Introduction

Commentator:
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ.

Dear Family, relatives and friends, today, we are gathered

here to witness the promise of love that unites Andro and
Lucille.

Man and woman becoming one together and forever. There is

a moment in each of our lives when we gain richer meaning
because it is shared with love.

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.

Our Officiating Priest for this mass is

Rev. Fr. Mitch Guadalupe

Bridal Processional March

Principal Sponsors
Secondary sponsors
Grooms men & Bridesmaids
Symbol bearers
Flowergirls
Junior bridesmaids
Maid of honor
Bride with parents
 Introductory Rites

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.

All: And with your spirit.

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.

Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord, and in your

kindness pour out your grace on these your servants
Andro and Lucille 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.

Comm: Please be seated for the Liturgy of the Word.

 Liturgy of the Word
FIRST READING
(Genesis 2:18-24)

Reader: A reading from the Book of Genesis

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.

Reader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

 Responsorial Psalm
(Psalm 128)

Reggie: I will bless the Lord at all times.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

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.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

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.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

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.

All: I will bless the Lord at all times.

SECOND READING
(Corinthians 13:4-13)

Joy: A reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the

Corinthians.

Love is Patient, Kind, without envy. It is not boastful

or arrogant. It is not ill-mannered nor does it seek its
 own interest. Love overcomes anger and forgets
offenses. It does not take delight in wrong, but rejoices
in truth. Love excuses everything. Believes all things,
and endures all things. Love will never end.
Prophecies may cease, tongues be silent and
knowledge disappear. For knowledge grasps
something of the truth and prophecy as well. And
when what is perfect comes, everything imperfect will
pass away.

When I was a child, I thought and reasoned like a

child. But when I grew up, I gave up childish ways.
Likewise, at present we see dimly as in a faulty mirror,
but then it shall be face to face. Now we know in part,
but then I know as I am known. Now we have faith
hope and Love, but the greatest of all of these is love.

Joy: The word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Floyd: Please all stand.

ALLELUIA (sung)
Reader: Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in
him.

ALLELUIA (sung)
 GOSPEL
(Matthew 19:3-6)

Fr. Mitch: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Fr. Mitch: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

Fr. Mitch: Jesus Said: “from the beginning of creation, made

them male and female. For this reason a man shall
leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife
and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no
longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has
joined together, no human being must separate.”

Fr. Mitch: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Comm: Please be seated.

Homily

Rite of Marriage

Floyd: May I request the principal sponsors and the parents

of Andro and Lucille to stand behind them to witness
the rite of marriage..
 Allocution

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.

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

Fr. Mitch: Andro and Lucille, May I now ask you to answer
truthfully the following questions.

Lucille, did you come here of your own free will to

bind yourself for ever in the love and service of your
husband?

Lucille: Yes, Father.

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?

Andro: Yes, Father.

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?

Lucille: Yes, I do.

Fr. Mitch: Do you give yourself to him as his wife?

Lucille: Yes, I do.

Fr. Mitch: Do you accept his as your lawful husband?

Lucille: Yes, I do.

Fr. Mitch: Andro, do you take Lucille here present, for your
lawful wife, according to the rite of our Holy Mother,
the Church?

Andro: Yes, I do.

Fr. Mitch: Do you give yourself to her as her husband?

Andro: Yes, I do.

Fr. Mitch: Do you take her as your lawful wife?

Andro: Yes, I do.

Fr. Mitch: Now, please say Together:

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

Confirmation of Marriage Bond

Fr. Mitch: And I, by the authority of the church, calling on all

those present here as a witness, confirm and bless the
bond of the 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 and the Arrhae

Fr. Mitch: Andro and Lucille, we shall now bless your rings and
arrhae.

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

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.

Fr. Mitch: Now give the rings to each other.

Andro: Lucille, 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. Amen.

Lucille: Andro, wear this ring as a sign of my love and my

loyalty. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Andro: Lucille, I give you these 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. Amen

Lucille: And I accept them.

Fr. Mitch: My dear brothers and sisters, as a gesture of our

acceptance of Andro and Lucille as a new couple in
the Christian community. Let us Give them a round of
applause.
Floyd: Please, all stand for the Prayer of the Faithful. May I
request the principal sponsors to return to their
respective seats.

Prayers of the Faithful

Fr. Mitch: Heavenly Father we have just witnessed the covenant
of marriage between Andro and Lucille.

We know our brokenness and our needs, none of

which can be healed without your divine power and
love. And so, confident with your care and concern,
we pray:

Lord, keep us in your love.

