Wedding Text Selections

Wedding Text Selections : Nuptial Blessing

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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M-1

My dear friends, let us turn to the Lord and pray that He will bless with His grace N now married in Christ to N and that He will unite in love this 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 us 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 You teach us that what You have united may never be divided. Father, You have made the union of husband 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 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 scriptures. May her husband put his trust in her and recognize that she is his 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 come from the gospel so that they may be witnesses of Christ to others. Bless them with children and help them to be good parents. And after a happy old age, grant them the fullness of life with the saints in the kingdom of heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

M-2

Let us pray to the Lord for N and N, who come to God at the beginning of their marriage life so that they may always be united in love for each other. Holy Father, you created humankind in Your image and made man and woman to be joined as husband and wife in union of body and heart and so fulfill their mission in this world. Father, to reveal the plan of your love, you made the union of husband and wife an image of the covenant between you and your people. In the fulfillment of this sacrament, the marriage of Christian man and woman is a sign of the marriage between Christ and the Church. Father, stretch out your hand, and bless N and [name] Lord, grant that as they begin to live this sacrament they may share with each other the gifts of Your love and become one in heart and mind as witnesses to your presence in their marriage. Help them to create a home together and give them children formed by the gospel and to have a place in your family. Give Your blessings to N, your daughter, so that she may be a good wife and mother caring for home and faithful in love for her husband, generous and kind. Give your blessings to N, your son, so that he may be a faithful husband and a good father. Father, grant that as they come together to your table on earth, so that they may one day have the joy of sharing your feast in heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

M-3

Holy Father, creator of the universe, maker of man and woman in Your Own likeness, source of blessing for married life, we humbly pray to you for N and N who are today united in the Sacrament of Marriage. May Your fullest blessing come upon them so that they may together rejoice in Your gift of married love and enrich Your Church with their children. 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 pray to You in the community of the Church, and be your witnesses in the world. May they reach old age in the company of their friends, and come at last to the Kingdom of Heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.