The Matrimonial Rites

Of

Chesney
&
Jamae
Father, You have made the bond of marriage
a Holy Mystery. May You bless us as we
exchange our vows today, with faith in You
and in each other. We pray for each and
everyone who are gathered today
for them to always be there to support and
help us through the many years of our married
life.
Final Blessing ENTRANCE RITE

Priest: The Lord be with you. INTRODUCTION

Commentator: Christian marriage is a union of two baptized
People: And with your Spirit. persons, who give themselves freely to each
other, in a lifelong covenant of love. Their
Priest: We shall give the newlyweds a threefold blessing. As I relationship imitates the love of Christ for His
say the blessings, everyone please answer “AMEN”. church and witness to that love for others to see.

Priest: May God the Eternal Father keep you on one heart in
love for one another, that the peace of Christ may
dwell in you and abide always in your home.
People: Amen.
Priest: May you be blessed in your children. Have solace in
your friends and enjoy true peace with everyone.
CHESNEY and JAMAE are here today, to seal their
lifelong commitment and gift of self to each other.
As they take this meaningful step, let us
accompany them with our prayers and songs, love
and generous wishes, as we join them actively in
this Eucharistic Celebration.
Entrance of Entourage:

People: Amen. Entrance Song:

Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Priest: May you be witnesses in the world to God’s charity, so
Holy Spirit.
that the afflicted and needy who have known your
kindness may one day receive you thankfully into the
People: Amen
eternal dwelling of God.
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
People: Amen.
God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.
Priest: And may Almighty God bless you all, in the name of
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
People: And with your Spirit.
People: Amen.
Priest: CHESNEY and JAMAE, God is love and has, in a
mysterious way, drawn you together in love. But He
Priest: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Now CHESNEY
leaves you free - to make that love grow or to let it
and JAMAE, continue loving one another.
wither and die.
People: Thanks be to God.
the peace and unity in accordance with your will, who live and reign lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
forever and ever. one God, for ever and ever.

People: Amen. People: Amen.

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. Commentator: Please be seated and listen to the word of God.

People: And with your Spirit LITURGY OF THE WORD

Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace. First Reading: Sirach 26, 1-4, 13-16

LAMB OF GOD (to be sung) A reading from the book of Sirach

Commentator: We all kneel. Happy the husband of a good wife, twice-lengthened are his days;
A worthy wife brings joy to her husband, peaceful and full is his life.
Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away
the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the A good wife is generous gift bestowed upon him who fears the Lord;
supper of the Lamb.
Be the rich or poor, his heart is content, and a smile is ever on his
People: Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under face.
my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be
A gracious wife delights her husband, her thoughtfulness puts flesh
healed.
on his bones; A gift from the Lord is her governed speech, and her
Priest: May the body and blood of Christ bring us to
firm virtues is surpassing worth. Choicest of blessings is a modest
everlasting life.
wife, priceless her chaste person. Like the sun rising in the Lord’s
People: Amen.
heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home.
HOLY COMMUNION The World of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Commentator: Let us all be seated to prepare ourselves for Holy
Communion. May we ask the photographers not to Responsorial Psalm:
disturb CHESNEY and JAMAE in their prayers after
Reader: Let our response be
Holy Communion. Kindly respect Jesus whom they first
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
received.
People: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
 Spirit. Remember, Lord, Your Church, spread
throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of
charity, together with Francis our Pope, Victor our
Bishop, and all the clergy.
Be mindful also, Lord of CHESNEY and JAMAE whom
You have brought to their wedding day, so that by
Your grace they may abide in mutual love and in
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
Blessed 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.
People: Amen
Commentator: We all stand except CHESNEY and JAMAE.
Communion Rite
Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine
teaching we dare to say:
The Lord’s Prayer: (to be sung)
Jesus answered, “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and the
most important commandment. The second most important
commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.’
The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend
on these two commandments.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to you, O Lord, Jesus Christ.
Commentator: Please be seated and listen to the homily.
HOMILY
THE RITE OF MARRIAGE
Allocution
Priest: Dearly beloved CHESNEY and JAMAE, you are here
today to seal your love with eternal bond before the
Church. I assure you of the prayers of our community,
that God pour His abundant blessings on your love and
help you to carry out the duties of the married state.
And you brothers and sisters, may I ask you to help
CHESNEY and JAMAE with your prayers and accept
them as a new couple in our Christian community.
Scrutiny
Priest: May I now ask you to answer truthfully the following
questions:
Priest: JAMAE, did you come here of your own free will, to
bind yourself forever in love and service of your
husband, CHESNEY?
Bride: Yes, Father
 EUCHARISTIC PRAYER Priest: Do you give yourself to JAMAE as her husband?

