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Liturgy For The Nuptials and Wedding Mass |
Nuptials
Greeting
Celebrant: I welcome you, Lyndon and Mugdha, to the Church, the House of God. Today you are both going to be joined as husband and wife. May you recognise the good in each other, in every situation and when times are difficult, may God always give you the courage and strength to overcome it and come out triumphant.
God gave each of us the gift of life, so that we might bring His love into this world and each of us has a role to play to make that love real. Lyndon and Mugdha are here before us with hearts full of love, to pledge and to make their life together a thing of joy, warmth and tenderness. They want to offer each other the greatest gift a human being can give to another - the gift of one's total self - body, heart, mind and soul. Let us, who celebrate this love, join them in thanking God for this day and ask Him to keep them in love and happiness all of their days.
Instruction and Inquiry
Celebrant: Lyndon and Mugdha, you have come together in this church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your love in the presence of the Church's minister and this community. In this way you will be strengthened to keep mutual and lasting faith with each other and to carry out the other duties of marriage.
And so, in the presence of the church, I ask you to state your intentions:
Celebrant: Lyndon, have you come here freely and without reservation, to give yourself to Mugdha, in marriage?
Lyndon: Yes, I have
Celebrant: Lyndon, will you love and honor Mugdha as your wife for the rest of your life?
Lyndon: Yes, I will
Celebrant: Lyndon, will you accept children lovingly from God, and bring them up according to the law of Christ and the Church?
Lyndon: Yes, I will
Celebrant: Mugdha, have you come here freely and without reservation, to give yourself to Lyndon, in marriage?
Mugdha: Yes, I have
Celebrant: Mugdha, will you love and honor Lyndon as your husband for the rest of your life?
Mugdha: Yes, I will
Celebrant: Mugdha, will you accept children lovingly from God, and help Lyndon bring them up according to the law of Christ and the Church?
Mugdha: Yes, I will
Consent & Exchange of Vows
Celebrant: Since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join your right hands and declare your consent before God and His Church.
Lyndon and Mugdha join right hands
Lyndon: I, Lyndon, take you Mugdha, to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
Mugdha: I, Mugdha, take you Lyndon, to be my husband. I
promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
Celebrant: You have declared your consent before the Church. May the Lord in His goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with His blessings. What God has joined, men must not divide.
All: Amen
Blessing and exchange of rings
Celebrant: May the Lord bless these rings, which you give to each other as a sign of your fidelity.
All: Amen
Lyndon places Mugdha's ring on her ring finger.
Lyndon: Mugdha, take this ring as a sign of my love and
fidelity. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Mugdha places Lyndon's ring on his ring finger.
Mugdha: Lyndon, take this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity.
Celebrant: My brothers and sisters let us ask God for His continued blessings upon Lyndon and Mugdha.
All pray silently for a while.
Nuptial Blessing
Celebrant: Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of man and woman in your own likeness, source of blessing for the married life, we humbly pray to you, for Lyndon and Mugdha who are today united in the bond of marriage. May Your fullest blessing come upon them so that they may together rejoice in your gift of married love. May they be noted for their good lives, and be parents with virtue.
Lord may they both praise You when they are happy and turn to you in their sorrows. May they be glad that You help them in their work, and know that you are with them in their need. May they reach old age in the company of their friends and come at last to the bliss of eternal life.
We ask this through Christ our Lord
All: Amen
Closing Prayer - Our
Father
Lighting of the Unity Candle
Narrator: Lyndon and Mugdha are going to light their Unity Candle, a symbol of their union in marriage. The individual candles from which they light it have been lit by their parents to represent their lives to this moment. The lights, representing the faith, wisdom, and love they have received from their parents, are distinct, each burning alone.
Lyndon and Mugdha will light the center candle to symbolize the union of their lives. As this one light burns undivided, so shall their love be one.
Lyndon and Mugdha light the unity candle
From now on, Lyndon and Mugdha, your thoughts shall be for each other rather than for your individual selves. Your joys and sorrows shall be shared alike. May the radiance of this common light be a testimony of your unity.
Lyndon and Mugdha also come into their marriage relationship as individuals and they do not lose their identity, rather they use their individuality to create and strengthen the relationship of marriage. Therefore, may these three candles burn brightly, one for each of them, and one for their marriage, as symbols of their commitment to each other and to a lasting and loving marriage.
Hymn: Bind Them Together
Bind them together Lord,
Bind them together with cords that cannot be broken
Bind them together Lord,
Bind them together, bind them together with Love.
Introductory Rite
Hymn: We Will Enter His Gates
We will enter His gates with thanksgiving in our hearts
We will enter His gates with Praise
We will say this is the day that the Lord has made
We will rejoice for He has made us glad
He has made us glad
(2)
We will rejoice for He has made us glad (2) Repeat
This is the day, this is the day
That the Lord has made (2)
We will rejoice (2)
And be glad in it (2)
This is the day that the Lord has made
We will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day (2)
That the Lord has made
Penitential Rite
Celebrant: Lyndon and Mugdha are about to unite their hearts before the Altar of the Lord, who will seal and strengthen their love. Let us begin by reminding ourselves, that love must be a part of our lives, and let us bow our heads and confess that we have not loved enough.
