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Commentator:
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
For Andro and Lucille, This Moment has come. Through the
joyous feast of love which we are about to celebrate, let us, as
witnesses and as a whole Christian Community, Pray for
Andro and Lucille that they may be filled with God‟s
abundant graces as they start their new life together.
Fr. Mitch: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Fr. Mitch: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of the
God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.
Fr. Mitch: God is Love and has in some mysterious way, drawn
you, Andro and Lucille together in Love, but he
leaves you free to make that love grow or to let it
wither and die. The Lord will help you, Andro and
Lucille to forge a future for your love, if you do your
share, when you stand to the commitment to love and
honor one another in good times and bad, in poverty
and in plenty, in sickness and in health, for better and
for worse, in the covenant which you are about to seal.
Insert it into that other covenant which we celebrate in
each celebration of the Mass
Gloria
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise
you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we
give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God,
heavenly King, O God, Almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God,
Lamb of God,
Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the
world,
have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the
world, receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have
mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the
Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the
Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Collect
Fr. Mitch: Let us pray.
All: Amen.
Then the Lord God said: “It is not good for the man to
be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.” So
the Lord God formed out of the ground various wild
animals and various birds of the air, and he brought
them to the man to see what he would call the;
whatever the man called each of them would be its
name. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the
birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none
proved to be suitable partner for the man. So the Lord
God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was
asleep, he took one of his ribs and close up its place
with flesh. The Lord God then built into a woman the
rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought
her to the man, the man said: “This one, at last, is bone
of my bones and flesh from my flesh; this one shall be
called „woman,‟ for out of „her man‟ this one has been
taken.” That is why a man leaves his father and
mother and clings to his wife and the two of them
become one body.
Reggie: I will bless the Lord t all times; his praise shall be ever
in my mouth. Let my soul glory on the Lord; the lowly
will hear me and be glad.
Reggie: Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his
name. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and
delivered me from all my fears.
Reader: Look to him that you may be radiant with joy and
your faces may no blush with shame. When the pour
one called out, , the Lord heard, and from all his
distress he saved him.
SECOND READING
(Corinthians 13:4-13)
ALLELUIA (sung)
Reader: Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in
him.
ALLELUIA (sung)
GOSPEL
(Matthew 19:3-6)
Homily
Rite of Marriage
Fr. Mitch: Dearly beloved Andro and Lucille, you are here today
to seal your love with 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 carry out the duties of married
state.
Scrutiny
Fr. Mitch: Andro and Lucille, May I now ask you to answer
truthfully the following questions.
Fr. Mitch: Andro, did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself for ever in the love and service of your
wife?
Fr. Mitch: Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the
children whom God will give you?
Exchange of Consent
Fr. Mitch: Andro and Lucille, since you wish to contract Holy
Matrimony, please Join you right hands and express
your intention before God and his Church.
Fr. Mitch: Lucille, do you take Andro here present, for your
lawful husband, according to the rite of our Holy
Mother, the Church?
Fr. Mitch: Andro, do you take Lucille here present, for your
lawful wife, according to the rite of our Holy Mother,
the Church?
All: Amen.
Fr. Mitch: Andro and Lucille, we shall now bless your rings and
arrhae.
Fr. Mitch: Let us pray, Bless, O Lord, these rings, so that your
servants Andro and Lucille, who wear them, may
ever live in mutual love and in unbroken loyalty.
Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Fr. Mitch: Let us pray, Bless, O Lord, your servants Andro and
Lucille with sufficiency of material possessions, which
these arrhae symbolize, so that they may use them to
attain eternal life. We ask this through Christ our
Lord.
All: Amen.
Joy: For your people, your church, that she may always be
the source of light and strength for the married
couples in their midst, let us pray to the lord.
All: Amen.
Offertory Procession
2 candles
2 flowers
Fruit and breads
Host and wine
Cruets and ciborium
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands, for
the praise and the glory of His name, for our good,
and the good of all His holy church.
Prayer over the Offerings
Fr. Mitch: Receive, we pray, O Lord, the offering made on the
occasion of the sealing of the sacred bond of Marriage
between Andro and Lucille and, just as your
goodness is its origin, may your providence guide its
course. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Preface
Fr. Mitch: The Lord be with you.
Fr. Mitch: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord,
Holy Father, almighty and ever living God through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
And so with all the angels and saints, we praise you and
without end we acclaim:
Sanctus
Fr. Mitch: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, The fount of all
holiness. Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by
sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
so that they may become for us the Body and + Blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he was betrayed
and entered willingly into his Passion, he took bread
and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his
disciples, saying:
All: AMEN
Fr. Mitch: Let us pray to the lord for Andro and Lucille who
come to the altar as they begin their married life, that
partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ they may
always be found together by love for one another.
Fr. Mitch: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “peace U
Leave you, My Peace I give you; look not on our sins
but on the faith of your church and graciously grant
peace and unity in accordance with your will who live
and rein for ever and ever
Lamb of God
Floyd: Please all kneel.
Invitation to Communion
Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away
the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the
supper of the Lamb.
Communion.
Floyd: May we request the cord and veil sponsors to remove
the cord and veil.
People: Amen.
Admonition
Fr. Mitch: Andro and Lucille, now that you have received the
Sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to remain
faithful to each other.
Lucille, love your husband and be a good housewife;
persevere in faith, love and in holiness.
Three-fold Blessing
Fr. Mitch: The Lord be with you.
Fr. Mitch: Bow your heads and pray for God‟s blessing. May
God the eternal father keep you of one heart in love
for one another, and that the peace of Christ may
dwell in you and abide always in your home.
All: Amen.
Fr. Mitch: May you be blessed with your children, have solace in
your friends and enjoy true peace with everyone.
All: Amen
All: Amen
Fr. Mitch: And may Almighty God bless all of you, who are
gathered here, the Father, and the Son, † and the Holy
Spirit.
All: Amen.
Dismissal
Fr. Mitch: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
Fr. Mitch: Andro, you may now kiss your wife Lucille.