Marriage Ritual Parish of San José

Marriage Ritual

Initial Rites

Priest:
Dear brothers, today we are here to accompany N.
yN., in the celebration of their Marriage in the Lord, may they be
Welcome. The Church, faithful Spouse of Jesus Christ, invites today to these
boyfriends to mean and participate in the Paschal mystery of the Lord, that
God gave his life in love and fidelity for her.
The Holy Spirit, source of life, help these newlyweds from today on to
to mutually and wholeheartedly devote themselves to their marital project
and of paternity. With its grace, the pact will be easier for them to bear.
love that today they sign, remaining united and faithful in joys and
adversities. The same Spirit will help them to discover their
role of collaborators with the children that God wishes to give.
Let us prepare to live this event with faith and deep
joy

Glory: We sing the glory.

Collective prayer:
Let us pray. Listen to our supplications, Lord, pour out your grace upon
these your children who gather by your altar, and make them strong in the
mutual charity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns
with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit and is God for eternity
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Liturgy of the Word

First Reading:
From the Book of Genesis(Gen. 1:26-28, 31)
God said: now let us make man in our image and likeness; that
dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the domestic animals and the
any animal that crawls on the ground.

And God created man in His image; in His image He created him; man and
woman he created them. And God blessed them and said: "Be fruitful and multiply,

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Fill the earth and subdue it; dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky and
to every living thing that moves on the earth." And God saw that all that
What He had created was good. Word of God.

Responsorial Psalm:(From Psalm 127)

Blessed is the one who puts their trust in the Lord

Blessed is the one who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways: You will eat the fruit of
Your work, you will be happy, it will go well for you.
Your wife, like a fruitful vine, in the midst of your house; your children, like
olive sprouts, around your table.
This is the blessing of the man who fears the Lord: That the Lord you
Bless from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem, all the days.
of your life; that you see the children of your children.

Second Reading:(Eph. 5:2, 25-32)

From the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians.

Brothers: live loving, like Christ, who loved us and gave himself for
Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the Church and
he gave himself for her to sanctify her, purifying her with the water and the word, for
he wanted to present her to himself all radiant, without stain or wrinkle
neither anything like it, but holy and immaculate.

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives, as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself, for no one ever hated his own body.
own body, but gives it food and warmth, as Christ does with the Church,
because we are members of his body.
Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife and
they will be one flesh, This is a great mystery, and I refer it to Christ and
to the Church. Word of God.
Acclamation before the Gospel.
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May the Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion.
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Gospel:Matthew 19:3-6
From the holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew

At that time, some Pharisees approached Jesus to put him to the test.
a trap, they asked him: "Is a man allowed to divorce his wife?"
"wife for any reason?"
Jesus answered them, 'Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning...'
he created man and woman, and said: 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,'
to join with his wife, and they will become one flesh? So they are no longer
two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.
man. Word of the Lord.

Liturgy of Marriage
Dear brothers: We are here, beside the altar, so that God
confirm with your grace the will that you have to enter into
Marriage before the minister of the Church and this Christian community
that makes it present. Christ blesses love abundantly.
marriage that you have and he, who consecrated you one day with the
Holy Baptism enriches them today and gives them strength with a
Sacramento peculiar so that they are kept mutual and perpetual
fidelity and may fulfill all the obligations of Marriage.
Therefore, before this assembly, I ask you about your intent.
Scrutiny Before Marriage

N., y N., have you come here to marry of your own free will and accord?
willpower without anything or anyone pressuring them?
Yes, I come freely.
Are you willing to be faithful to each other in Marriage,
throughout life?
Yes, I am willing.
Are you willing to receive from God responsibly and
lovingly the children, and to educate them according to the law of Christ and of his
Church?
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Consent
Therefore, since you want to establish the holy alliance among yourselves
of the Marriage, join their hands, and express their consent before
God and His Church.
The couple, facing each other, join their hands.
The Groom: I, N., take you, N., as my wife and I commit myself to you and promise
be faithful in joys and in sorrows, in health and in
illness, and thus love you and respect you every day of my life
The Bride: I, N., accept you, N., as my husband and promise to be faithful to you in the
joys and in the sorrows, in health and in sickness, and thus to love you and
to respect you every day of my life.
Confirmation of Consent
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God who
union of our first parents in paradise confirmed this
mutual consent before the Church and, in Christ, grant them his
blessing, so that what God has joined, let no one separate it
man.
V. Let us praise the Lord.
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Blessing and Delivery of the Rings Separately

Priest: Send, Lord, your blessing upon these rings that we bless†
in your name, so that those who are going to carry them keep themselves safe
absolute fidelity, enjoy the peace that comes from fulfilling your will and
always live loving each other. Through Jesus Christ Our
Mr. R. Amen
The Husband: N., receive this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity to you. In the
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

The Wife: N., receive this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity to you. In the
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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Blessing and handing over of the wedding coins

Priest: Bless †, Lord, these tokens, which N. and N. give, and pour out
about them the abundance of your goods.
The Husband: N., also receives these tokens as a pledge of the blessing of
God and of the care I will take to ensure that nothing necessary is lacking in
our home.
The Wife: N., I receive them as a token of God's blessing and as a sign
of the goods that we are going to share.

