THE WEDDING CEREMONY OF

SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

Rainier P. Marcos
PICTURE TAKING
1. Rainier and Katrina with the Priest
2. Rainier and Katrina
3. Couple with Bride’s Parents
4. Couple with Bride's Family
5. Couple with Bride's Relatives and
6. Couple with their Parents
7. Couple with Groom’s Parents
8. Couple with Groom's Family
9.
10.
11.
Couple with Groom's Relatives
Couple with Principal Sponsors
Couple with Maid of Honor and Best Man
Katrina B. Rosal
12. Couple with Secondary Sponsors
13. Couple with Bridesmaids, Groomsman, Flower Girl, Bearers and Escorts
14. Couple with the Whole Entourage
15. Couple with Friends

RECESSIONAL

Liturgical Entourage

Officiating Priest
Msgr. Antero Sarmiento, P.H.

Commentator
Ms. Lia Lyn Marcos

First Reading Santuario De San Antonio

Ms. Rona Cajulao
Parish
Second Reading

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 FORBES PARK, MAKATI CITY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2006 All : Amen.

BRIDAL ENTOURAGE Priest : May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its fruits.
May care never cause you distress or the desire for
Principal Sponsors
Mr. Agustn S. Pasion Mrs. Mabel R. Bejar earthly possessions lead you astray; but may your
Jr. Mrs. Dorae M. Abella hearts' concern be always for the treasures laid up for
Mr. Bernardino D. Mrs. Anicia M. Cariaga you in the life of heaven.
Aquino Mrs. Alma A. Marcos
Mr. Merliton R. Ms. Juliet S. Domingo
Rebucas Ms. Elfrena C. Gonzaga All : Amen.
Mr. Marianito C. Mrs. Magdalena S. Aquino
Abcede Mrs. Alma G. Abcede Priest : May the Lord grant you fullness of years, so that you
Mr. Bonifacio G. Coles Mrs. Sylvia E. Marcos
Atty. Jesus F. Mrs. Julieta G. Concepcion may reap the harvest of a good life and after you
Balicanta Mrs. Rosemarie O. Morales have served Him with loyalty in His kingdom on
Dr. Glenn A. Mrs. Olivia C. Mendoza earth, may He take you up into His eternal
Magistrado
dominions in heaven.
Mr. Pascual C. Eslava
Mr. Gregorio V.
Tongko All : Amen.
Mr. Joselito B.
Gutierrez
Mr. Filomeno C. Flores
Mr. James Walter P.
Capili Priest : And may Almighty God bless you all, the Father, and
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Best Man Matron of Honor
Mr. Ian P. Marcos Mrs. Karen R. Gabarda All : Amen.

Groomsmen Bridesmaids
DISMISSAL
Mr. Paul Michael G.
Panuncio
Mr. Fernando V. Carlos Ms. Anilyn G. Tiu Priest : The Mass is ended, go in peace.
Mr. Freeman R. Bejar Ms. Mindy L. Young
Mr. Agustin Anthony F. Ms. Marjorie R. Ravina
Pasion Ms. Maria Liselle S. Arciaga All : Thanks be to God.
Mr. Winston S. Aquino Ms. Liezel Gay O. Lee
Priest : May I now present Mr. & Mrs. Rainier & Katrina
Candle Marcos. Rainier, you may now kiss the bride.
Ms. Marie Cristhabelle R.
Mr. Manuel P. Marcos Jr. Estacion
Leader : Please remain seated for the signing of the marriage
Veil contract and for brief pictorials with the bride and
Mr. Ramon A. Gianan Ms. Emma Rose G. Bernabe
groom.

Cord
Mr. Giovanni R. Rebucas Ms. Mary Ann T. King
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 Ring Bearer
Duncan A. Marcos

Coin Bearer
Patrick Keiji Edgar M. Monzon
THE SEVEN-FOLD BLESSING
Bible Bearer
Raphael Francis L. Rebucas
Priest : The Lord be with you.
Flower Girls
All : And also with you. Valerie Amira B. Aquino Valerie Anica B. Aquino
Gaby Aaliyah H. Balbido
Kershley Julian M. Gianan
Priest : May the Lord bless you by the word of His mouth.

