Mass Guide for Wedding

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONOF

NUPTIAL VOWS

FOR

LINO LIGANAND

MIRAFLOR MAGNO

May 10, 2014 @ 9:00 AMOur Lady of Assumption Shrine Parish

Poblacion, Dauis, Bohol

Order of Processional

Bestman

LINO with Parents

Principal Sponsors

Secondary Sponsor

Symbol Bearers (Ring, Arrhae & Bible)

Flower Girls

Groomsmen & Bridesmaids

Maid of Honor

MIRAFLOR with Parents

THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION

INTRODUCTORY RITES

Commentator: My dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ, Good Morning! We are all gathered here as Christ’s people, to witness and celebrate the Sacrament of Matrimony of Lino & Miraflor as they unfold their lives to a new beginning. Let us offer our thanks to God for having led them together in their love. We ask too for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary that she may bless and grant them the grace to follow the example of the Holy Family.

Let us therefore, rejoice as we praise and thank God for their love. For on this special day, two lives unfold into one, human love made divine.

Let us welcome each other and prepare as we begin this celebration.

PROCESSIONAL

Choir: Entrance Song (Processional)

Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Dearly beloved Lino and Miraflor , truly it is God wanted this day, who prepared it and made it come true. For God is love and in some mysterious ways drawn you together in love. But He leaves you free to make that love grow. The Lord will help you forge a blessed and happy future, if you work together towards

creating an atmosphere of care, consideration and respect, if you are willing to face together the tensions and anxieties that are part of life, and if you diligently do your responsibilities as husband and wife and hopefully as father and mother.

Lino and Miraflor , we are gathered around you to thank God for this special day of your union. We also pray that God will continue to bless and keep you in His Love for better and for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do you part.

Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins and to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. (Reflection in Silence)

PENITENTIAL RITE

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. (Striking the breast)Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore, I ask the Blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the Angels and Saints and you my brothers and Sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to Everlasting Life.

All: Amen.

Choir/All: Kyrie

OPENING PRAYER

Priest: Let us pray,Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord and in your kindness pour out your grace on these your servants, Lino and Miraflor that coming together before your altar, they may be confirmed in love for one another. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.

All: Amen.

Commentator: Please be seated.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING

Reader: A Reading from the Book of Genesis (Gen. 2:18-24)

Then the Lord God said “It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him.” So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and that is how they all got their names, so the man named all the animals but not one of them was suitable companion to help him. Then the Lord God made the man fall into deep sleep and while he was sleeping, He took out one of the rib and brought her to him. Then the man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife and they become one.The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Psalmist: How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Mighty God, Lord of All (Please Repeat)

All: How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Mighty God, Lord of All

Psalmist: 1. Even the lowly sparrow finds a home for her brood and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay here young in your altars my king and my God (Response)

2. Blessed are they whose dwelling is Your own Lord of peace, Blest are they refreshed by springs and by rain when dryness daunts and scathes behold my shield my King and my God (Response)

3. I would forsake a thousand other days anywhere if I could spend one day in Your courts belong to you alone, My Glory, My King and My God!(Response)

SECOND READING

Reader: A reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (Cor. 13:4-8, 13)Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil; but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope and patience never fail. Love is eternal. There are inspired messages but they are temporary, there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease, there is knowledge but it will pass. Meanwhile these remains, Faith, Hope and Love and the greatest of these is Love.

The Word of the Lord.


Commentator: Please stand to honor the Holy Gospel.

GOSPEL

Choir/All: Allelluia, Allelluia

Priest: The Lord be with you.


Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (Mt. 9:3-6)

Priest: Some Pharisees came to Him to trap Him by asking, “Does our Law allow man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?” Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read the scripture that in the beginning the creator made man and woman.” And God said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and live with his wife and the two will become one. Man must not separate, then, what God has joined together.

The Gospel of our Lord.

All: Praise to you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentator: Please be seated for the homily.

HOMILY

RITE OF MARRIAGE

Commentator: The congregation is requested to remain seated for the marriage rites. The Parents of Lino and

Miraflor is requested to stand and also the Principal Sponsor as they pledge their love in the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony.