Delivery of the Holy Bible

Receive this book of the Holy Scripture, which contains the Word of
God. May this Word be a source of light and life on the path that
today they embark as Christian spouses.
Prayer of the faithful
Let us pray, brothers, for the needs of the holy Church and of all
the world, and let us especially commend our brothers N.
yN., who have just joyfully celebrated their Marriage.

After each request we will respond:

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May God grant N. and N. health and peace, work and joy.
Let us pray to the Lord.
So that, supported by divine strength, you make your house a home.
welcoming. True domestic Church. Let us pray to the Lord.
So that, while living in the intimacy of their home, they are not insensitive to the
needs and sufferings of the great human family.
Let us pray to the Lord.
In order for them to be responsible parents and know how to educate their children in the
uprightness of character and in the integrity of faith.
Let us pray to the Lord.
So that N.'s and N.'s parents can rejoice at witnessing the marriage.
of their children and see in him the crowning of their efforts for
Teach them. Let us pray to the Lord.

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So that all the family and friends of the newlyweds, who...

they have already preceded in the eternal dwelling, may they enjoy endless happiness in
company of the saints. Let us pray to the Lord.
So that all of humanity may be increasingly intense every day.
place of peaceful and cordial coexistence, and for the Church of Jesus Christ
becoming an increasingly cohesive community of faith, prayer, and fraternal charity.
Let us pray to the Lord

Listen, Father of goodness, to our prayer and grant to your servants,

who trust in you, to obtain the gifts of your grace, to preserve the
love in unity and come with your offspring, after this
life, to the eternal kingdom. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

I believe
Eucharistic Liturgy
Sentence about the offerings
Receive in your goodness, Lord, the gifts that we present to you with
joy, and keep in loving Fatherly care those whom you have united in covenant
sacramental. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Preface
The Lord be with you.
R.Y with your spirit.
Let's raise our hearts.
We have it raised to the Lord.
We give thanks to the Lord, our God.
It is fair and necessary.

It is truly just and necessary, it is our duty and salvation to give you
thank you always and everywhere, Lord, holy Father, God
almighty and eternal.
That with the gentle yoke of love and the indissoluble bond of unity,
you made the marriage alliance stronger, so that the children of
your adoption by the honest fertility of the spouses.

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Your providence, Lord, and your love arranged it so in such a way

admirable, that birth fills the earth and the dawn increases your
Church, for Christ, our Lord. Therefore, with the angels and the
saints, we sing without ceasing the hymn of your glory:

Eucharistic Prayer
Accept, Lord, in your goodness, this offering from your servants, from the new ones.
spouses N., and N., and all your holy family, who today intercedes for them;
and since you have granted them to reach the day of the wedding, grant them also
the joy of a longed-for offspring and a long life. Through Christ, our
Mr. R. Amen.
Our Father
Wedding Blessing
The spouses kneel.
The Bow:

You, as Christian spouses, are already united to

always. At this moment when the holy Mother Church is going to
to solemnly implore God's blessing upon you, it is leaving you
to put on the bow, symbol of the indissoluble unity that, through love and
the mutual giving, they must live every day of their lives.
Brothers, let us humbly pray to God, our Father, that
pour out the grace of your blessing upon these your children N. and N.
who have just entered into Marriage in Christ, and to those whom He united in
holy alliance, (through the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
that they will receive,) may keep them persevering in the same love.

Everyone prays in silence for a brief moment. Then the priest,

with hands extended over the spouses, continues:
Our God, you who with your power made everything out of nothing and, since
the principles of creation, you shaped man and woman
image and likeness, and you constituted each one as help and
inseparable company of each other, so that they were not two beings
except one only, teaching us that it is never lawful to separate what you
you managed to unite;

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Our God, you who with a wonderful design consecrated the

marital union to prefigure the union of Christ and of the
Church
Our God, you who have desired the union of man and woman and
has blessed this community, established from the beginning, with
the only blessing that was not abolished even by the penalty of sin
original, nor by the punishment of the flood;

Look kindly upon these your children who are united in Marriage.
they want your blessing to accompany them.

Send them the grace of the Holy Spirit so that your love,
poured into their hearts, makes them remain faithful to your covenant
conjugal.
Grant your daughter N. the gift of love and peace, may she always follow it.
example of the holy women, whose praise is proclaimed by scripture.
That the heart of her husband trusts in her and that he recognizes her
as a companion of equal dignity and co-heir of life of the
thank you, I respected her duly and always loved her with the love with which
Christ loved his Church.
And now, Lord, we beseech you that these your children may remain
linked to faith and your commandments and that, faithful to a single love, they be
exemplary for the integrity of their customs; that, strengthened
with the Gospel, be witnesses of Christ before all; 'be
fruitful in children, untarnished parents, both see their offspring of their
"children" and, after a happy old age, attain happiness of
the just in the kingdom of heaven. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Prayer after Communion

God and our Father, through this sacrifice of salvation, protect with your
provision to the new family that you have established and unify in the same
heart to those whom you have united in a holy alliance and have nourished with the same
bread and one and the same chalice. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Rite of Conclusion:

The Lord be with you.

R.Y with your spirit.

N., yN,. May the eternal Father keep them united in love, for
May the peace of Christ dwell in you and remain in your home.
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May they have a blessing in children, a comfort in friends, and

in dealing with everyone, a true peace. [Link].

To be witnesses of God's love in the world, so that the poor

the afflicted, having found in you help and comfort,
receive with gratitude someday in the eternal house of the Father. R. Amen

And may He bless all of you present here. God

Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen