Wedding Liturgy
Wedding Liturgy
BESTMEN
Mr. Rainier Dale D. Ortega
Mr. Gerald S. Dizon
Mr. Christian Rey S. Cortez
GROOM
IRWIN WAYNE “NIÑO” D. ORTEGA
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Dir. Romulo V. Bernardes Mrs. Jocelyn Perez-Creer
Dr. Reynaldo R. Cruz Dr. Irma Eugenia Ortega-Cruz
Mayor Pelagio R. Tecson Jr. Mrs. Penelope Bañez-Tecson
Atty. Emeterio D. Villanoza Mrs. Arlene Devaras-Rompal
Dr. Ronald E. Flores Dr. Loida L. Flores
Mr. Agapito Q. Ortega Jr. Mrs. Kharen Joy Villaflor-Ortega
Mr. Rhoel Obera Mrs. Anabel Obera
Mr. Nestor T. Devaras Engr. Serotina Villegas-Cañas
SECONDARY SPONSORS
To Cloth us as one
Mr. Mark Bency M. Elpedes Ms. Camille Urfelle Mari Maliper
BRIDE
DONAH BASAS VILLEGAS
Priest: May the Lord grant your fullness of years, so that you reap the
Eucharistic Celebration
harvest of good life and after you have served him loyalty in his kingdom on
Officiating Priest
earth, may he take you up into his eternal dominions in heaven.
REV. FR. CHRIS ARTHUR MILITANTE
All: Amen
FIRST READING
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Priest: The mass has ended. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Ms. Jennifer Antonette C. Orsal
Ms. Lailah Q. Creer
All: Amen
SECOND READING
Priest: With gratitude to our Almighty God, in the name of Our Lady of the
Most Miraculous Medal Parish, I welcome you to our Christian PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Community. And present to all of you, our newly wedded couple, Mr. & Mrs. Segundina Devota A. Dilao Ms. Hannah Lorraine D. Altarejos
Mrs. Irwin Wayne Ortega.
OFFERERS
Niño, you may now kiss the bride. CANDLES
Mr. Irone Marco Caidic Dorego
Mr. Arnulfo D. Casilan Jr.
Commentator: Thank you very much for witnessing the marriage of Niño
and Donah. We would like to request everyone to be seated for a brief
pictorial, after which Niño and Donah will make their march down the aisle FLOWERS
as husband and wife. Ms. Jovelyn V. Lacbayo Ms. Alorie C. Almaden
FRUITS & GIFTS
Ms. Arlene M. Ty Ms. Mechelle G. Samson
Mr. Renfred Ivan O. Cruz Ms. Rolanne Mae Bato
CHOIR
Balinsasayaw Singers
COMMENTATOR
Mr. Gerald Rey Ortega Coquia
May your joys be as bright as the morning, your years of happiness be
numerous and your sorrows be shadows that fade in the sunlight of your
The Nuptial Mass love.
Let us begin this solemn celebration as we all stand. Priest: May you be blessed in your children, and may the love that you
lavish on them be returned to hundred fold.
ENTRANCE RITE
All: Amen
Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Priest: May the peace of Christ dwell in your hearts and in your home; may
All: Amen. you have true friends to stand by you, both joy and in sorrow.
All: Amen
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be wit you all.
Priest: May you be ready with help and consolation for all those who come
All: And with your Spirit.
to you in need; and may the blessing promised to the compassionate
descend in abundance on your house.
Priest: Dear Friends, we are gathered here today to witness the union of
Niño and Donah in the Sacrament of
All: Amen
Matrimony. Let us thank God for bringing
them together in love and let us pray that
Priest: May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its fruits. May cares
He bless and guide them in sharing God’s
love with others. never cause you distress, nor the desire for earthly possessions lead you
astray; but may your hearts concern be always for treasures laid up for you
in the life of heaven.
All: Amen
Priest: This is the Lamb of God who take away the sins of the world. Happy PENITENTIAL RITE
are those who are called to his supper.
Priest: To prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to
All: Lord, I am not worthy that you shall enter under my roof, but only say mind our sins and be sorry for them.
the word and my soul shall be healed. All: I confess to Almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I
have sinned through my own fault, in my
Priest: May the body and blood of Christ bring us all to everlasting life. thoughts and in my words, in what I have
done and what I have failed to do, and I ask
All: Amen blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and
saints, and to you my brothers and sisters to
COMMUNION pray for me to the Lord our God.
Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION us to everlasting life.
Commentator: May we request the sponsors to please remove the cord and All: Amen
veil.
LORD HAVE MERCY (to be sung)
Please stand.
Priest: Glory to God in the highest.
Priest: Let us pray
Lord, in your love, you have given us this Eucharist to unite us with one All: And peace to his people on earth. Lord God Heavenly king Almighty
another and with you. As you made Niño and Donah one in this sacrament God the Father. We worship you, we give
of marriage and in the sharing of one bread and one cup, so now, make them you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
one in love for each other. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Lord Jesus Christ only son of the father.
Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the
All: Amen sins of the world, have mercy on us. You are
seated at the right hand of the father,
CONCLUDING RITE ADMONITION receive our prayer. For you alone are the
Holy one, you alone are the Lord, you alone
Priest: Niño and Donah, now that you have received the sacrament of are the Most High Jesus Christ. With the
matrimony, I admonish you to remain faithful to one another. Holy Spirit and the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
Donah, love Niño your husband. Be a good wife to him. Persevere in faith,
love and holiness.
Niño, love Donah your wife as Christ loves his church and be faithful to her
all the years of your life.
NUPTIAL BLESSINGS
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord for Niño and Donah, who come to God’s
Priest: Father, you have made the bond of marriage a holy mystery, as altar at the beginning of their married life so that they may always be
symbol of Christ’s love for his church. Hear united in love for each other, as they share in the body and blood of Christ.
our prayers for Niño and Donah with faith (All pray silently for a short while)
in you and in each other as they pledge their
love today. Give them your blessing and God our father, give your blessings to Donah, so that she may be a good
strengthen their love for each other. We ask wife to Niño. May she never fail to give encouragement and support. Bless
you this, through our Lord Jesus Christ her with motherhood as she promises to love and care for their children and
your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the home
the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
God, give your blessings to Niño, so that he may be a faithful husband and a
All: Amen good father. Let him place his trust in his wife and recognize that she is
equal and the heir with him to the life of grace. We ask this through Christ
LITURGY OF THE WORD our Lord.
Commentator: Let us all be seated and listen to the word of God. All: Amen
INVITATION TO PEACE
FIRST READING
Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I leave you peace, my
Reader: A reading taken from the book of Sirach (Sirach 26:14, 13-17) peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your church, and
grant u the peace and unity for your kingdom, where you live forever and
Happy is the husband of good wife, twice lengthened are his days. A worthy ever.
wife is a generous gift bestowed upon him who fears the Lord to be rich or
poor, his heart is content and a smile is ever on his face. All: Amen
A gracious wife delights her husband, her thoughtfulness puts flesh on his
bones, a gift from the Lord is governed speech, her firm virtue is of Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
surpassing worth. Choices in blessings are modest, wide, priceless heart
chaste person. All: And with your spirit.
Like the sun rising in the Lord’s heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife as
the radiance of her hope. Like the light, which shines above the Holy lamp Priest: Let us offer the sign of peace.
stand, are her beauty of the face and the gracefulness of figure.
May the mingling of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring
The word of the Lord. eternal life to those who receive it.
Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith Reader: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord”
All: Christ has died, I will bless the Lord at all times;
Christ has risen, His praise shall be ever in my mouth,
Christ will come again. O, let my soul glory in the Lord,
The lowly will hear and be glad.
Priest: In memory of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Father, this
life-giving bread, thus saving cup. We thank you for counting us worthy to All: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord”
stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the body
and blood of Christ be brought together in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Reader:
Glorify the Lord with me,
Lord remember your church throughout the world; make us grow in love, Let us together extol his name,
together with our Pope Francis, John our Bishop and all the clergy. I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope And delivered me from all fears.
of rising again, bring them all and the departed into the light of your
presence. Have mercy on us all, make us worthy to share eternal life with All: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord”
Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, with the apostles, and with all the saints
who have done your will throughout the ages. May we praise you in union Reader:
with them, and give you glory through your son Jesus Christ. Look to him that you may be radiant with joy
And your fears may not blush with shame,
Priest: Through him, with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, When the afflicted man called out, the Lord hear,
all glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever. And from all His distress, he saved him.
All: Amen All: “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord”
THE LORD’S PRAYER SECOND READING
Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Saviour Reader: A reading from the book of Ephesians (Eph 5:21-23)
taught us.
