Wedding Text Selections

Wedding Text Selections : Preface

Below you will find the text selections to be used at your wedding including all the possible choices for prayers at the wedding ceremony and the wedding Mass. Please mark your choices on the Ceremony Selection Form.

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L-1
The Lord be with you...
Lift up your hearts...
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God...
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 join in saying...
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.

L-2
The Lord be with you...
Lift up your hearts...
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God...
Father all powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks.
Through Him You entered into a new covenant with your people.
You restored us to grace in the saving mystery of redemption.
You gave us a share in the divine life through our union with Christ.
You made us an heir of Christ’s eternal glory.
This outpouring of love in the new covenant of grace
is symbolized in the marriage covenant that seals the love of husband and 
wife and reflects Your divine plan of love.
Through Christ the choirs of angels and all the saints praise
and worship Your glory
May our voices blend with theirs as join in saying...
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.

L-3
The Lord be with you...
Lift up your hearts...
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God...
Father all powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks.
You created us in Your love to share Your divine life.
We see our high destiny in the love of husband and wife,
which bears the imprint of Your own divine love.
Love is our origin, love is our constant calling,
love is our fulfillment in heaven.
The love of man and woman is made holy in the Sacrament of Marriage,
and become the mirror of your everlasting love.
Through Christ the choirs of angels and all the saints praise
and worship Your glory
May our voices blend with theirs as join in saying...
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.