Wedding Text Selections

Wedding Text Selections : Wedding Vows, Blessing of Rings, Opening Prayer

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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Wedding Vows

Since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join your right hands, and declare your consent before God and his Church.

H-1

I, [name], take you, [name], to be my wife (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.

H-2

I, [name], take you, [name], for my lawful 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.

Blessing of Rings

I-1

May the Lord bless these rings which you give to each other as a sign of your love and fidelity.

I-2

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. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

I-3

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. Amen.

Opening Prayer Selections

A-1

Father, You have made the bond of marriage a holy mystery, a symbol of Christ’s love for his Church. Hear our prayers for [name] and [name] With faith in you and in each other they pledge their love today. May their lives always bear witness to the reality of that love. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

A-2

Father, Hear our prayers for [name] and [name], who today are united in marriage before your altar. Give them your blessing, and strengthen their love for each other. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

A-3

Almighty God, Hear our prayers for [name] and [name], who have come here today to be united in the sacrament of marriage. Increase their faith in you and in each other, and through them bless your Church (with Christian children). We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

A-4

Father, When you created mankind you willed that man and wife should be one. Bind [name] and [name] in the loving union of marriage and make their love fruitful so that they may be living witnesses to your divine love in the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.