Priest: Dearly beloved, Lino and Miraflor , you are here today to seal your love in an eternal bond before the Church. I assure you of the prayers of our community that God may pour his abundant blessings on your love and help you to carry out the duties of the married state and you, dear brothers and sisters, may I ask you to help them in your prayers and accept them as a new couple in our Christian Community.

SCRUTINY/STATEMENT OF INTENTIONS

Priest: Lino and Miraflor, May I ask you to please answer truthfully the following questions:Miraflor, did you come here of your own free will to bind yourself forever in love and service of your husband?

Miraflor: Yes Father.

Priest: Lino, did you come here of your own free will to bind yourself forever in love and service of your wife?

Lino: Yes Father.

Priest: Lino and Miraflor, are you both ready to raise as good Catholic Christian the children whom God will give you?

Lino & Miraflor: Yes Father.

EXCHANGE OF CONSENT

Priest: Lino and Miraflor, since you wish to contract Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and express your intentions before God and His Church.

Miraflor, do you take Lino here present to be your lawful husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church?

Miraflor: Yes, I do.

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


Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?


Priest: Lino, do you take Miraflor here present to be your lawful wife according to the rite or our Holy Mother, the Church?

Lino: Yes, I do.

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

Lino: Yes, I do.

Priest: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?

Lino: Yes, I do.

Priest: Now, please say together the prayer of commitment to each other and repeat after me.

Lino & Miraflor:

Grant Us, O Lord/ to be one heart and one soul/ from this day forward,/for better and for worse/for richer and for poorer/in sickness and in health/ until death do us part.

CONFIRMATION OF MARRIAGE BOND

Priest: And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on all those present here as witnesses, confirm and bless the bond of marriage which you have contracted. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

BLESSING OF THE RINGS, ARRHAE AND BIBLE

Commentator: Parents and Principal Sponsors of the couple please take your seats. Best Man and Maid of Honor please assist the bearers to come forward.

Priest: Lino and Miraflor, we shall now bless your arrhae, rings and Bible. Our help is in the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

Priest: Let us pray.Bless O Lord your children Lino and Miraflor, with sufficiency and material possessions which these arrhae symbolize so that they may use them to attain eternal life. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Priest: Lord, bless these rings so that your children, who wear them may ever life in mutual love and unbroken loyalty. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Priest: Lord, bless this bible so that your servants, may be nourished and guided by Your Word as they live out their married life. By your grace, strengthen them to do your will so that they may always love together in joy and peace in your presence. This we ask through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

GIVING OF THE RINGS, ARRHAE AND BIBLE

Priest: Now give these to each other.

Lino: Miraflor, wear this ring as a sign of my love and loyalty for all the years to come. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Miraflor: Lino, wear this ring as a sign of my love and loyalty for all the years to come. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Lino: Miraflor, I give you these arrhae as a pledge of my dedication and constant concern for your welfare and that of the children God may, in His goodness, give us. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Miraflor: And I accept them.

Priest: Lino and Miraflor, I give you this Bible as an instrument of God’s word and life. Let it guide and nourish you in your relationship with God and in rearing the children that God will give as good Christians for the glory of God.

Commentator: Please stand for the prayers of the faithful.

Priest: Dear brothers and sisters let us humbly implore God’s blessings on Lino and Miraflor and their future. He bestowed upon them the Sacrament of Matrimony, may He also graciously be forever at their side with His help. For every intention let our response be “Lord, Hear our Prayer”

Petitioner: 1. In thanksgiving for Lino and Miraflor, parents who have taught them how to love and who assure them of their approval of this marriage and accept them as members of their family. Let us pray to the Lord.

2. For each of you who are present here today, that you will always be a source of support and encourage Lino and Miraflor by the gift of your lasting friendship and continued prayers. Let us pray to the Lord.

3. For all committed couples, that they may continue to give, be able to forgive and find happiness deepening with each passing day. Let us pray to the Lord.

4. For Lino and Miraflor, now beginning their life together that they may have divine assistance at every moment, the constant support of friends, the rich blessing of children, a warm love reaching out to others and a lifetime of health and happiness. Let us pray to the Lord.

5. For our relatives and friends who are here with us today and for those who have gone before us, we remember them I a special way our friends and family who could not join us today. May we cherish every moment we have together and always be thankful for God’s gifts all our lives. Let us pray to the Lord.

