsors to remove the cord
and veil

CONCLUDING RITE

FINAL

ADMONITION

Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen, now that you have received the Holy
Sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to remain faithful
to one another.
(Kathleen), love (John Ariel), your husband, and be a good
wife. Persevere in faith, love and holiness.
(John Ariel), love (Kathleen) your wife, as Christ loves his
Church and live in the holy fear of the Lord.
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.

SEVEN-FOLD BLESSING

Celebrant: John Ariel and Kathleen, please bow your heads and
pray for God’s blessings.
Commentator: After each blessing, let us all say “Amen.”

Celebrant: May the Lord Jesus, who graced the marriage at

Cana by His presence, bless you and your loved
ones.
All: Amen.

Celebrant: May he, who loved the Church to the end,

unceasingly pour his love into your hearts.
All: Amen.
Celebrant: May the Lord grant that, bearing witness to faith in his
Resurrection, you may await with joy the blessed
hope to come.
All: Amen.

Celebrant: And may Almighty God bless all of you, who are gathered
here, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.

DISMISSAL

Celebrant: Thank you so much for your beautiful participation in this

Eucharist. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord and
one another.
All: Thanks be to God.

Celebrant: And now my brothers and sisters, let us welcome our

newlywed couple, Mr. and Mrs. Salvadora, with a
round of applause

SIGNING OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT

PICTORIALS

Commentator: May we request everyone to be seated while the newlywed

couple will sign the contract.

Pictorials : ………….

Commentator: May we request the wedding entourage to join John Ariel

and Kathleen in the recessional.