Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials

THE LITURGY OF MARRIAGE

Introduction
Commentator: There is a moment in each of our lives when life gains a richer meaning because it is shared. Today, we have come together to celebrate a beginning of a new life which love has revealed a decade ago. Dear friends, LEO & JEASEL have approached lifes greatest crossroads with a lot of faith and a deeply nurtured friendship and love. Let us offer our thanks to God for having led them together in this union. Let us pray that He may bless them and consecrate their commitment to each other. Through this joyous feast of love, let us, as a community, call upon the Lord that LEO & JEASEL may be filled with His grace as they start a new life together. All rise as we welcome Christ in the priesthood of our celebrants Most Rev. Florentino Lavarias, D.D. and Rev. Fr. Ignacio Carlos, and the Wedding Entourage.

INTRODUCTORY RITES
Priest: We are gathered here to celebrate the banquet of life, which Christ has given to us in the Holy Eucharist, and to witness the beginning of a new life for LEO & JEASEL who have come here to pronounce their marriage vows before God, the source of all life and love. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit All: Amen.

Greetings
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: Priest: And also with you. Dear LEO & JEASEL, God who has manifested his love for us in His mysterious ways, has drawn you together today. But He leaves you free to make that love grow or let it wither or die. The Lord will help you forge a future for your love, if you do your share, when you stand to the commitment to love and honor one another in good times and in bad, in poverty and in plenty, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, this covenant which you are about to seal.

WEDDING PROCESSIONAL
Officiating Prelate and Co-celebrant Best Man Parents of the Groom Groom Principal Sponsors Grandmothers of the Bride and Groom 2ND Best Man and Matron of Honor Grooms Men and Brides Maids Secondary Sponsors Ring Bearer, Coin Bearer and Bible Bearer Flower Girls Maid of Honor Parents of the Bride

Opening Prayer
Priest: Let us pray.

Bride

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials Heavenly Father, you have made the bond of servants of the king of the Chaldeans and his marriage a holy mystery, a symbol of Christs love for sons until the kingdom of the Persians came to His church. Hear our prayers for LEO & JEASEL. With power. All this was to fulfill the word of the LORD faith in you and in each other, they pledge their love spoken by Jeremiah: Until the land has retrieved today. May their lives always bear witness to the its lost sabbaths, during all the time it lies waste reality of that love. We ask you this it shall have rest while seventy years are fulfilled. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD inspired King Cyrus of Persia to issue this proclamation

through Christ our Lord, your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. All: Amen.

Commentator: With open hearts and open minds, we now listen to the Word of God.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading:
Pineda

Cheryl Bernice Carmela R.

throughout his kingdom, both by word of mouth and in writing: Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD, the God of heaven, has given to me, and he has also charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him! The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Gabriel Nicolo E. Castro

Lector: A reading from the second book of Chronicles (2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23) In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the LORDs temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. Early and often did the LORD, the God of their fathers, send his messengers to them, for he had compassion on his people and his dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despised his warnings, and scoffed at his prophets, until the anger of the LORD against his people was so inflamed that there was no remedy. Their enemies burnt the house of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, set all its palaces afire, and destroyed all its precious objects. Those who escaped the sword were carried captive to Babylon, where they became

Responsorial Psalm:
Psalmist:

Let us sing the response: (Psalm 92 A Hymn of Thanksgiving for Gods Fidelity) Lord, it is good to give You thanks Lord, it is good to give You thanks It is good to give thanks to the Lord To make music to Your name To proclaim Your love in the morning And Your truth throughout the night Lord, it is good to give You thanks

Refrain: Psalmist:

All:

Lord, it is good to give You thanks Psalmist: The just shall flourish like a palm tree And grow like a Lebanon cedar Planted in the house of the Lord They will flourish in God's time Lord, it is good to give You thanks Lord, it is good to give You thanks

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials All: Thanks be to God. Commentator: Let us stand to honor the proclamation of the Holy Gospel

Gospel Acclamation (to be sung)

Glory and praise to you O Lord Jesus Christ.

All: Psalmist:

I would forsake a thousand other days anywhere. If I could spend one day in your courts Belong to you alone my strength are you alone My glory, my King and my God!

The Holy Gospel

Priest: All: The Lord be with you. And also with you.