Priest: Almighty and Eternal God, look down with favor upon your servants Lino and Miraflor. Grant them to remain faithful to you and to one another. May their desire for oneness be continued source of life and love. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Commentator: Please be seated for the offertory.

OFFERTORY

Choir: Offertory Song

Priest: 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.

Priest: 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 our human hands it will become our spiritual drink.

All: Blessed be God forever.

Priest: Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer you with humble and contrite hearts. Lord away my iniquity and cleanse me from my sins.

Commentator: Please stand.

Priest: 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.

Priest: Lord, with Easter joy we offer you the sacrifice by which your Church is reborn and nourished, through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER



Priest: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

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

All: It is right and just.

Priest: Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We praise you with greater joy than ever on this Easter Day on this Easter Season when Christ became our paschal sacrifice.

He is the true lamb who took away the sins of the world by dying he destroyed our death by rising he restored our life.

And so, with all the choirs of angels in heaven we proclaim your glory and join in their unending hymn of praise:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts……

Choir/All: SANCTUS

Commentator: Please Kneel.

Commentator: May I request the Candle Sponsors to please light the nuptial candle of Lino and Miraflor to be followed by the draping of the Veil and Chord.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Priest: Lord, you are indeed holy, the fountain 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 the 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 similar way, when supper was ended He took the chalice and once more giving thanks and He gave it to His disciples saying: TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND DRINK FROM IT FOR THIS IS THE CJALICE 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.

The Mystery of Faith.

Choir/All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will 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 Leonardo 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, 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

Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

THE LORD’S PRAYER: Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, Your kingdom come….

Priest: Deliver us, Lord we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of our mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours, now and Forever.

NUPTIAL BLESSINGS

Priest: My dear friends, let us ask God for his continued blessing upon LINO & MIRAFLOR:

Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of man and woman, in your likeness, source of blessing for married life, we humbly pray to You for this man and woman who today are united in the sacrament of marriage.May Your fullest blessing come upon them so that they may together rejoice in Your gifts of married love and enrich Your Church with their children. Lord, may they both praise You when they are happy and turn to You in their sorrows. May they be glad that You help in their work and know that You are with them in their needs. May they pray to You in the community of the Church and be Your witnesses in the world. May they reach old age in the company of their friends and come at last in the kingdom of heaven. We ask this through Christ, Our Lord.

All: Amen.THE SIGN OF PEACE

Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to Your Apostles, “Peace I leave you, my peace I give you.” Look not on our sins but on the faith of Your Church and graciously grant us peace and unity in accordance with your will, who live and reign with you forever and ever.

All: Amen.

Priest: May the peace of the Lord, be with you always.

All: and with your Spirit.

Priest: Let us give each other the sign of peace.

Choir/All: Lamb of God

Commentator: Please kneel.

Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world, blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

HOLY COMMUNION

Choir: Communion Song.(Right after the couple received the Communion, the veil and the cord are removed)

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION


Priest: Let us pray.Father of Love, watch over your Church and bring us to glory of the resurrection promised by this Easter sacrament.

All: Amen.

Priest: Lino & Miraflor, now that you have received the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony, I exhort you to remain faithful in love for each other. Lino, love Miraflor your wife as Christ loves His Church and be faithful to her in the love of the Lord. Miraflor, assist Lino, your husband and be a good wife, persevere in faith, love and holiness.

THE SEVEN-FOLD BLESSINGS



Priest: Please bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing. Lino & Miraflor, may the Lord bless you by the word

of His mouth and unite your hearts in an enduring bond of pure and faithful love.

All: Amen.

Priest: May you be blessed with children, and may the love that You lavish on them be returned a hundredfold.

All: Amen.

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 sorrow.

All: Amen.

Priest: May you be ready to help those who come to you in need and may the blessing promised to the compassionate descend in abundance in your home.

All: Amen.

Priest: May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its fruits. May cares never cause you distress, nor the desire for earthly possessions lead you astray but may your hearts concern be always for the treasures laid up for you in the life of heaven.

All: Amen.

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 Kingdom on earth, may He take you up into His eternal dominion in heaven.

All: Amen.

Priest: And may the Almighty God bless you all, the Father, the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: The mass has been offered, go in peace to serve and love the Lord.


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