Final Blessing A Eucharistic Wedding

Celebration
Priest : And may the Almighty God, bless you all of you, who are INTRODUCTION
gathered here, the Father, and the son, and The Holy Spirit.
Jurinie : Dear family, relatives and friends, today, we are
ALL : Amen. gathered here to witness the promise of love that
unites Nolimar and Karen, man and woman
Priest : Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. becoming one, together and forever.

ALL : Thanks be to God. There is a moment in each of our lives when life
itself gains a richer meaning because it is shared
with love. For Nolimar and Karen, this moment has
come. Through this joyous feast of love which we
Signing of the Marriage Contract are about to celebrate, let us, as witnesses and as a
whole Christian Community, pray for Nolimar and
Presentation of the Newlywed Karen that they may be filled with God’s abundant
graces as they start their new life together.
Couple Please stand for the Processional March.

Priest : My dear faithful of God, Let us welcome Mr. & Mrs.

Mijares.
Bridal Processional March
Nolimar, you may now kiss your Bride. Entrance Song

INTRODUCTORY RITES

GREETINGS
Pictorial Priest : In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy
Recessional 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. All : Lord, have mercy

Priest : God is love and has, in a mysterious way, drawn you,

Nolimar and Karen, together in love. But He leaves you Concluding Rite
free to make that love grow or to let it wither and die. The
Lord will help you, Nolimar and Karen, to forge a future ADMONITION
for your love, if you do your share, when you stand to the
Priest : Nolimar and Karen, now that you have received the Holy
commitment to love and honor one another in good times
Sacrament of Matrimony; I admonish you to remain
and bad, in poverty and plenty, in sickness and in health, for
faithful to one another.
better and for worse, in that covenant which you are about
to seal. Today we, ratify that commitment in Matrimony Karen, love Nolimar your husband and be a good wife.
and the Mass. Persevere in faith, love and holiness.
Nolimar, love Karen, your wife, as Christ love His Church
Penitential Act and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.

Priest : Dear Brother and Sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and
Solemn Blessing
So prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. Priest : The Lord be with you.

All : I confess to Almighty God, and to you my brothers and ALL : And with your spirit.
Sisters, that I have sinned through my own faults, in my
thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what Priest : May God the all-power Father grant you his joy and bless
I have failed to do. And I ask the Blessed Mary, even Virgin, you in your children.
all angels and saints and to you my brothers and sisters to
ALL : Amen.
pray for me to the Lord, our God.
Priest : May the only begotten Son of God stand by you with
Priest : May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and compassion in good times and in bad
bring us to everlasting life.
ALL : Amen.
All : Amen.
Priest : May the Holy Spirit of God always pour forth his love into
Kyrie your hearts.

ALL : Amen.
Priest : Lord, have mercy
All : Lord, have mercy
Priest : Christ, have mercy
All : Christ, have mercy
Priest : Lord, have mercy
 Sign of Peace Priest : Let us pray… Almighty God, hear our prayers for NOLIMAR
AND KAREN who have come here today to be united in the
Sacrament of Marriage. Increase their faith in You and each
Priest : The peace of the Lord be with you always. other, and through them bless Your Church with Christian
children. We ask this through Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
ALL : And with your spirit. who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God
forever and ever.
Priest : Let us often each other the sign of peace,
ALL : Amen.
Holy Communion
Priest : Behold the Lamb of God, Behold Him who takes away the Liturgy of the Word
sins of the world. Blessed are those who are called to the
First Reading
supper of the lamb.
(Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16; 8:6-7)

ALL : Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, Elizabeth : A reading from the Song of Songs (Song of Songs
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
2:8-10, 14, 16; 8:6-7)

Jurinie : For those who will receive the Holy Communion. Hark! My lover! Here he comes springing across the
You may form two lines in the middle aisle. mountains, leaping across the hills. My lover is like a gazelle
(After Communion, while the Priest cleans the chalice and ciborium) or a young stag. Here he stands behind our wall, gazing
Jurinie : May we request the veil and cord sponsors to through the window, peering through the lattices. My lover
remove the veil and the cord from the newly speaks; he says to me “Arise my beloved, my beautiful one
married couple. and come! O my love in the clefts of the rocks, in the secret

