LOVE

PICTORIAL SEQUENCE
is very patient and kind,

never jealous or envious,

1. Groom and Bride with Priests
never boastful or proud,
2. Groom and Bride
never naughty or selfish or rude.
3. Groom and Bride with Groom’s Parents
Love does not demand its own way.
4. Groom and Bride with Groom’s Family
It is not irritable or touchy.
5. Groom and Bride with both parents
It does not hold grudges
6. Groom and Bride with Bride’s parents and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong.
7. Groom and Bride with Bride’s family It is never glad about injustice,
8. Groom and Bride with Principal Sponsors but rejoices whenever wins out.
9. Groom and Bride with Maid of Honor & Best Man If you love someone,
10. Groom and Bride with Secondary Sponsors you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost.
11. Groom and Bride with the entire Bridal Entourage You will always believe in him, always expect the best of

12. Groom and Bride with flower girls, bearers & readers all the special gifts and powers from God will someday

13. Groom and Bride with Groom’s relatives come to an end, but love goes on forever.

14. Groom and Bride with Bride’s relatives

15. Groom and Bride with classmates and friends 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Priest: May you blessed in your children, and may you have the love that you CANTERAS – EZPELETA
lavish on them be returned a hundredfold.
Officiating Priests
All: Amen
Parents
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 in sorrow. Felix Segovia and Marlu Segovia

Together with
All: Amen

Priest: May you be ready with help all those who come to you in need, and, Rafael Escanlar, Jr. and Teodora Escanlar
may the blessings promised to the compassionate descend in abundance on To Guide us in Our Life
your house.
Mr. Romula Escanlar Mrs. Juanita Braña
All: Amen
Mr. Ambrosio Ezpeleta Ms. Asuncion Esmero
Priest: May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its fruit. May cares never
cause you distress nor the desire for earthly possessions lead you astray; but Mr. Benjamin Garriel Ms. Susana Heredia
may your heart’s concern be always for the treasures laid up for you in the
Mr. Rene Guillergan Mrs. Jesusita Rentoy
life of heaven.
Mr. Alan Segovia Mr. Paz Tan
All: Amen
To Assist in Our Needs
Priest: May the Lord grant you fullness of years, so that you may reap the
harvest of a good life; and after you have served Him with loyalty in His Best Man Maid of Honor
kingdom on earth, may He take you up into His eternal dominions in heaven.
Jessie Sumande Katherine Jan Escanlar
All: Amen
To Light Our Path
Priest: And may Almighty God bless you all. The Father, and the Son and Holy
Spirit. Luis Ezpeleta IV

All: Amen Yvet Mae Segovia

Priest: The mass has ended, go in peace and serve the Lord. To Clothe Us as One To Bind Us Together

All: Thanks be to God. Nelmar Escanlar Michael Emmerson Escanlar

Priest: Brothers and sisters in Christ, may I present you Mr. & Mrs. _______ Cristie Ann Ezpeleta Charison Katrina Ezpeleta
and ________.
NUPTIAL BLESSSING EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION

Priest: My dear friends, let us now ask God for his continued blessing upon and
Joseph and Ma. Louinie.
RITE OF MARRIAGE
Heavenly Father, creator of the universe, maker of man and woman
in Your own image and likeness, source of blessing for married life, we Introduction
humbly pray to you for Ma. Louinie, who today is united with her husband
Joseph in the sacrament of marriage. : Marriage is a celebration of friendship, a communion of love.
May Your fullest blessing come upon them so that they may Christian marriage, celebrated in the sacrament of matrimony, is
together rejoice in Your gift of married love and enrich Your church with truly the sacrament of friendship. All sacraments are sign of God’s
their children. friendship and love; they are celebration of His ongoing presence in
Lord, may they both praise You when they are happy and turn to You our ordinary life. So, too, Christians who marry in the Lord are a
in their sorrows. May they be glad that You help them in their work and living sign of God’s love in human relationships, in friendship, in life-
know that You are with then in their need. giving procreation, in family living. We who was been made in God’s
May they pray to You in the community of the Church and be Your image and likeness mirror Him best when we love. God comes to us
witness in the world. May they reach old age in the company of their friends in love because it celebrates that love.
and come at last to the kingdom of Heaven. We ask this through Christ our
As we witness Joseph and Ma. Louinie to seal their covenant with
Lord.
God, let us also pray as a community, that they will grow together in
All: Amen
Christ as they build a Christian family.
SIGN OF PEACE
Please all rise for the entrance of Bridal Entourage.
Priest: The peace of the lord be with you always.
INTRODUCTORY RITES:
All: And also with You
Commentator: Please all stand for the Eucharistic Celebration
Priest: Let us offer one another sign of peace.
Priest: in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Choir/All: Lamb of God…
All: Amen
Commentator: Please kneel.
Priest: The grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ and love of God and the
Priest: This is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. Happy fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
are those who are called to His supper.
All: And also with you.
All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be
Dearly beloved Joseph and Ma. Louinie, God is love and has, in some
healed.
mysterious ways, joined you together in love. He leaves you free to make
Commentator: Everyone is invited to receive the Body of Christ. that love grow, or let it wither.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

All: It is right to give Him thanks and praise. All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD
Priest: Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and FIRST READING (Tobit 8:4-9)
everywhere to give You thanks. By this sacrament Your grace unites man and Reader: A reading from the Book of Tobit.
woman in an unbreakable bond of love and peace.
Tobiah arose from bed and said to his wife, “My love, get up. Let us
You have designed the chaste of love of husband and wife for the pray and beg our Lord to have mercy on us and grant us deliverance. She got
increase both of the human family and of Your own family born in Baptism. up, and they started to pray and beg that deliverance might be theirs. He
began with these words:
We thank You for counting us worthy to share in the heavenly
banguet of love. Through Christ the choirs of angels and all the saints praise “Blessed are You, O God of our fathers;
Your glory. May our voices be one with theirs as we join in their unending praise be Your name forever and ever.
hymn of praise. Let heaven and all Your creation praise You
forever
Choir/All: Holy, Holy, Holy … (Sung)
You made Adam and You the gave him his wife Eve
CONSECRATION To be his help and support;
And from these two the human race descended.
Commentator: Please all kneel. You said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone;
Let us make him a partner like himself.
Priest: Lord, You are Holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness. Let Your spirit
Now, Lord, You know that I take this wife of mine not
come upon these gifts to make them holy so that they may become for us the
because of lust, but for a noble purpose.
body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Call down Your mercy on me and on her, and allow us
Before He was given up to death, a death He freely accepted, He took to live together to a happy old age.”
the bread and gave You thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to His disciples, All: Thanks be to God.
and said: Take this, all of you, and eat it: this is My body, which will be given
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: (Psalm 128)
up to you.
Reader: Let our response be: HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO OBEY THE LORD.
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 All: HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO OBEY THE LORD.
drink from it; it is the cup of My blood, the blood of the new and everlasting
covenant. It will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be forgiven. Reader: Happy are those who obey the Lord,
Do this in memory of Me.
who live by His commands.
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
Flowers- These flowers symbolize their own person endowed with Your gifts. All: Thanks be to God.
We offer to You, Lord, these flowers, as a sign of beauty and love that Joseph
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
and Ma. Louinie share with one another. May the love they profess to each
Commentator: Please rise to honor the Gospel
other blossom to perfection.
Choir Alleliu.
Gifts- Take, Lord these gifts that are the product of Your creation. May You
All: If we are to love one another, God will live in us in perfect love.
bless our newly wed couple with abundance that nature has to offer. Just as
their families nourished Joseph and Ma. Louinie from the bounty of the seas Choir: Alleliua
and to the fields, may they harvest the fruit of their hard work and sacrifice to
make them grow love and fidelity. GOSPEL (John 15:7-12)

LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES Priest: The Lord be with you.

