Dearly beloved, you have come together into the house of the Church, so that in the presence of the Church’s minister and the community your intention to enter into Marriage may be strengthened by the Lord with a sacred seal. Christ abundantly blesses the love that binds you. Through a special Sacrament, he enriches and strengthens those he has already consecrated by Holy Baptism, that they may be faithful to each other for ever and assume all the responsibilities of married life. And so, in the presence of the Church, I ask you to state your intentions

N.and N, have you come here to enter into Marriage without coercion, freely and wholeheartedly?

Yes, we have.

Are you prepared, as you follow the path of Marriage, to love and honor each other for as long as you both shall live?

I am.

Are you prepared to accept children lovingly from God and to bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?

I am.

Since it is your intention to enter the covenant of Holy Matrimony, join your right hands and declare your consent before God and his Church.

I, N., take you, N., to be my wife. I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love you and to honor you all the days of my life.

I, N., take you, N., to be my husband. I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love you and to honor you all the days of my life.

May the Lord in his kindness strengthen the consent you have declared before the Church, and graciously bring to fulfillment his blessing within you. What God joins together, let no one put asunder.

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

Amen.

N., receive 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.

N., receive 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.