Removal of the Veil and Cord recesses of the cliff. Let me see you, let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet and you are lovely.” My lover
belongs to me and I to Him. He said to me, “Set me as a seal
Prayer after Communion in your heart, as a seal on your arm, for storm as death is
love, relentless as the netherworld as devotion, its flames
Priest : Having been made partakers at your table, we pray, O Lord,
are a blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench love nor flood
that those who are united by the Sacrament of Marriage
may always hold fast to you and proclaim your name to the sweep it away.”
world. Through Christ our Lord.
The Word of the Lord.
ALL : Amen.
ALL : Thanks be to God.

Collect Responsorial Psalm

 (Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9) (Then Priest, with hands extend over the Bride and the Groom, continues: )

Holy Father, who formed man in your own image, male and
Marvin: Let our response be: female you created them, so that as husband and wife,
United in body and heart, they might fulfill their calling in
“I will bless the Lord at all times.” (Please repeat) the world;

All : I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES. O God, who, to reveal the great design you formed in your
love, willed that the love of spouses for each other should
Marvin: I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall ever be in foreshadow the covenant you graciously made with your
people, so that, by fulfillment of the sacramental sign, the
my mouth. My soul will glorify in the Lord that the poor may mystical marriage of Christ with his Church might become
hear and be glad. manifest in the union of husband and wife among your
faithful;
All : I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES.
Graciously stretch out your right hand over these servants
Marvin: Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. I Nolimar and Karen, we pray, and pour into their hearts
sought the Lord and he answered me and delivered me the power of the Holy Spirit.
from all my fears.
Grant , O Lord, that, as they enter upon this sacramental
All : I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES. union, they may share with one another the gifts of your
love and, by being for each other a sign of your presence,
Marvin: Look to God that you may be radiant with joy, and your become one heart and one mind.
faces may mot blush with shame. When the afflicted man
called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress He saved Graciously crown with your blessings your daughter
him. Karen, so that, by being a good wife and mother, she
may bring warmth to her home with a love that is pure and
All : I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES. adorn it with welcoming graciousness.
Marvin: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him Bestow a heavenly blessing also, O Lord, to Nolimar, your
and delivers them. Taste and see how good the Lord is, servant that he may be a worthy, good and faithful
happy the man who takes refuge in Him. husband.
All: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES. 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.

Be mindful also, Lord, Nolimar and Karen, whom you

that partaking of the Body and Blood of the Christ they may have brought to their wedding day, so that by your grace
always be bound together by love for one another. they may abide in mutual love and peace.
 Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen Set your hearts on the greater gifts. I will show you the way
asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died which surpasses all the others. If I speak with human
in Your mercy; welcome them into the light of Your face. tongues and angelic as well, but do not have love, my
speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If
Have mercy on us all, we pray that the Blessed Virgin I have the gift of prophecy and with full knowledge,
Jurinie, Mother of God, with the Blessed Joseph, her comprehend all mysteries, if I have faith great enough to
spouse, the Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased move mountains but have no love, I am nothing. If I give
You throughout the ages, may we merit to be co-heirs to everything I have to feed the poor and hand over my body
eternal life, and may we praise and glorify You through Your to be burned, but have not loved, I gain nothing.
Son, Jesus Christ.
Love is patient, love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not
Through Him, and with Him, and in Him, O God, Almighty put on sins, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not
Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is self-seeking, it is not prone to anger, and neither does it
Yours, forever and ever. brood over injuries. Love does not rejoice in what is wrong,
ALL : (to be sung) AMEN. but rejoices with the truth. There is no limit to love’s
forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure. Love
never fails.
Communion Rite
This is the Word of the Lord.
Priest : At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we
dare to say: ALL : Thanks be to God.

Lord’s Prayer Mira : Let us pray. Please rise to honor the Holy Gospel.

