Catholic Church Wedding
This is what a large Catholic wedding ceremony looks like
Are you planning a Catholic wedding?
When planing a Catholic Wedding there are a few things you need to do in advance. Because of the nature of the commitment of marriage the Catholic Church takes the commitment very seriously and because of its permanence there are crucial steps you need to do in advance.
Here are the steps that you need to take
- A year or more in advance consult with a priest and explain your intention to be married. Arrange a premarital investigation with the priest prior to the wedding. Bring along all of your records, copies of both of your Baptismal Certificates get these by calling or writing to the church where they are kept. Bring all your records including information about the parish to which you belong and whether you are both free to marry in the eyes of the church.
- Enroll in a Pre-Cana, or a marriage preparation program that the priest instructs you to enroll in. Which is designed to help you prepare emotionally, spiritually and socially for marriage.
- Add the Pre-Cana documents to your other records once you finish the program.
- Select a site for the reception that is close to the Church.
- Order wedding invitations, mass booklets, and wedding programs four to six months prior to the wedding date. You can also start choosing your own readings, ceremony music (see the bottom of page for music choices) and gospels, the words will mean a lot on a day like “your wedding day”.
- After you select the readings for the wedding and ask family members to do the honor of reading them at the ceremony.
- Plan a receiving line on the steps of the church so you can personally greet all of your guests.
Catholic Wedding Vows
Here are the traditional Catholic wedding vows
Bride/Groom: "I do" Bride/Groom: "I take this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit." "
Or:
Priest: "___, will you take ___ here present, for your lawful wedded wife/husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church?" ("I will")
Bride/Groom Repeat: "I, ___ take you, ___ for my wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part." Bride/Groom: "With this ring I thee wed, and pledge thee my troth?"
The verbal exchange of Catholic wedding vows between the bride and groom are actually spread out over the middle three rites in a sixteen-step process. These three are: The Nupitals, the Solemn Promise, and the Blessing and Exchange of Rings.
During the rite of the Nupitals, the priest asks the bride and groom individually if they have come of their own free will to give themselves to the other in marriage. He then asks if they will honor and love one another as husband and wife for the rest of their lives, and if they will accept children from God lovingly and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church. The couple answers each question in the affirmative.
For the Solemn Promise, the priest asks the couple to join their right hands and declare their consent before God and the Church. They then take their wedding vows after which the priest blesses them, joins them together in marriage, and recites a second blessing: "May the Lord in His goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with His blessings. What God has joined together, let no man put asunder."
The priest then blesses the wedding rings as symbols of deep faith and peace, and the bride and groom exchange them with a promise of unconditional love and fidelity.
Catholic Wedding Program
Do you want a really beautiful free downloadable Catholic wedding program?
Here is what a Catholic wedding ceremony will look like
Text of the Rite of Marriage
Following is the text of the Rite of Marriage.
Italics indicate the rubrics, the instructions to the presider.
[Excerpts from the English translation of Rite of Marriage are copyright © 1969, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Individuals who wish to reproduce text from the Rite of Marriage for their own use (including reproduction in wedding programs) must follow the ICEL copyright permission procedures, which may be found at www.icelweb.org].
Rite of Marriage
All stand, including the bride and bridegroom, and the priest addresses them in these or similar words:
The priest then questions them about their freedom of choice, faithfulness to each other, and the acceptance and upbringing of children.
(Name) and (Name), have you come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?
Will you love and honor each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives?
The following question may be omitted if, for example, the couple is advanced in years.
Will you accept children lovingly from God and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?
Each answers the questions separately.
Consent
The priest invites the couple to declare their consent.
Priest:
Since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join your right hands, and declare your consent before God and his Church.
They join hands.
Option A
The bridegroom says:
I, (Name), take you, (Name), 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.
The bride says:
I, (Name), take you, (Name), 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.
Option B
In the dioceses of the United States, the following form may be used:
The bridegroom says:
Groom:
I, (Name), take you, (Name), for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.
Bride:
I, (Name), take you, (Name), for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.
If, however, it seems preferable for pastoral reasons, the priest may obtain consent from the couple through questions.
Option A
First he asks the bridegroom:
(Name), do you take (Name) to be your wife? Do you promise to be true to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and honor her all the days of your life?
The bridegroom: I do.
Then he asks the bride:
(Name), do you take (Name) to be your husband? Do you promise to be true to him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and honor him all the days of your life?
The bride: I do.
Option B
In the dioceses of the United States, the following form may be used:
First he asks the bridegroom:
(Name), do you take (Name) for your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?
The bridegroom: I do.
Then he asks the bride:
(Name), do you take (Name) for your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?
The bride: I do.
Receiving their consent, the priest says:
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.
Response: Amen.
Blessing and Exchange of Rings
Option 1
Priest:
May the Lord bless these rings
which you give to each other
as the sign of your love and fidelity.
Response:
Amen.
Option 2
Priest:
Lord, bless these rings which we bless in your name.
Grant that those who wear them
may always have a deep faith in each other.
May they do your will
and always live together
in peace, good will, and love.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Response:
Amen.
Option 3
Priest:
Lord, bless and consecrate (Name) and (Name)
in their love for each other.
May these rings be a symbol
of true faith in each other,
and always remind them of their love.
Through Christ our Lord.
Response:
Amen.
The bridegroom places his wife's ring on her ring finger.
He may say:
(Name), 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.
The bride places her husband's ring on his ring finger.
She may say:
(Name), 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.
[Excerpts from the English translation of Rite of Marriage are copyright © 1969, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Individuals who wish to reproduce text from the Rite of Marriage for their own use (including reproduction in wedding programs) must follow the ICEL copyright permission procedures, which may be found at www.icelweb.org].
Catholic Wedding Within A Mass
Introductory Rites
Liturgy of the Word
Rite of Marriage
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Communion Rite
Concluding Rite
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