Commentator: May I request Lemuel Canteras and Rovine Eigo to light the All: And also with you
candles that symbolizes Christ’s guidance. Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.
Heavenly Father, we acknowledge the light of the candles as the All: Glory to you, O Lord.
symbol of your love for us manifested through Your Son, Jesus Christ,
unselfish and all consuming as it gives light to others. Make the love of Joseph Priest: Jesus said to His disciples: “If you remain in Me and My word remain in
and Ma. Louinie a recollection of Your Light. you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it. My father’s
glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become My
LAYING OF THE VEIL disciples.
Commentator: May I request Genelyn Bulaqueña and John Paul Bulahan to I love you just as the Father loves Me; remain in My love. If you obey
lay the veil. My commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed My Father’s
The veil is the symbol of unity and togetherness. Joseph and Ma. command and remain in His love.
Louinie at baptism, you were clothed with white garment symbolizing the I have told you this so that My joy may be in you and that your joy
new life of purity and joy in the Lord to which the risen Christ has called you. may be complete. My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love
We clothed you again with this precious garment as you enter into new phase you.”
of your life with God. Wear it unstained and let the joy of the Holy Spirit shine
forth thorugh all your children and everyone whom the Lord’s loving desire The Gospel of the Lord.
will bring into your life.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
LAYING OF THE CORD
Commentator: Please be seated for the Homily
Commentator: May I request Cristie Ann Ezpeleta and Joseph Bandiola to
HOMILY
place the cord.
thanksgiving, may we double our joy. May we build Christian home where Joseph and Ma. Louinie: Yes, Father.
God's will is accomplished and His presence flourishes in those that we
welcome, especially those who have nothing in life, the little one’s, the poor, EXHANGE OF THE CONSENT
and the suffering. Priest: Joseph and Ma. Louinie, since you wish to contract the Sacrament of
ACCEPTANCE INTO THE COMMUNITY Matrimony, please join your right hands, and express your intentions before
God and His church.
Priest: My dear brothers and sisters, as a gesture of our acceptance of their
union into our Christian community, let us give a warm applause for Mr. & Ma. Louinie, do you take Joseph here present for your lawful husband
Mrs. Joseph and Ma. Louinie Canteras. according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church?

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Ma. Louinie: Yes, I do.

Commentator: The Sponsors may now return to their seats. Let us all stand. Priest: Do you give yourself to him as a wife?

Priest: Dearly beloved, let us now pray for the Church and for the newly wed Ma. Louinie: Yes, I do
couple, whose marriage reflects her union with Christ. For each petition, let Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?
our response be: LORD BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER.
Ma. Louinie: Yes, I do.
Lector: For our Holy Mother, the Church, Ma. Louinie of Christ, that she may
continue to bring more people into the faith and nurture to grow in Christian Priest: Joseph, do you take Ma. Louinie here present for your lawful wife
community. Let us pray to the Lord. according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church?

All: LORD, BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER. Joseph: Yes, I do.

Lector: For the civil leaders of the world, may they promote and defend the Priest: Do you give yourself to her as husband?
right of life and human dignity and the rights of families. Let us pray to the
Lord. Ryan: Yes, I do.

Priest: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?

All: LORD, BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER.

Lector: For Joseph and Ma. Louinie, may their love for each other will model Ryan: Yes, I do.
the love of the Blessed Trinity. Let us to the Lord. Priest: Joseph and Ma. Louinie, before God and His people, declare your
All: LORD, BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER. pledge to each other. Please face each other and repeat after me.