All : Amen. ENTRANCE RITE

Priest : May He unite your hearts in an enduring bond of PROCESSION TO THE ALTAR
pure love.
Leader : Before we proceed w/ the Eucharistic Celebration and
All : Amen. Nuptial Rites for Rainier & Katrina, we would like to
remember our dearly departed loved ones, most
Priest : May you be blessed in your children, and May the especially to Manuel P. Marcos Sr. & Orlando S.
love that you lavish on them be returned a Rosal, who may not be w/ us today but are blessing
hundredfold. Rainier & Katrina in spirit as they begin their new life
together.
All : Amen.
We would like to request Mrs. Carolina P. Marcos &
Priest : May the peace of Christ dwell always in your hearts Mrs. Leticia B. Rosal to light the Memorial Candle to
and in your home; may you have true friends to symbolize the presence of their husband’s spirits in
stand by you, both in joy and in sorrow. this celebration.
(The mom go up & light the candle)
All : Amen.
Leader : Christ said, “When two are gathered in my name, I
Priest : May you be ready with help and consolation for all shall be there.”
those who come to you in need; and may the blessing These words of the Lord are most deeply felt and
promised to the compassionate descend in revered on special occasions such as this. We are
abundance on your house. gathered this afternoon with much rejoicing and

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 thanksgiving to witness Rainier & Katrina pledge
their love and commitment to each other before God COMMUNION
and His people.
REMOVAL OF VEIL AND CORD
As they enter this phase in their lives, we are invited
to lift them up to the Lord daily, that each day may Leader : May we request the veil and cord sponsors Ramon &
be full of experiences of faithfulness, hope and love. Emma Rose, and Giovanni & Mary Ann to remove
Let us all stand. the veil and cord.

Priest : In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Holy Spirit.
Priest : Let us pray. Lord, we who have shared the food of
All : Amen. your table pray for your friends Rainier and Katrina,
whom you have joined together in marriage. Keep
Priest : May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love them close to you always. May their love for each
of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with other proclaim to all their faith in you.
you all.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
All : And also with you.
All : Amen.
PENITENTIAL RITE
CONCLUDING RITE
Priest : My brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our Leader : Please rise.
sins.
All : I confess to Almighty God, and to you, my brothers Priest : Rainier and Katrina, now that you have received the
and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, holy sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to
in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have remain faithful to one another.
done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask
blessed Mary, ever Virgin, all the angels and saints, Katrina, love your husband and be a good wife;
and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to persevere in faith and love and holiness.
the Lord our God. Rainier, love your wife as Christ loves His Church
and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord.

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 Priest : May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our
All : Amen. sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

SIGN OF PEACE All : Amen.

Priest : Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I leave Priest : Lord, have mercy.
you peace, my peace I give you.
All : Lord, have mercy.
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom Priest : Christ, have mercy.
where you live forever and ever.
All : Christ, have mercy.
All : Amen.
Priest : Lord, have mercy.
Priest : The peace of the Lord be with you always.
All : Lord, have mercy.
All : And also with you.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest : Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Priest : Let us pray. Father, you have made the bond of
All : Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: marriage a holy mystery, a symbol of Christ’s love
have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the for His Church, hear our prayers for Rainier and
sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, Katrina. With faith in you and in each other, they
you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace. pledge their love today. May their lives always bear
witness to the reality of that love. We ask you this
Leader : Please kneel. through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God,
Priest : This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of forever and ever.
the world. Happy are those who are called to His
supper. All : Amen.

All : Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say Leader : Please be seated.
the word and I shall be healed.

