GREETINGS When we reach lifes greatest crossroads, the choice of the decision we make must be done with much

faith and love. My dear friends, ARNEL & KAREN have approached these crossroads already with a lot of faith and a deeply nurtured friendship and love. Let us then offer our thanks to God for having led them together in this love. Let us pray that He may bless and consecrate their commitment to each other and that ARNEL & KAREN may freely and lovingly take upon them the task the Lord has entrusted to them, to live for each other and their future children, their family, their relatives and friends on their road through life to God. Let this day be memorable for all of us for the Lord have given us the blessing in witnessing this. EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION OF NUPTIAL VOWS Processional Gentlemen march with ladies at their left EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION

Introductory Rites Choir : i Will Sing Forever (To Be Sung) Commentator: While the choir sing candle sponsors will now come forward to light the two candles. Priest :In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All :Amen. Priest :May the grace and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you always. All : And also with you. Priest : Glory to God in the highest.. All : Glory to God in the highest....(to be sung) Priest :Let us pray. Almighty God, hear our prayers for ARNEL & KAREN who have come here today to be united in the Sacrament of Marriage. Increase their faith in You and each other, and through them bless Your Church (with Christian children). We ask this through Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.

All :Amen. Commentator : Everyone sit down for the First Reading. Liturgy of the Word First Reading Reader :A reading from the Song of Songs: Hark! My lover! Here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Here he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattices. My lover speaks. He says to me, Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one and come! O my love in the clefts of the rocks, in the secret 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 in your heart, as a seal on your arm. For storm as death is love, relentless as the netherworld as devotion, its flames are a blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench love nor flood sweep it away. This is the Word of the Lord.

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:Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Reader :Let our response be: I will bless the Lord at all times. (Please repeat). All :I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader :I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul will glorify in the Lord that the poor may hear and be glad. All :I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader :Glorify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. All :I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader :Look to God that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the afflicted man called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress He saved him. All :I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES Reader :The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them. Taste and see

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how good the Lord is, happy the man who takes refuge in Him. :I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES

Second Reading Reader :A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians. Set your hearts on the greater gifts. I will show you the way which surpasses all the others. If I speak with human tongues and angelic as well, but do not have love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and with full knowledge, comprehend all mysteries, if I have faith great enough to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing. If I give everything I have to feed the poor and hand over my body to be burned, but have not loved, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not put on sins, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not selfseeking, it is not prone to anger, and neither does it brood over injuries. Love does not rejoice in what is wrong, but rejoices with the truth. There is no limit

to loves forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure. Love never fails. This is the Word of the Lord. All :Thanks be to God. Commentator: Please rise to honor the Holy Gospel. The Gospel Choir : Alleluia, Alleluia (To Be Sung) Priest :The Lord be with you! All :And also with you! Priest :A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. All :Glory to You, Lord Jesus Christ! Priest :Jesus said to His disciples, As the father has loved me, so I have loved you. Live on with my love. You will live in my love if you keep my commandments, even as I have kept my Fathers commandments and live in His love. All this I tell you so that my joy maybe yours and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. This is the Gospel of the Lord.

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:Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ!

Commentator: Everyone sits down while priest makes his Homily Homily RITES OF MARRIAGE: Allocution Commentator : All Principal Sponsors please come forward. All the rest will remain seated. Priest :Dearly beloved ARNEL & KAREN , 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 to carry out the duties of marriage state. And you, dear brothers and sisters, may I ask you to help them with your prayers and accept them as a new couple in our Christian Community. Scrutiny Priest :ARNEL & KAREN , may I now ask you to answer truthfully the following questions. KAREN, did you come here today in your

own free will to bind yourself forever in love and service of your husband? Karen :Yes, Father. Priest :ARNEL, did you come here today in your own free will to bind yourself forever in love and service of your wife? Arnel :Yes, Father. Priest :Are you ready to raise as good Christians the children whom God will give you? ARNEL & KAREN : Yes, Father. Exchange of Consent Priest :ARNEL & KAREN since you wish to contract Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and express your intention before God and His Church. Priest :KAREN, do you take ARNEL here present to be your lawful husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church? kAREN :Yes, I do. Priest :Do you give yourself to him as his wife? kAREN :Yes, I do. Priest :ARNEL, do you take KAREN here present to be your lawful wife according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church? ARNEL :Yes, I do.