Joseph and Ma. Louinie: Be with us, Lord Jesus as we strive to fulfill our
Lector: For the parents of Joseph and Ma. Louinie, who first taught them in
meaning of love and life, may they continue to be blessed by God for the love, marriage vows. May we bring each other closer to You in our love. Send us
Your Holy Spirit to guide us to know and do the will of the Father. As we give
support and guidance that they give to their children. Let us pray to the Lord.
and accept each other in marriage, let out love be a witness to the union of
Christ and His church. May we never take back what we have surrendered to
ORDER OF BRIDAL PROCESSION Dedication

 Bible Bearer To Our Lord Jesus Christ,

 Best Man
 Groom’s Man We thank You for all the blessings You showed upon us from the
 Groom with Mother and Father beginning of our lives, and the treasure of each other to cherish forever. As
 Principal Sponsors You hold us together as one, we will endeavor to offer You our lives.
 Secondary Sponsors
To Our Beloved Parents,
 Flower Girls
 Coin Bearer Words are not enough to thank You for bringing us into this world so
 Ring Bearer we can appreciate the beauty of life- life which we are going to share and live
 Maid of Honor together us husband and wife. As we face this new stage of life, we want You
 Bride with Mother and Father to know that your teachings and sacrifices will be our guiding light. You are a
blessing from above.

To Everyone,

Thank you very much.

Joseph and Ma. Louinie

 To Carry Our Symbol Of Love, Treasure & Faith COMMUNION SONGS

Bible Bearer REMOVAL OF CORD AND VEIL

Zyrus Christian Canteras Commentator: May I request the cord sponsors to remove the cord.

Ring Bearer Arrhae Bearer Commentator: May I request the cord sponsors to remove the veil.

Karl Matthew Segovia Allen Harvey Evangelista PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

To Shower Our Path with Flowers Commentator: Please all stand.

Yesah Maria Yamamoto Karl Denise Elumba Priest: Lord, in you have given us this Eucharist to unite us with one another
and with you. As you have made Joseph and Ma. Louinie one in this
Mika Luinne Villanueva Katelyn Joyce Varron Sacrament of Holy Marriage and in the sharing of the one bread and one cup,
LECTORS so now make them one in love for each other. We ask this through Christ our
Lord.

All: Amen

CONCLUDING RITE
Priest: Joseph and Ma. Louinie, now that you have received the Holy
Sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to remain faithful to one another.
Ma. Louinie, love your husband and be a good wife. Persevere in love
and faith and holiness.
Joseph, love your wife as Christ loves His Chruch and live with her in
the holy fear of the Lord.
THE SEVEN-FOLD BLESSING (Groom and Bride kneel)

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Priest: May the Lord bless you by the word of His mouth.

All: Amen.

Priest: May He unite your hearts in an enduring bond of pure love.

All: Amen.
and die. The Lord will help you to forge a future of love and honor each other, Commentator: Please all stand.
in good times and in bad, in poverty and plenty, in sickness and in health, for
better or for worse, in that covenant you are about to seal. MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION

PENITENTIAL RITE: Choir/All: Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again.

