Wedding Prayer Service in the Catholic Church

(Please note: From Pentecost 2011 onwards, the new Roman Missal translation of the Catholic Church has instituted a new translation of the rites from the Latin typical edition. This means that some familiar responses are different, as you will see below).

Entrance Rite:

· Entrance Music** (insert name of music, or if you wish people to sing along to a hymn, print the hymn here).

· Greeting (By Priest)

Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Priest: The Lord be with you

All: And with your spirit.

· Opening Prayer (By Priest)

Liturgy of the Word

· 1^st Reading. (Read by family member or friend)

(at the end of the reading….)

Reader: The word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

· Responsorial Psalm

(The psalm can be done in several ways. The nicest way is to print the psalm in the order of service and invite the congregation to read it all out together. Another way is to print the ‘response’ that the congregation says at the end of each line and get a family member or friend to read out the verses. Alternatively, a well-known religious hymn could be sung here if you choose)

· 2^nd Reading. (Read by family member or friend)

(at the end of the reading….)

Reader: The word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

· Gospel (By Priest)

Priest: The Lord be with you

All: And with your spirit.

o A reading from the Holy Gospel According to…..

All Respond: Glory to You, O Lord.

(at the end of the reading….)

Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

· Homily (By Priest)

Liturgy of the Sacrament

· Giving of Consent

· Blessing and Exchange of Rings

· Prayers of the Faithful. [Read by family member(s) or friend].

(Please print in the order of service the following)

The response to each of these prayers is:

“Lord, Hear our Prayer.”

· Nuptial Blessing (By Priest)

Conclusion

Priest: At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

All: Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come;

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

· Solemn Blessing (By Priest)

· Signing of the Register **

· Recessional Music: **(insert name of music, or if you wish people to sing along to a hymn, print the hymn here).