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.

For Andro and Lucille that they may constantly seek

for God‟s Love, peace and guidance and make him the
center of their family, let us pray to the Lord.

May Andro and Lucille find strength in God and in

each other and brace the crosses that might come their
way and may they have the humble heart to accept
their triumphs and offer it to God, let us pray to the
Lord.

That the beauty of this celebration and Love we have

witnessed today, keep us all faithful in Christ‟s love
and make us strive to seek for his mercy and
faithfulness, let us pray to the lord:
Fr. Mitch: Heavenly father, the greatest of your kingdom is the
law of Love unite Andro and Lucille their love for
each other. We ask this through Christ our Lord

All: Amen.

Floyd: Please, be seated for the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Offertory Procession
2 candles
2 flowers
Fruit and breads
Host and wine
Cruets and ciborium

Candle, veil and cord ceremony

(Andro and Lucille to kneel for the lighting of the candle and laying of the
veil and cord)

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Fr. Mitch: 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 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.

All: And with your spirit.

Fr. Mitch: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Fr. Mitch: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.

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.

For in him you have made a new covenant with your

people, so that as you have redeemed man and
woman by the by the mystery of Christ death and
resurrection, so in Christ you might make them
 partakers of divine nature and joint heirs with him of
heavenly Glory.

And so with all the angels and saints, we praise you and
without end we acclaim:

Sanctus

Floyd: Please all kneel.

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:

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 the supper was ended, he took

the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to
his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT,

FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE 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.
Fr. Mitch: The mystery of faith.

All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your

Resurrection until you come again.

Fr. Mitch: 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, Patricio our
Bishop and Vicente our Bishop Emeritus and all the
clergy.
Be mindful also, Lord, of Andro and Lucille, whom
you have brought to their wedding day, so that by
your grace they may abide in mutual love and peace

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 all, we pray, that with the Blessed

Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with St. Joseph, her
spouse, 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, for ever and ever.

All: AMEN

Fr. Mitch: At the Savior‟s command and formed by divine

teaching, we dare to say:

The Lord’s prayer

The Nuptial Blessing

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.

Holy Father who formed man in your image, male

and female you created them, so that as husband and
wife, united in body and heart, they might fulfill their
calling in the world
O God, who, to reveal the great design you formed in
your love, willed that the love of spouses for each
other should foreshadow the covenant you graciously
made with your people, so that, by fulfillment of the
sacramental sign, the mystical marriage of Christ with
his Church might become manifest in the union of
husband and wife among your faithful; Graciously
stretch out your right hand over these your servants
Andro and Lucille, we pray, and pour into their
hearts the power of the Holy Spirit.
 Grant, O Lord, that, as they enter upon this
sacramental union, they may share with one another
the gifts of your love and, by being for each other a
sign of your presence, become one heart and one
mind. May they also sustain, O Lord, by their deeds
the home they are forming and prepare their children
to become members of your heavenly household by
raising them in the way of the Gospel.

Graciously crown with your blessings your daughter

Lucille, so that, by being a good wife and a mother,
she may bring warmth to her home with a love that is
pure and adorn it with welcoming graciousness.
Bestow a heavenly blessing also, O Lord, on Andro,
your servant, that he may be a worthy, good and
faithful husband and a provident father. Grant, holy
Father, that, desiring to approach your table as a
couple joined in Marriage in your presence, they may
one day have the joy of taking part in your great
banquet in heaven. Through Christ our Lord.

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

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All: And with your spirit.

Fr. Mitch: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

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.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my

roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be
healed.

Communion.
Floyd: May we request the cord and veil sponsors to remove
the cord and veil.

Fr. Mitch: Let us pray.

Floyd: Please all stand.

Fr. Mitch: By the power of this sacrifice, O Lord, accompany

with your loving favor what in your providence you
have instituted, so as to make of one heart in love
those you have already joined in this holy union and
replenished with the one bread and the one chalice.
Through Christ our Lord.

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.

Andro, love your wife as Christ loves his Church, and

live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.

Three-fold Blessing
Fr. Mitch: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

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

Fr. Mitch: May you be witnesses in the world to God‟s charity,

so that the afflicted and needy who have known your
kindness may one day receive you thankfully into the
eternal dwelling of God

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.

All: Thanks be to God.

Fr. Mitch: Andro, you may now kiss your wife Lucille.

Let us give the newly married couple a big round of

applause.

Signing of Marriage Contract

Floyd: Please all be seated.