Priest: In order to make our offering to the Lord more acceptable in his Priest: In memory of His death and resurrection, we offer you, Father, this
presence, let us humbly recognize that we are sinners, and with all sincerity life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank You for counting us worthy to
ask for forgiveness. (Pause) stand in Your presence and serve You. May all of us who share in the body
and blood of Jesus Christ be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.
All: I confess to Almighty God, and you my brothers and sisters, that I have Lord. remember Your Church throughout the world; make us grow in
sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have love, together with Benedict our Pope, Angel our Archbishop, and all the
done and in what I have failed to do; and I ask Blessed Virgin Mary, ever clergy.
Virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the
me to the Lord, our God. hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the light of your
presence.
Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive our sins, and bring us to
Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary,
everlasting life.
the Virgin Mother of God, with the apostles and with all the saints who have
All: Amen done Your will throughout the ages. May we praise You through Your Son,
Jesus Christ.
Priest: Lord have mercy… (sung) Through Him, in Him and with Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all
glory and honor is Yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever.
Priest: Glory to God in the highest.
Choir/All: Amen
All: And peace to His people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, Almighty God
COMMUNION RITE
and Father, we worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your
glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father. Lord God, Lamb of God, You Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave
take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; You are seated at the right us.
hand of the Father, receive our prayer. For You alone are the Holy One, You
alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Choir/All: Our Father…
spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen
Priest: Deliver us all from every evil; grant us peace in our day. In Your mercy,
OPENING PRAYER keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety, as we wait in joyful
hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Priest: Let us pray. Father, when You created mankind, You willed that man
and wife should be one. Bind Joseph and Ma. Louinie in the loving union of Choir/All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory is Yours forever and ever.
marriage so that they may be living witnesses to your divine love in the world. Amen.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with
 Your work will provide for your needs; Joseph and Ma. Louinie, let this cord symbolizes the love of God
which binds your hearts and souls together. May you love grow stronger and
You will be happy and prosperous. help carry other’s yoke with faithfulness and love.
All: HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO OBEY THE LORD LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Reader: Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your home PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
And your sons will be like young olive trees Priest: Blessed are You Lord, God above all creation. Through your goodness
around your table we have this bread to offer, which the earth has given and human hands have
A man who obeys the Lord made. It will become for us the Bread of Life.
will surely be blessed like this. All: Blessed be God forever.
All: HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO OBEY THE LORD.
Reader: May the Lord bless you from Zion. Priest: Blessed are You Lord, God above all creation. Through Your goodness
May you see Jerusalem prosper we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will
all the days of your life! become our spiritual drink.
May you live to see your grandchildren.
All: Blessed be God forever.
All: HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO OBEY THE LORD.
SECODND READING (Colossians 3:12-17) Priest: Pray brethren that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the
Almighty Father.
Reader: A reading from the Letter of Paul to the Colossians.
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice from your hands, for the praise and
You are the people of God; He loved you and chose you for His own.
glory of His name, for our good and the good of all His Church.
So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, gentleness,
and patience. Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another Commentator: All please stand.
whenever any of you has complaint against someone else. You must forgive
one another just as the Lord has forgiven you. Priest: Lord, accept our offering for this newly wed couple, Joseph and Ma.
Louinie. By Your love and providence, You have brought them together; now
And to these qualities add love, which binds all things together in bless them all the days of their married life. We ask through Christ our Lord.
perfect unity. The peace that Christ gives to you is to guide you in decisions
you make; for it is to this peace that God has called you together in the one All: Amen.
body. And be thankful. Christ’s message in all its richness must live in your
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns,
Priest: The Lord be with you.
and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts.
All: And also with you.
Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the Name of the
Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through Him to God Father. Priest: Life up your hearts.

The word of the Lord. All: We lift them up to the Lord.