Priest: The Lord be with you. CHESNEY: Yes, I do.

People: And with your Spirit Priest: Do you accept JAMAE as your lawful wife?

Priest: Lift up your hearts. CHESNEY: Yes, I do.

People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right and just.
Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give You thanks, Lord, Holy
Father, Almighty and Eternal God.
For you have forged the covenant of marriage as a
sweet yoke of harmony and an unbreakable bond of
peace, so that the chaste and fruitful love of Holy
Matrimony may serve to increase the children You
adopt as Your own.
Priest: Now, please pray together that our Lord may bless
and bind you in marriage.
CHESNEY and JAMAE:
Grant us, O Lord/To be one heart and one soul/
From this day forward/For better or for worse/
For richer, for poorer/In sickness and in health/
To love and cherish/Until death do us part.
CONFIRMATION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND
Priest: And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on those
here present as witnesses, confirm and bless this bond
of marriage, which you have contracted. In the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

By Your providence and grace, O Lord, You accomplish People: Amen.

the wonder of this twofold design: that, while the
birth of children brings beauty to the world, their (The Ring, Arrhae and Bible bearers are called to come forward to
rebirth in Baptism gives increase to the Church, the altar)
through Christ our Lord.
Blessing of the Arrhae and Rings
Through Him, with the Angels and all the Saints, we Priest: CHESNEY and JAMAE, we shall now bless your arrhae
sing the hymn of Your praise, as without end we and rings. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
acclaim:
People: Who made heaven and earth.
SANCTUS (to be sung)
Priest: Let us pray.
marriage, family and life. Listen to our prayers for Your servants
CHESNEY and JAMAE.
Grant them the grace to remain faithful to You and to
each other. And at the end of a long and well-spent
life, reward them with eternal happiness, together
with their children and with all those who love them.
We ask this through Christ our Lord,
People: Amen.
Commentator: Let us all be seated.
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Presentation of Gifts
(Couple kneels)
Lighting of Candles
Commentator: May we now ask the candle bearers to light the
candles.
Lord, enable CHESNEY and JAMAE to take Christ as the
light and guide of their married life. Keep them in light
and warmth, wisdom and love, hope and life, now and
forever.
Veil and Cord Ceremony
Commentator: May we ask the veil bearers to lay the veil upon the
couple.
The laying of the cord and veil by the parents of
CHESNEY and JAMAE symbolizes the parents’ oneness
with the couple’s covenant of indissoluble union
before God. It also expresses the role and the dream
JAMAE: CHESNEY, / I accept what you offer me/
and also accept the joys and responsibilities of a
Christian wife and mother/In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Blessing and Giving of the Bible
Priest: God, bless this Bible that contains your Holy Words so
that all who read it, especially CHESNEY and JAMAE,
may know the truth and live by it. In the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Groom and Bride: Amen
Priest: CHESNEY and JAMAE as husband and wife who will
start a new life together. Take this Holy Bible, which is
the Word of God and make it your Book of Life. May it
always be your guide to build a Christian home. Let
God’s words illuminate, edify, and guide your ways
forever because the Word of God is the Spirit of Life, a
lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path.
CHESNEY and JAMAE:
As we start our life together/ we accept God’s word,
with humility and fervent prayer/ that God reign in
our married life/ in the family we will raise/ and in
the home we will build together.
Amen.
Godparent’s pledge to the Couple:
Dear CHESNEY and JAMAE we have heard your vows/
to love each other and to share the good / as well as
the bad days of life. / As we are witnesses / to this
important event in your life, / we promise to pray to
the Lord/ to bless you generously / throughout your