Submit yourself to one another because of your reverence for Christ. Wives,
Commentator: Please stand submit yourselves to your husband as to the Lord, for a husband has
authority, his wife as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is
All: Our Father (to be sung) himself savior of the church his body. And so wives must submit themselves
completely to their husbands just as Christ to love the church, and gave his
life for it. He did this to dedicate the church of God by his word after
making it clean by washing it in water, in order to present the church to
himself in all its beauty, pure and faultless, without spot or
wrinkle or any other imperfection. Man ought to love their wives just as Priest: Father, all-powerful and ever living God, we do well always and
their own bodies, a man who love his wife loves himself. No one ever hates everywhere to give you thanks. By this sacrament your grace unites man
his own body, instead he feeds it, take care of it, just as Christ does to the and woman in an unbreakable bond of love and peace. You have designed
church; for we are members of his body. As the scripture says, “for this the chaste love of husband of wife for the increase of both the human family
reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and and of your family, born in baptism.
two will become one.” There is deep secret revealed in this scripture, which
I understand as applying to Christ and the church. But it also applies to you: You are loving father of the world of nature; you are the loving father of the
every husband must love his wife as himself, and every wife must respect new creation of grace. In Christian marriage you bring together the two
her husband. orders of creation: nature’s gift of children enriches the world and your
grace enriches also your church.
The word of the Lord.
Through Christ, the choirs of angels and all the saints praise and worship
All: Thanks be to God. your glory. May our voices blend with theirs as we join the unending hymn.
Commentator: Please rise to honor the Holy Gospel. All: Holy, holy, holy (to be sung)
Priest: And Jesus said to his disciples: Before he was given up to death, a death he freely accepted. He took the
bread and gave you thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples and
“As my father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love. If you said: “Take this, all of you, and eat it. This is my body which will be given
keep my commandments and abide I his love. These I have spoken to you, up to you.”
and that your joy maybe full. This is my commandment: LOVE ONE
ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.” When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again, he gave you thanks and
praise, gave the cup to his disciples and said: “Take this all of you and drink
This is the Gospel of the Lord. from it. This is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting
covenant. It will be shed for you and for all men, so that, sins may be
All: Praise to you oh Lord Jesus Christ. forgiven. Do this in memory of me.”
Commentator: All be seated for the offertory procession. Commentator: The candle sponsors (Mr. Archimedes B. Villegas and Mrs.
Peachie Alvarez) will now light the Wedding Candles as a symbol of light
Priest: Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice and warmth of wisdom and love, of hope and life. The flame symbolizes
we offer you with humble and contrite hearts Christ’s presence in Niño and Donah unending love for each other.
Lord, wash away our iniquity, cleanse us from our sins. May I request the parents of the groom and the bride, as
well as the principal sponsors to please stand.
Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty
Father. ALLOCUTION
All: May the Lord accept this sacrifice at your hands, for the praise and Priest: Dearly beloved Niño and Donah, you have come together in this
glory of his name, for our good, and for the good of all his church. church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen you love in the presence of
this community. Christ abundantly blesses this love.
Commentator: Please stand
He has already consecrated you in baptism and now he enriches you and
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS strengthens you by a special sacrament so that you may assume the duties
of marriage and lasting fidelity.
Priest: Lord, accept our offering for this newly married couple Niño and
Donah. By your love and providence you have brought them all the days of May I now ask you, Niño and Donah to answer truthfully the following
their married life. We ask this through Christ our Lord. questions.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Priest: (Bride and Groom)
Niño and Donah: Yes Father All: “Lord, graciously hear us”
Priest: To the parents, Irwin and Fe, Clodualdo and Imelda, do you bless Priest: Almighty, eternal God, look down with favor upon your children,
this marriage with your approval and accept Niño and Donah into your own Niño and Donah. Grant them to remain to you and to one another. At the
family as your own children? end of a long and well-spent life, reward them with eternal happiness
together with their children and with all those who love them. We ask this
Parents: we do through Christ our Lord.
Priest: To the principal sponsors, Niño and Donah have chosen you to be All: Amen
special witnesses. Are you willing to support and strengthen this marriage
your concern and inspiration? Commentator: Please be seated. Niño and Donah, please kneel.
Sponsors: We are.