(to be sung)

Nuptial Blessing Gospel Acclamation

Mira : Alleluia, Alleluia. Whoever remains in love, remains in God
Priest : Let us pray to the Lord for this groom and bride, who come
and God in him. Alleluia, alleluia.
to the altar as they begin their married life,

Second Reading Holy Gospel

(1 Corinthians 12:31 - 13:8)

Mira : A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians. Priest : The Lord be with you.
(1 Corinthians 12:31 - 13:8) ALL : And also with you.
Priest : A A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. Before He was given up to death, He freely accepted, He
(John 15:9-12) took the creed and gave you thanks. He broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples and said: “take this all of you, and eat
ALL : Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ!
it: This is my body which will be given up for you.”
Jesus said to His disciples, “As the father has loved me, so I
When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again He gave
have loved you. Live on with my love. You will live in my
you thanks and praise, gave the cup to His disciples and
love if you keep my commandments, even as I have kept my
said: “Take this, all of you, and drink from it: This is the cup
Father’s commandments and live in His love. All this I tell
of My blood, the blood of the new and everlasting
you so that my joy maybe yours and your joy maybe
covenant. It will be shared for you and for all so that sins
complete. This is my commandment; love one another as I
may be forgiven.
have loved you.”
Do this in memory of me.
The Gospel of the Lord.
The mystery of faith.
ALL : Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ!
ALL : We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your
Resurrection until you come again.
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 Buson our Bishop and all the
clergy.

Eucharistic Prayer II
Priest : You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fountain of all holiness. Let Prayer over Offering
your spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so Priest : Receive in your kindness, Lord, the offerings we bring in
that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Gladness before you, and in your fatherly love watch over
Lord Jesus Christ. those you have joined in a sacramental covenant.
Through Christ our Lord.
 Jurinie : May I request the Principal Sponsors and the
ALL : Amen. Parents of Nolimar and Karen to stand behind them
to witness the Rite of Marriage.
Preface (The couple stands. The coin and ring bearer will stand at the right side of the Celebrant.)

Priest : The Lord be with you.

Allocution
ALL : And with your spirit.
Priest : Dearly beloved Nolimar and Karen, you are here today
Priest : Lift up your heart. to seal your love with an eternal bond before the Church.
ALL : We lift them up to the Lord. I assure you of the prayers of our community that God may
Priest : Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. pour his abundant blessings on your love and help you to
carry out the duties of the married state.
ALL : It is right & just.
Addressing to the community:
Priest : It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always
and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father, Priest : And you, dear brothers and sisters, may I ask you to help
almighty and every living God, Through Jesus Christ our them with your prayers and accept them as a new couple in
Lord. our Christian community.
For in Him you have made a new covenant with your
people, so that, as You have redeemed man and woman by Scrutiny
the mystery of Christ Death and Resurrection, so in Christ
you might make them partakers of divine nature and joint Priest : Nolimar and Karen, may I now ask you to answer
heirs with Him of heavenly glory. truthfully to the following questions:
In the union of husband and wife you give a sign of Christ
loving gift of grace, so that the Sacrament we celebrate
might draw us back more deeply into the wondrous design
of your love.
And so, with all the Angels and all the Saints, we praise you,
and without end we acclaim:

Homily Priest : Karen, did you come here of your own free will
to bind yourself forever in the love and service of
Nolimar your husband?
Rite of Marriage Karen : YES, Father.
Priest : Nolimar, did you come here of your own free will to with their children and with those who love them, we ask
bind yourself forever in the love and service of this through Christ our Lord.
Karen your wife?
ALL : Amen.
Nolimar : YES, Father.
Priest : Are you both ready to accept children lovingly from
God, and bring them up according to the Law of
Christ and His Church? Liturgy of the Eucharist
Nolimar & Karen : Yes, Father.

Any appropriate song for the Presentation of the Gifts is sung. The couple receives
the offering and gives them to Priest. The couple remains standing until they kneel in
singing the Sanctus.
Exchange of Consent OFFERTORY PROCESSION

Priest : Nolimar and Karen, since you wish to contract

Lighting of Candles Laying of Veil
Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and
express your Intention before God and His Church. and Cord
They join their right hands. (Bride and Groom kneel for the lighting of the candles and the putting on of the veil
Karen, do you take Nolimar, here present, for and cord.)
your lawful husband according to the rite of our Jurinie : May I request the Candle sponsors to light the
Holy Mother, the Church? bridal candles. The Veil sponsors and the Cord
Karen : Yes I do. sponsors to follow.

Priest : Do you give yourself to him as his wife? PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR & GIFTS

Karen : Yes I do. Priest : Pray, brothers and sisters, that their sacrifice and
yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty
Priest : Do you accept him as your lawful husband? Father.
Karen : Yes I do. 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.
Ester : For the poor and the sick, the hungry and
Priest : Almighty eternal God, look down with favor upon your oppressed. May they experience the love of
servants Nolimar and Karen, grant them to remain Christ in their lives by the love we show
faithful to You and each other. At the end of a long and well them in the word and in action, we pray.
spent life, reward them with eternal happiness, together
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.
 Nolimar : Yes. I do.
Ester : For our departed love ones that they may
live in God's peace we pray.
Priest : Now, please say together.
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us. Nolimar & Karen: Grant us, O Lord, to be one heart
and one soul, from this day forward.
Ester : For the families, relatives and friends of For better, for worst, for richer, for poorer,
Nolimar and responsible citizen and true in sickness and in health,
Christians. For the children, that they grow until death do us part.
responsible individuals and live in an
environment of peace, security and
harmony, we pray.
Confirmation of Marriage Bond
ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.

Ester : For the parents of Nolimar and Karen, Priest : And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on
who gave them the gift of life, and who those
first, taught them how to love may they present here as witness confirm and bless the bond
keep supporting Nolimar and Karen. of marriage which you have contracted.
May they be rewarded for selfless care, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, of the
understanding and guidance, they Holy Spirit.
continuously shared to their children, we
pray. ALL : Amen

ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.

Ester : For Nolimar and Karen , now beginning

their new life together, that they have
divine assistance at every moment the rich
blessings of children, and good health until
a ripe old age , we pray.

ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.

Priest : Nolimar, do you take Karen, here present for

your lawful Wife, according to the rite of our Holy
Mother, the Church?
Nolimar : Yes. I do.
Priest : Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
 Blessing of the Arrhae and Ring Nolimar : Karen, I give you this 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.
Karen : and, I accept them.
Priest : Nolimar and Karen, we shall now bless your Ring
and Arrhae. Our help is in the name of the Lord. Pronouncement
ALL : Who made heaven and earth. Priest : My dear brothers and sisters as a gesture of
Priest : Let us pray acceptance of Nolimar and Karen as a new
Bless, O Lord, your servant Nolimar and Karen, couple in the Christian Community let us give them
with sufficiency of material possessions, which a round of applause.
these arrhae symbolize so that they may use them The principal sponsors and the parents of Groom and Bride may now return to their
to attain eternal life, through Christ our Lord. seats.
ALL : Amen. Jurinie : Let us all stand for the Prayers of the
Priest : Bless, O Lord these ring so that your servants, Faithful.
Nolimar and Karen, who wear them may ever
live in mutual love and in unbroken loyalty through Prayers of the Faithful
Christ our Lord.
ALL : Amen.
Priest : Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us now turn
to the Lord and offer our prayers for the need of the
Church, our country and for the blessings of our
Giving of the Wedding Rings and newly married couple, their parents, relatives and
friends.
Arrhae Ester : Let our response be, Lord, graciously hear
us. Please repeat.

Priest : Now, give these rings to one another: ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.

Nolimar : Karen, wear this ring as a sign of my love and Ester : For the church and her leaders that they
loyalty in the name of the Father, and of the Son, continue to proclaim Christ's message of
and of the Holy Spirit. faith, hope and love, in our world today, we
pray.
Karen : Nolimar, wear this ring as a sign of my love and
loyalty in the name of the Father, and of the Son, ALL : Lord, graciously hear us.
and of the Holy Spirit.