Our Lady of La Vang Catholic Church
Wedding Mass

Introductory Rites

• Entrance (Gathering Song)
   
• Gloria(Sing)
   
• Collect
   
Option A:
 
Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord, 
and in your kindness uphold 
what you have established for the increase of the human race, 
so that the union you have created 
may be kept safe by your assistance. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
R./ Amen.
Option B:
 
O God, who in creating the human race 
willed that man and wife should be one, 
join, we pray, in a bond of inseparable love 
these your servants who are to be united in the covenant of Marriage, 
so that, as you make their love fruitful, 
they may become, by your grace, witnesses to charity itself. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
R./ Amen.
Option C:
 
Be attentive to our prayers, O Lord, 
and in your kindness 
pour out your grace on these your servants (N. and N.), 
that, coming together before your altar, 
they may be confirmed in love for one another. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
R./ Amen.
Option D:
 
O God, who consecrated the bond of Marriage 
by so great a mystery 
that in the wedding covenant you foreshadow 
the Sacrament of Christ and his Church, 
grant, we pray, to these your servants, 
that what they receive in faith 
they may live out in deeds. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
R./ Amen.
Option E:
 
Grant, we pray, almighty God, 
that these your servants, 
now to be joined by the Sacrament of Matrimony, 
may grow in the faith they profess 
and enrich your Church with faithful offspring. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
R./ Amen.
Option F:
 
O God, who since the beginning of the world 
have blessed the increase of offspring, 
show favor to our supplications 
and pour forth the help of your blessing 
on these your servants (N. and N.), 
so that in the union of Marriage 
they may be bound together 
in mutual affection, 
in likeness of mind, and in shared holiness. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
R./ Amen.

Liturgy of the Word

• First Reading
   
• Responsorial Psalm
   
• Second Reading
   
• Gospel Acclamation
   
• Gospel
   
• Homily

The Celebration of Matrimony

• Introduction
   
• The Questions before the Consent
   
• The Consent
   
• The Reception of the Consent
   
• The Blessing and Giving of Rings
   
• The Universal Prayer
   

Liturgy of the Eucharist

• Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts (Offertory Hymn)
   
• Prayer Over the Offerings
   
Option A:
 
Receive, we pray, O Lord, 
the offering made on the occasion  
of this sealing of the sacred bond of Marriage, 
and, just as your goodness is its origin, 
may your providence guide its course. 
Through Christ our Lord.
Option B:
 
Receive in your kindness, Lord, 
the offerings we bring in gladness before you, 
and in your fatherly love 
watch over those you have joined in a sacramental covenant. 
Through Christ our Lord.
Option C:
 
Show favor to our supplications, O Lord, 
and receive with a kindly countenance 
the oblation we offer for these your servants, 
joined now in a holy covenant, 
that through these mysteries 
they may be strengthened in love 
for one another and for you. 
Through Christ our Lord.
• Preface
   
Option A: (The dignity of the marriage covenant)
 
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, 
always and everywhere to give you thanks, 
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.
 
For you have forged the covenant of marriage 
as a sweet yoke of harmony and an unbreakable bond of peace, 
so that the chaste and fruitful love of holy Matrimony 
may serve to increase the children you adopt as your own.
 
By your providence and grace, O Lord, 
you accomplish the wonder of this twofold design: 
that, while the birth of children brings beauty to the world, 
their rebirth in Baptism gives increase to the Church, 
through Christ our Lord.
 
Through him, with the Angels and all the Saints, 
we sing the hymn of your praise, as without end we acclaim:
Option B: (The great Sacrament of Matrimony)
 
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, 
always and everywhere to give you thanks, 
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, 
through Christ our Lord.
 
For in him you have made a new covenant with your people, 
so that, as you have redeemed man and woman 
by the mystery of Christ’s Death and Resurrection, 
so in Christ you might make them partakers of divine nature 
and joint heirs with him of heavenly glory.
 
In the union of husband and wife 
you give a sign of Christ’s loving gift of grace, 
so that the Sacrament we celebrate might draw us back  
more deeply into the wondrous design of your love.
 
And so, with the Angels and all the Saints, 
we praise you, and without end we acclaim:
Option C: (Matrimony as a sign of divine love)
 
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, 
always and everywhere to give you thanks, 
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.
 
For you willed that the human race, 
created by the gift of your goodness, 
should be raised to such high dignity 
that in the union of husband and wife 
you might bestow a true image of your love.
 
For those you created out of charity 
you call to the law of charity without ceasing 
and grant them a share in your eternal charity.
 
And so, the Sacrament of holy Matrimony, 
as the abiding sign of your own love, 
consecrates the love of man and woman, 
through Christ our Lord.
 
Through him, with the Angels and all the Saints, 
we sing the hymn of your praise, as without end we acclaim:
• Holy! Holy! Holy! (Sing)
   
• Memorial Acclamation
   
• Great Amen

Communion Rite

• The Lord's Prayer
   
• Nuptial Blessing
   
• Lamb of God (Sing)
   
• Communion (Communion Hymn)
   
• Prayer After Communion
   
Option A:
 
By the power of this sacrifice, O Lord, 
accompany with your loving favor 
what in your providence you have instituted, 
so as to make of one heart in love 
those you have already joined in this holy union 
(and replenished with the one Bread and the one Chalice). 
Through Christ our Lord. 
R./ Amen.
Option B:
 
Having been made partakers at your table, 
we pray, O Lord, 
that those who are united by the Sacrament of Marriage 
may always hold fast to you 
and proclaim your name to the world. 
Through Christ our Lord. 
R./ Amen.
Option C:
 
Grant, we pray, almighty God, 
that the power of the Sacrament we have received 
may find growth in these your servants 
and that the effects of the sacrifice we have offered 
may be felt by us all. 
Through Christ our Lord. 
R./ Amen.
• Thank You from the Families

The Conclusion of the Celebration

• Blessing
   
Option A:
 
May God the Eternal Father 
keep you of one heart in love for one another, 
that the peace of Christ may dwell in you 
and abide always in your home. 
R./ Amen.
 
May you be blessed in your children, 
have solace in your friends 
and enjoy true peace with everyone. 
R./ Amen.
 
May you be witnesses in the world to God’s charity, 
so that the afflicted and needy who have known your kindness 
may one day receive you thankfully 
into the eternal dwelling of God. 
R./ Amen.
 
(And he blesses all present, adding:)
 
And may almighty God bless all of you, who are gathered here, 
the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit. 
R./ Amen.
Option B:
 
May God the all-powerful Father grant you his joy 
and bless you in your children. 
R./ Amen.
 
May the Only Begotten Son of God 
stand by you with compassion in good times and in bad. 
R./ Amen.
 
May the Holy Spirit of God 
always pour forth his love into your hearts. 
R./ Amen.
 
(And he blesses all present, adding:)
 
And may almighty God bless all of you, who are gathered here, 
the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit. 
R./ Amen.
Option C:
 
May the Lord Jesus, 
who graced the marriage at Cana by his presence, 
bless you and your loved ones. 
R./ Amen.
 
May he, who loved the Church to the end 
unceasingly pour his love into your hearts. 
R./ Amen.
 
May the Lord grant 
that, bearing witness to faith in his Resurrection, 
you may await with joy the blessed hope to come. 
R./ Amen.
 
(And he blesses all present, adding:)
 
And may almighty God bless all of you, who are gathered here, 
the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit. 
R./ Amen.
• Presentation of Flowers to the Blessed Mother (Marian Hymn)
   
• Dismissal (Recessional Hymn)