EXCHANGE OF VOWS LAYING OF THE VEIL AND CORD
Priest: Niño and Donah, since you wish to contact the Holy Matrimony, Commentator: May we ask the veil sponsors (Mr. Dominador Espinosa III
please join your right hands and express your intention before God and his and Mrs. Christine B. Espinosa) to please come forward and place the veil
church. on the couple.
(The priest addresses the bride) Lord, you have the mantle of faith, trust, and love on Niño and Donah. May
it symbolize the purity of married life. May they be guided by the example
Priest: Donah, do you take Niño here present for your lawful husband of Joseph and Mary’s love for each other and embrace them in your loving
according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the church? care as they journey into their new life as one.
Donah: Yes, I do. May we request the cord sponsors (Ms. Camille Maliper and Mr. Francis
Eduard Alcober) to please come to forward to place the cord on the couple.
Priest: Do you give yourself to him as his wife?
Lord, you have brought Niño and Donah to each other and have truly
Donah: Yes, I do. blessed their union. May this cord symbolize the bond of faithful love and
oneness, both a gift and a shared responsibility. Through your love, may
Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband? their bond of lifelong commitment strengthen with each passing day.
All: “Lord, graciously hear us” Donah: I, Donah, take you Niño to be my husband, to have and to hold from
this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and
Reader: For Niño and Donah, that God may keep their hearts united in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life, until death do us
forever, have the constant support of friends, the rich blessings of children, part.
a warm love reaching out to others, and good health, and that through
God’s grace, they may keep their vows till’ eternal life. Let us pray to the Niño: I, Niño, take you Donah, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this
Lord. day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in
health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life, until death do us
All: “Lord, graciously hear us” part.
Reader: For their parents, that they may be blessed with affection and CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND
attention of all their children and grandchildren. Let us pray to the Lord.
Priest: And I, by the authority of the church calling on those present here as
All: “Lord, graciously hear us” witness, confirm and bless the bond of the marriage which you have
contacted, in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Reader: For their brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, that God will
be forever generous in showering them with all his graces and blessings, All: Amen
Commentator: The principal sponsors may now be seated. THE BIBLE CEREMONY
BLESSINGS AND EXCHANGE OF RINGS AND ARRHAE Commentator: May we request Lyle Joseff Panopio to be assisted by the
best man to come forward for the blessing of the bible.
Commentator: May I request the bearers assisted by the best men to please
come and stand at the right side of the priest. Priest: Let us pray. Bless O Lord this Bible that this word of yours may give
them life and guide them to live according to your truth in Jesus Christ our
Priest: Niño and Donah, we shall now bless your arrhae and rings. Our help Lord.
is in the name of the Lord.
All: Amen
All: He made heaven and earth. PRAYER FOR THE COUPLE
Priest: Bless O Lord, these rings so that your servants Niño and Donah, Niño and Donah: O God our Father, we thank you for leading us to this
with sufficiency of material posessions which these arrhae symbolize so that special day. We believe that you have brought us together in the beginning
they may use them to attain eternal life through Christ our Lord. and nourished our love as it grew. We ask you to stay by our side all these
days of our lives. Protect us from anything, which may harm and hurt this
All: Amen marriage. Give us courage and perseverance when burden comes our way.
and teach us to forgive one another when we fall. Bless us with children
Priest: Bless O Lord, these rings that your servants, Niño and Donah who whom we will lovingly care for. We ask, finally, that you bring us together
wear them may ever live in mutual love and in unbroken loyalty, through to our old age, cherishing and loving each other as deeply as we do now.
Christ our Lord. May we grant this wishes, which we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
All: Amen
Priest: On behalf of everyone here present, who has heard and seen Niño
Priest: Now give these rings to one another. and Donah pledge themselves to each other and to good marriage I give
witness before God, His church, and this community that Niño and Donah
Niño: Donah, wear this ring, as a sign of my love and loyalty. In the name are now married, husband and wife to each other.
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Donah: Niño, wear this ring, as a sign of my love and loyalty. In the name APOSTLE’S CREED
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Commentator: Please stand for the profession of our faith.
Niño: Donah, I give you this arrhae as a pledge of my dedication to your
welfare and that of the children God will give us. In the name of the Father, All: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth and
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. in Jesus Christ, his only son our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified, died
Donah: With thankfulness, I accept them and likewise pledge myself to the and was buried. He descended to the dead and on the third day he rose
well-being and security of our family. again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the
Father Almighty. From then he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the