Priest :Do you give yourself to her as her husband? ARNEL :Yes, I do Priest :Now please say together. ARNEL & KAREN : Grant us, O Lord, to be one heart and one soul from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.

Confirmation of the 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 Arrhae and Rings Commentator: Ring, Coin and Bible bearers will now come forward which will be assisted by the Best Man and Maid of Honor and please stand at the right side of the priest. Priest :ARNEL & KAREN we shall now bless your

arrhae and ring. Our help is in the need of the Lord. All :Who made heaven an earth. Let us pray. Bless O Lord Your servants ARNEL & KAREN with sufficiency of material possessions which these arrhae symbolize so that they may use them to attain eternal life through Christ Our Lord. All :Amen. Priest :Bless, O Lord, these rings so that Your servants, ARNEL & KAREN who will wear them may live in mutual love and unbroken loyalty through Christ Our Lord. All :Amen. Ring, Coin and Bible Bearers will return to their seats. The Best Man will take hold of the rings and take his place on the grooms side. The Maid of Honor will also take hold of the coins and take her place on the brides side. Giving of the Wedding Rings and the Arrhae Priest takes the rings from the Best Man and gives it to ARNEL & KAREN Priest :Now give this ring to one another and say after me:

ARNEL :KAREN, wear this ring as a sign of my love and loyalty in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. KAREN :ARNEL, wear this ring as a sign of my love and loyalty in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Priest takes the arrhae, from the Maid of Honor and gives it to Arnel. ARNEL :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. Commentator: The Veil Sponsors will then come forward to drape a white veil over the shoulders of the groom and over the head of the bride. The Cord Sponsors will then put the cord over the shoulders of the bride and groom. Bride and groom will remain kneeling until after Communion. Everyone stands for the Prayers of the Faithful

Prayers of the Faithful Priest :Dearly beloved, let us now pray for the church and for our newly wedded couple whose marriage reflect their union with Christ, Let our response be, GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader :For the Holy Church spread over the world, for its leaders and for the rulers of our nation. Let us pray to the Lord! All :GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader :For the poor and the sick and all those in trial and afflictions. Let us pray to the Lord! All :GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader :For ARNEL & KAREN that they may keep their hearts united forever and all married couples. Let us pray to the Lord! All :GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader :That He may stir up the grace of the sacrament in all the married couples here present. Let us pray to the Lord! All :GRACIOUS GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS! Reader :Almighty,

Eternal God, look down with favor upon your servants. Grant them to remain faithful to You and to one another. At the end of a long well spent life, reward them with eternal happiness together with all those who love them. This we ask through Christ our Lord. All : Amen. Commentator: The veil and cord sponsors will now come forward to take it off. Nuptial Blessing Priest :My dear friends let us ask God for His continued blessing upon ARNEL & KAREN 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

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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. :Amen.

Offertory Choir :One More Gift, Take and Receive (To Be Sung) Commentator: Please sit down and the persons who will offer the candles, flowers, fruits, bread and wine will now proceed to bring in these gifts to the altar. Liturgy of the Eucharist Priest :Blessed are You, Lord, God of all creation. Through Your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life. All :Blessed be God forever! Priest :By the mystery of the water and wine, may we come to share on the divinity of

Christ who humbled Himself to share in our humanity. Priest :Blessed are You, Lord of all creation. Through Your goodness we have this wine to offer, 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 asked You to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer You with humble and contrite hearts. Priest :Pray my bothers and sisters that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father. All :May the Lord accepts this sacrifice from your hands, for the praise and glory of His name, for our good and the good of all His Church. Priest :Lord, hear our prayers and accept the gifts we offer for ARNEL & KAREN . Today, You have made them one in the sacrament of marriage. May the mysteries of Christs unselfish love, which we celebrate in this Eucharist. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. All :Amen. Priest :The Lord be with you!