Celebrant: Because of pride and selfishness, because we have been too accommodating to ourselves and impatient with others, Lord have mercy
All: Lord have mercy
Celebrant: Because of our sinfulness, we need your love Lord, to transform our hearts and make us live for one another. Christ have mercy
All: Christ have mercy
Celebrant: Because of our indifference, because we have closed ourselves, to the needs and appeals of others in need, Lord have mercy
All: Lord have mercy
Celebrant: May Almighty God, have mercy on us all, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life
All: Amen
First Reading
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm
Your response will be: Happy are those who fear the Lord
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways
You shall eat the fruit of the labour of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you
All: Happy are those who fear the Lord
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house,
Your children like olive shoots around your table
All: Happy are those who fear the Lord
Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord,
The Lord bless you from Zion
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
All: Happy are those who fear the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
All stand
Alleluia, If we love one another, God will live in us in perfect love
All: Alleluia
Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark (Mark 10: 6-9)
From the beginning of creation, God 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 body. So they are no longer two but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.
The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
Homily
All sit
Prayers of the Faithful
Your response will be: Lord, hear our prayer
For Lyndon and Mugdha, that Christ may bless their marriage with health, happiness and success, that they may have the constant support of Your grace, the rich blessings of children, family and friends, and a warm love reaching out to others until a ripe old age, we pray to the Lord
All: Lord, hear our prayer
Let us pray for peace in the world, for the Church, for Lyndon and Mugdha who today have consecrated themselves to God, and to each other in marriage
All: Lord, hear our prayer
We pray for the Holy Father, Cardinal Ivan, Bishops, Priests and Religious that they may guide the people to God, we pray to the Lord
All: Lord, hear our prayer
For all married people that they may have the strength of Your peace, the guidance of Your will, and the grace to live together in constant love, we pray to the Lord
All: Lord, hear our prayer
For the dear parents of Lyndon and Mugdha, for all the love and care they have unselfishly given of themselves and have thus raised Lyndon and Mugdha to appreciate the priceless gift of Your love that they share, we pray to the Lord
All: Lord, hear our prayer
Celebrant: Almighty and Eternal God, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, You pour into the hearts of all men the gift of love. Grant a generous increase of this gift to Lyndon and Mugdha that they may preserve the love of their union to the end of their lives and that they may enter with their children in the bliss of eternal life. Through Christ Our Lord
All: Amen
Offertory Procession
Narrator: Lord, Lyndon and Mugdha offer you these gifts of:
- flowers that they may blend together,
- computer as a symbol of their work, and
- Bread and Wine which is a fruit of their labour and symbol of life.
Hymn: On This Day
On this day of joy, On this
day of hope
We come to You in love O Lord
on this day of joy on this
day of hope
We come to You in love
With this bread and wine we
come to this Eucharistic feast
on this day of joy on this
day of hope we come to you in love
Bread to be your body lord
Wine to be your saving blood
Eucharistic Prayer
Hymn: Hosanna
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest (2)
Lord we lift up your name,
With hearts full of praise,
Be exalted, O Lord my God!
Hosanna in the highest!
Glory,Glory,Glory to the Kings of kings (2)
Lord we lift up Your name,
With hearts full of praise,
Be Exalted O Lord my God!
Glory to the king of Kings!
Consecration
Communion Rite
Our Father (recited)
Rite of Peace (recited)
Lamb of God (recited)
Hymn: Be Exalted
We will give thanks to Thee
O Lord among the people
We will sing praises to Thee among the
nations
For Thy steadfast love is great
Is great to the Heavens
And Thy faithfulness, Thy faithfulness
To the clouds
Be exalted, O God above the Heavens)
Let Thy glory be over all the earth)
Repeat
Thanksgiving Prayer
Lyndon: God our Father, we can never thank you enough for Your loving care and concern for us, for surrounding us with expressions of your love, and goodness. Today our hearts are filled with joy and thanksgiving for the gift of each other, that You have given us. We ask You to be with us, in our married life to help us to be worthy of Your great love and goodness for us. We are grateful to You for making this day possible, in our life. We thank You for all who have helped make this day possible and meaningful. Bless our parents, brothers, relatives and friends.
Father as we begin our life’s journey together, be with us to inspire us, to guide us, to strengthen us. Help us to be true companions to each other, to stand by each other in moments of joy and suffering, in sickness and in health, in success and failure.
Father, help us make our home a place where love, respect, understanding, and forgiveness will be experienced not only by us who live there, but by all who come there too.
We make this prayer through Christ Our Lord.
All: Amen
Final Blessing
Hymn:
Showers Of Blessing
There shall be showers of blessing
This is the promise of love
There shall be seasons refreshing
Sent from the Saviour above
Showers of blessings
Showers of blessings they need
Mercy drops around them are falling
But for the showers they plead
There shall be showers of blessings
Send them upon them o Lord
Grant to them now a refreshing
Come now and honour Thy word
There shall be
showers of Blessings
O That today they might fall
Now as to God we're confessing
Now as on Jesus we call.