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LITURGY OF THE WORD
FIRST READING
Reader : Like the sun rising is the beauty of a good wife in a
well kept house.
A reading from the book of Sirach (26:1-4, 13-16)
Happy is 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. A good wife
is a generous gift bestowed upon him who fears the
Lord; be he rich or poor, his heart is content, and a
smile is ever on his face. A gracious wife delights her
husband, her thoughtfulness puts flesh on his bones;
a gift from the Lord is her governed speech, and her
firm virtue is of surpassing worth. Choicest of
blessings is a modest wife, priceless her chaste
person. Like the sun rising in the Lord’s heavens, the
beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home.
This is the Word of the Lord.
All : Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Reader : Responsorial Psalm. Let our response be ... I will
bless the Lord at all times.
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you teach us that what you have united may never be
divided.
Father, you have made the union of man and wife so
holy a mystery that it symbolizes the marriage of
Christ and his Church.
Father, by your plan man and woman are united, and
married life has been established as the one blessing
that was not forfeited by original sin or washed away
in the flood.
Look with love upon this woman, your daughter,
now joined to her husband in marriage. She asks for
your blessing. Give her the grace of love and peace.
May she always follow the example of the holy
women whose praises are sung in the scriptures.
May her husband put his trust in her and recognize
that she is the equal and the heir with him to the life
of grace. May he always honor her and love her as
Christ loves His bride, the Church.
Father, keep them always true to your
commandments. Keep them faithful in marriage and
let them be living examples of Christian life. Give
them the strength which comes from the gospel so
that they may be witnesses of Christ to others. Bless
them with children and help them to be good
parents. May they live to see their children’s children.
And after a happy old age, grant them fullness of life
with the saints in the kingdom of heaven.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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 praise you in union with them, and give you glory
through your Son, Jesus Christ.
Through Him, with Him, in Him, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, Almighty
Father, forever and ever.
All : Amen.
Priest : Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the
words our Savior gave us.
COMMUNION RITE
Our Father (sung)
NUPTIAL BLESSING
Priest : My dear friends, let us turn to the Lord and pray that
He may bless with His grace Rainier, now married in
Christ to Katrina and that through the sacrament of
the body and blood of Christ, He will unite in love
the couple He has joined in this holy bond.
Father, by your power you have made everything out
of nothing. In the beginning you created the universe
and made mankind in your own likeness. You gave
man the constant help of woman so that man and
woman should no longer be two, but one flesh, and
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I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall be
ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the Lord; the
lowly will hear me and be glad.
All : I will bless the Lord at all times.
Reader : 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. (Response)
All : I will bless the Lord at all times.
Reader : Look to Him 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. (Response)
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 how good
the Lord is; happy the man who takes refuge in
Him... (Response)
All : I will bless the Lord at all times.
SECOND READING
Reader : If I am without love, it will do me no good whatever.
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the
Corinthians (12:31-13:8).
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 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, I am a noisy gong, 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 not 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
love, I gain nothing. Love is patient; love is kind.
Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs, it is not
snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not self-seeking, it
is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over
injuries. Love does not rejoice in what is wrong but
rejoices with the truth. There is no limit to love's
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.
ALLELUIA
Reader : Please stand.
Alleluia (Sung)
Reader : If we love one another, God will live in us in perfect
love...
All : Alleluia.
THE GOSPEL
Priest : The Lord be with you.
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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 so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in
memory of me.
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
All : Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come
again.
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, our Archbishop Gaudencio, and all the 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 Joseph
her husband, the apostles, and with all the saints who
have done your will throughout the ages. May we
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All : It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
Priest : Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well
always and everywhere to give you thanks. By this
sacrament, your grace unites man and woman in an
unbreakable bond of love and peace. You have
designed the chaste love of husband and wife for the
increase, both of the human family and of your own
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: nature's gift of children enriches
the world and your grace enriches also your Church.
Through Christ, the choirs of angels and all the saints
praise and worship your glory. May our voices blend
with theirs as we join in their unending hymn:
All : Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in
the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord. Hosanna in the highest
Leader : Please kneel.
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, a death he freely
accepted, He took the bread and gave you thanks. He
broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said:
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All : And also with you.
Priest : A reading from the holy gospel according to John.
All : Glory, to you, Lord.
Priest : Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my
commandment: love one another as I have loved you.
There is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s
life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do
what I command you. I no longer speak of you as
slaves, for a slave does not know what his master is
about. Instead, I call you friends, since I have made
known to you all that I heard from my Father. It was
not you whose chose me, it was I who chose you to
go forth and bear fruit. Your fruit must endure, so
that all you ask the Father in my name, he will give
you.” This is the Gospel of the Lord.
All : Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Reader : Please be seated.
HOMILY
THE RITE OF MARRIAGE
Reader : Please remain seated as we begin the Marriage Rite.
May we request the candle sponsors, Manuel &
Cristhabelle to light the wedding candles.
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 The candles are symbols of light, warmth, wisdom, All : Blessed be God forever.
hope and life. The flame signifies God’s everlasting
presence, which, we pray, remain in Rainier and Priest : Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased
Katrina’s lives together as they live in God’s love. with the sacrifice we offer you with humble and
contrite hearts. Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice may
May we request the parents and sponsors to come be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.
gather around Rainier and Katrina.
All : May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for
Priest : Dearly beloved Rainier and Katrina, you are here the praise and the glory of His name, for our good,
today to seal your love with an eternal bond before and the good of all His Church.
the Church. I assure you of the prayers of our
community that God may pour His abundant Leader : Please rise.
blessings on your love and help you to carry out the
duties of the married state. Priest : Lord, accept our offering for this newly-married
couple Rainier and Katrina. By your love and
And you, dear brothers and sisters, May I ask you to providence you have brought them together; now
help them with your prayers and accept them as a bless them all the days of their married life. We ask
new couple in our Christian community. this through Christ our Lord.