 THE RITE OF MARRIAGE blessed by God for the love, support and guidance that they give to their
Commentator: Having listened to the Word of God, we shall now witness the children. Let us pray to the Lord.
most significant and solemn act the joining of man and woman together on
the sacrament of matrimony. Joseph and Ma. Louinie as you may be a loving All: LORD, BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER.
and living testimony of your faith in the Father and in Christ with the Holy Lector: For all married couples present here today, may Holy Spirit stir in
Spirit. Seeing it, your children, relatives and friends, and all who know you, them the grace of this Sacrament. Let us pray to the Lord.
will give praise to the Lord.
May I request Joseph and Ma. Louinie to please stand, the Parents All: LORD, BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER.
and the Principal Sponsors to come forward and join them as they make their
Lector: For all of us friends and relatives of Joseph and Ma. Lounie, may we
marriage vows.
continue to give the support they need in their married life. Let us pray to the
Priest: Dearly beloved Joseph and Ma. Louinie: you are here today in the Lord.
presence of God’s people to seal you love with an eternal bond before God.
All: LORD, BLESS THEM NOW AND FOREVER.
Christ abundantly blesses your love. He has already consecrated you in
baptism and now He will enrich and strengthen you through a special Priest: Almighty and eternal God, look down with favor upon Your servants
sacrament so that you may assume the duties of marriage in mutual and Joseph and Ma. Louinie. Grant them to remain fruitful to You and to each
lasting fidelity. other. And at the end of a long well-spent life, reward them with eternal
happiness together with their children and with those who love them. These
(Addressing the assembly) And you, my dear brothers and sisters,
we ask through Christ our Lord.
may I ask you to help them with your prayers and accept them as a new
couple in our Christian Community. All: Amen.
STATEMENT OF INTENTIONS OFFERTORY
Priest: Joseph and Ma. Louinie, in the presence of God’s people, I ask you to Commentator: Please be seated for the presentation of gifts.
state your intentions. Dear Lord, You have wonderfully bless Joseph and Ma. Louinie with
Ma. Louinie, did you come here in your own free will to bind yourself the beautiful friendship and as they start the beginning of their new life, they
forever in the love and service your husband? wish to offer You the best of themselves, which also came from You, In Your
Fatherly love, watch over and protect them, You who have united them in
Ma. Louinie: Yes, Father.
marriage.
Priest: Joesph, did you come here in your own free will to bind yourself
OFFERTORY PROCESSION
forever in love and service of your wife?
Candles- Take Lord and receive these candles, which symbolize Your light and
Joesph: Yes, Father.
presence. Let these illumine Joseph and Ma. Louinie in times of darkness and
doubt. Guide them in their daily undertakings so that they may feel and see
Priest: Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the children whom God
You actively present in their lives. Let their love for each other burn bright and
will give you? steady other the years.
Your kingdom here on earth and bring up our children in Your service. As we Priest: Let us pray. Bless, O Lord these rings so that Your servants Joseph and
begin our life, we ask You Lord, to make us one heart and one soul from this Ma. Louinie who wear them may ever live in mutual love and in unbroken
day forward, for better or for worst, for riches and for poorer, in sickness and loyalty to each other. May they do Your will to live together in peace and
in health, forsaking all others except You our Lord, our God, our All, until selflessness. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
death do us part.
All: Amen.
CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND
Priest: Give these rings, symbol that marks the beginning of life’s journey
Priest: Joseph and Ma. Louinie you have pledged to live in Christian marriage filled with wonders, surprises, laughter, tears, celebrations, grieves and joy.
all the days of your lives. Your families and friends here present, join you in
praying that God may continually place His seal in this bond of marriage. This Joseph: Ma. Louinie, wear this ring as a sign of my unconditional love and
faithfulness to you, for all the years to come. This ring will signify that from
is our prayer. This is our wish for you. May the Lord who is faithful to His
promise keep in your love for each other and fill your lives more fully with His this forward you and I are one. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit.
blessings.

And I, by the authority of the church, calling upon all those present Ma. Louinie: Joseph, wear this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity to you, for
all the days of my life. With this ring I promise to be your wife and partner in
here as witness, 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. life. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Priest: Hold these coins in your hands as the sign that your blessings will no
All: Amen.
longer be held separate but together. Remember that the gift that you have
BLESSING AND EXCHANGE OF ARRHAE & RINGS in this life are not truly yours, but God’s. As guardians of God’s gift, use them
well to build God’s kingdom here and now.
Commentator: The parents and principal sponsors may be seated. May we
request the coin bearers be brought to stand at the right side of the priest. Joseph: Ma. Louinie, I give you these arrhae as a pledge of my sacrifice and
service to you and my dedication to bring up to our home support and
Priest: Our help is in the name of the Lord. concern for the welfare of our family. In the name of the Father, and of the
All: Who made the heaven and earth. Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Priest: Let us pray. Bless, O Lord Your servants Joesph and Ma. Louinie with Ma. Louinie: Joseph, I accept this symbol of your generosity, sincerity and
suffiecient material possession, which this arrhae symbolizes so that they may fidelity. I will treasure them and I promise to help you use them to build a
use them to attain eternal life. May the covenant of mutual self-giving, which truly Christian home. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
they are making before You today be present before their eyes all the days of Holy Spirit.
their lives. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Joseph and Ma. Louinie: With the Lord strong and guiding hand, may we grow
All: Amen. in love as perons and as a couple. In times of trial, may we divide the burdens.
In times of thanksgiving, may we double our joy. May we build a Christian