All :And also with you! 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 to give Him thanks and praise. Priest :Father, all powerful and ever living God, we do will always and everywhere give You thanks. By this Sacrament, Your grace unifies man and woman in an unbreakable bond of love and peace. You have designed the chaste love of husband and wife for the increase of the human family and of Your family born in baptism. You are the loving Father of the world of nature. You are the loving Father of the new creation of grace. In Christian marriage You bring together the two orders of creation, natures gift of children enriches the world and Your grace also enriches the Church. Through Christ, the choir of angels and all the Saints praise and worship Your glory. May our voices blend with theirs as we join in their unending hymn. Choir :Holy, Holy (To Be Sung)

Eucharistic Prayer II Priest :Lord, You are Holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness. Let Your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Before He was given up to death, the death He freely accepted, He took the bread and give You thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to His disciples and said: TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND EAT IT. THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR 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 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 FORGIVEN. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. Priest :Let us proclaim the Mystery of Faith. Choir :Christ has died, Christ has risen, and Christ will come again. (to be sung)

Priest :In memory of His death and resurrection, we offer You, Father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank You for counting us worthy to stand in Your presence and serve You. May all of us who share in the Body and Blood of Christ, be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit. Lord, remember Your Church throughout the world, make us grow in love together with Benedict, our Pope, Antonio, our bishop and all our clergy. Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. Bring them and all the departed into the light of Your presence. Have mercy on us all. Make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, with the Apostles and with all the Saints who have done Your will throughput the ages. May we praise You in union with them and give You glory through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Priest :Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is Yours Almighty Father, forever and ever.

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:Amen.

Communion Rites Priest :Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave us. All :(To be sung with both hands raised) Our Father who art in Heaven, Holy be Thy name. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Sign of peace Priest :Lord, Jesus Christ You said to Your Apostles: I leave you peace, My peace I give you. Look not in our sins but on the faith of Your Church and grant us peace and unity of Your Kingdom where You live forever and ever. All :Amen. Priest :The peace of the Lord be with you always. All :And also with you.

Priest :Let us offer each other a sign of peace. All :Peace be with you! Priest :May the mingling of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to those who receive it. Choir :Lamb of God (To Be Sung) Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, Grant us peace. Breaking of the Bread Priest :Lord Jesus Christ, with faith in Your love and mercy, I eat Your Body and drink Your Blood. Let it not bring me condemnation but health in mind and body. This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to His supper. All :Lord I am not worthy to receive You but only say the word and I shall be healed. Priest :May the Body and Blood of Christ bring us to everlasting life. All :Amen.

Holy Communion Choir :Anima Christi & Pagsibol(To Be Sung) While the Choir sings the communion hymns, the priest gives communion to the newly weds and then gives communion to everyone. Prayer after the Communion Priest :Let us pray. Almighty God may the sacrifice we have offered and the Eucharist we have shared strengthen the love of ARNEL & KAREN and give us all Your fatherly aid. All :Amen. Solemn Blessing Priest :May the Lord Jesus who was a guest at the wedding in Cana bless you and your families and friends. All :Amen. Priest :May Jesus who loved His Church to the end, always fill your hearts with His love. All :Amen. Priest :May He grant that as you believe in His resurrection, so you may wait for Him in joy and hope. All :Amen. Priest :May the Almighty Father bless you all,

the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. All :Amen. Priest :The mass has been offered. Go in peace and serve the Lord. All :Thanks be to God. Choir :I Will Forever (To Be Sung) Signing Of Marriage Contract This special affair will always be remembered in our whole life not only because it has consummated our wishes of being one, but most especially because of your presence. Thank you for sharing this special moment with us! -ARNEL & KAREN-