STATEMENT OF INTENTIONS All : Amen.

Priest : May I now ask you to answer truthfully the THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
following questions.
Priest : The Lord be with you.
Katrina, did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in the love and service of your All : And also with you.
husband?
Priest : Lift up your hearts.
Katrina : Yes, Father.
All : We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest : Rainier, did you come here of your own free will to
bind yourself forever in the love and service of your Priest : Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
wife?

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 Rainier and Katrina, you are clothed anew with this
veil as you begin your new life as husband and wife. Rainier : Yes, Father.

Priest : Lord Jesus, we pray for Rainier and Katrina. May Priest : Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the
their love for each other remain pure and unstained. children whom God will give you?
May Your Holy Spirit descend upon them and their
children. Rainier & Katrina : Yes, Father.

Reader : May we ask the cord sponsors, Giovanni & Mary
Ann to place the cord over Rainier and Katrina.
The cord is a symbol of unity. It reflects the bond
between a man and wife, a bond that shall never be
broken.
Priest : Lord Jesus, we pray that the bind between Rainier
and Katrina be strengthened over the years. May
they grow in love for you and for one another with
each passing day.
EXHANGE OF VOWS
Priest : Rainier & Katrina, since you wish to contract holy
matrimony, please join your right hands and express
your intention before God and His Church.
Katrina, do you take Rainier here present, for your
lawful husband according to the rite of our holy
Mother, the Church?
Katrina : Yes, I do.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Priest : Do you give yourself to him as his wife?

OFFERTORY Katrina : Yes, I do.

Reader : We will now have the presentation of gifts. Priest : Do you accept him as your lawful husband?

Offertory Song Katrina : Yes, I do.

Priest : Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through Priest : Rainier, do you take Katrina here present, for your
your goodness we have this bread to offer, which lawful wife according to the rite of our Holy Mother,
earth has given and human hands have made. It will the Church?
become for us the bread of life.
Rainier : Yes, I do.

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Priest : Do you give yourself to her as her husband?
Rainier : Yes, I do.
Priest : Do you accept her as your lawful wife?
Rainier : Yes, I do.
(Rainier reads his personal vows)
(Katrina reads her personal vows)
Priest : Now, Rainier and Katrina, please say after me:
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 THE MARRIAGE BOND
Priest : 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, RINGS AND BIBLE
Reader : May we request the parents and principal sponsors
to take their seats and may we request the ring and
coin bearers, Duncan and Patrick Keiji to please come
forward.
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Leader : That their love may be steadfastly true in body and
mind, in bright days and dark, let us pray to the
Lord.
All : Lord, graciously hear us.
Leader : That they may give outstanding witness to
faithfulness and harmony of life, may let us pray to
the Lord.
All : Lord, graciously hear us.
Priest : O God, you established matrimony for the
continuation of mankind, for personal development
and the eternal destiny of the individual members of
the family. Grant, that Christian couples, graced with
the dignity of parenthood, may fulfill their conjugal
and family obligations; may they advance their own
perfection and their mutual sanctification, and thus
contribute jointly to your greater glory. Through
Christ our Lord.
All : Amen.
VEIL AND CORD CEREMONY
Reader : May we ask the veil sponsors, Ramon & Emma Rose,
to place the veil over Rainier and Katrina.
The veil is a symbol of purity. In baptism, we were
clothed with a white garment to symbolize the new
life of purity to which the Lord has called us.
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 which God revealed, when Jesus Christ died for us;
let us pray to the Lord. Priest : Rainier and Katrina, we shall now bless your arrhae
and rings. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All : Lord, graciously hear us. All : He made heaven and earth.

Leader : That married life today may not be profaned by Priest : Let us pray. Bless O Lord, your servants, Rainier and
excessive self love and the worship of pleasure, let us Katrina, with sufficiency of material possessions
pray to the Lord. which these arrhae symbolize so that they may use
them to attain eternal life, through Christ our Lord.
All : Lord, graciously hear us.
All : Amen.
Leader : That those who offer guidance and support to
married people may help them to foster the dignity Priest : Lord, bless and consecrate Rainier and Katrina in
of the married state, let us pray to the Lord. their love for each other. May these rings be a symbol
of true faith in each other, and always remind them
All : Lord, graciously hear us. of their love. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Leader : That expert in the medical, biological, social and All : Amen.
psychological sciences may advance the welfare of
marriage and the family; let us pray to the Lord. Priest : Now give these rings to one another, and say after
me:
All : Lord, graciously hear us.
Rainier : Katrina, wear this ring as a sign of my love and
Leader : That these newly wed may love each other with loyalty. In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
perpetual fidelity, let us pray to the Lord. and of the Holy Spirit.

All : Lord, graciously hear us. Katrina : Rainier, wear this ring as a sign of my love and
loyalty. In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
Leader : That their love may lead them to a free and mutual and of the Holy Spirit.
gift of themselves, let us pray to the Lord.
Rainier : Katrina, I give you these arrhae as a pledge of my
All : Lord, graciously hear us. dedication to your welfare and that of our family. In

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 the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
Katrina : Rainier, I gratefully receive them and I accept with
total confidence in you for our life together, and the
responsibility of sharing whatever challenge you may
endure for my welfare and the welfare of our family.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
Reader : May we call on “bible bearer” to bring the Bible in
the altar.
Priest : Rainier and Katrina, you have pledged love and
fidelity to each other, and offered yourselves together
in marriage to God. So before God and the
community, especially your principal sponsors
witnessing the bond of marriage, which you have
embraced, we testify and do solemnly pronounce
you husband and wife.
Reader : Let us now give a big round of applause for the
newly wed couple, as a sign of our acceptance.

Priest : It has been said that it takes three to have a successful

and happy marriage: the Bride, the Groom and the PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
living God. The tangible manifestation of God’s
presence is the availability of an open Bible in the Reader
family. Rainier and Katrina, accept this open Bible,
which is the work of God. The Holy Scriptures will Priest
serve as your daily guide as well as your Daily Bread.
LIGHTING OF THE UNITY CANDLE
Leader
Reader : As a symbol of oneness in marriage and union with
Christ, Rainier and Katrina will light the Unity All
Candle on the altar.
Leader
May the flame of the Unity Candle remind them of
God's presence in their married life. God alone is the
source of light and warmth, wisdom and love, hope All
and life, now and forever.
Leader
: Please stand.
: Let us pray to God, who is love and out of the
fullness of his love sent His Son to spread this love
among men...
: For every petition, we pray, “Lord, graciously hear
us.” (Please repeat)
: Lord, graciously hear us.
: That the Spirit of Christ suffuses the lives of all men
with faith, hope and charity, let us pray to the Lord...
: Lord, graciously hear us.
: That married people all over the world by their
faithful love may become witnesses of that love

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