All:

Lord, it is good to give You thanks Lord, it is good to give You thanks Mar Kenneth Christopher R.

Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John (3: 14-21)

Second Reading:
Romero Lector: 4-10)

All:

Glory to you O Lord.

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians (2:

Priest: Jesus said to Nicodemus: Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.

Brothers and sisters: God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ - by grace you have been saved raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast. For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them. The Word of the Lord.

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ. Please be seated as we listen to the Priest:
(The parents of LEO and JEASEL will light their candles from the altar candle and will give the lighted candles to their children to light the Unity Candle.)

Commentator: Homily

From now on they will grow together as unique persons becoming like Christ, the light of the world."

MARRIAGE RITES

Homily
LIGHTING OF THE UNITY CANDLE
Commentator: At this point, LEO & JEASEL will light their Unity Candle as a symbol of their marriage. The candles that they will light represent each of them in the fullness of their personhood. They come into this marriage as individuals, without losing their identities. Rather they create through their commitment the relationship of marriage. Therefore, this burning candle symbolizes their commitment to each other and to a lasting and loving marriage."

Lighting of the Candles

Commentator: Please remain seated for the Marriage Rites.
(The candle sponsors Janus and Ellaine may now light the wedding candles from the flame of the Unity Candle.)

The candles flame reminds us of gods presence among us from whom alone can we obtain abiding faith. May this light always guide LEO & JEASEL towards the life of marital love, loyalty and obedience to the Lords will.

Priest:

"On the day of their baptism, God began in LEO and JEASEL the process of becoming a Christians. They were given the privilege of being a light, an example to the people they would meet. Their process of becoming Christians continues today. A new dimension is added as they celebrate the Sacrament of Matrimony. Today they come here from two different families. Out of these two families, a new family will be created in the Lord. At this point, I would like to invite the parents of LEO and JEASEL to come forward and light the individual candles which represent the two separate families who present their son and daughter to the Lord in the Sacrament of Matrimony. The two individual flames, one representing each family, will demonstrate to us in a very beautiful way the symbol of two who become one.

May we ask the parents and the Principal Sponsors to kindly come forward and stand beside the couple to act as witnesses in this ceremony. Priest: LEO & JEASEL, you have come together in this Church so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your love in the presence of the Churchs ministers and this community Christ abundantly blesses with His love. He has already consecrated you in Baptism and now, He enriches and strengthens you more by a special sacrament that you may assume the duties of marriage in mutual and lasting fidelity. I assure you of the prayers of our community that God may pour abundant blessings on your love and help you carry out the duties of married life. And you, dear sponsors, parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, and friends of LEO & JEASEL, may I ask you

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials to help them with your prayers and accept them as a new couple in our Christian community. Leo & Jeasel: Almighty God, with full confidence, we realize that You brought us together in the beginning and helped our love for each other grow. At this moment. You are within us in a very special way. We believe that Declaration of Consent you will stay by our side in the days to come to protect us from any harm that may befall our Priest: Dear brothers and sisters, let us join LEO & JEASEL in marriage; to give us courage when burdens come our prayer and accept them as a new couple in our way; to ever teach us to forgive each other when one Christian community so that they may, with courage of us fails. We ask this through Christ, our Lord, and confidence in Gods unfailing love and grace, Amen. make and live their vows and fidelity to one another. Dear LEO & JEASEL, you are here today before God and His Church to make an irrevocable promise to live for one another, and to share your love, oneness, in mutual dedication, sacrifice and responsibility. In behalf of this community, may I now ask you to truthfully answer the following questions: Priest: JEASEL, did you come here of your own free will to bind yourself forever in the love and service of your husband? Jeasel: Yes Father.

Nuptial Vows
Priest: JEASEL, do you take LEO here present to be your lawful husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church? Jeasel: Priest: Jeasel: Yes I do. Do you give yourself to him as her wife? Yes I do.

Priest: LEO do you take JEASEL here present to be your lawful wife according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church? Priest: LEO, did you come here of your own free will to bind yourself forever in the love and service of your wife? Leo: Yes Father. Priest: LEO & JEASEL, are you ready to raise as good Christians the children whom God will give you? Leo & Jeasel: Yes Father.

Leo: Priest: Leo:

Yes I do. Do you give yourself to her as his husband? Yes I do.

Priest: LEO & JEASEL, now that you have accepted each other as husband and wife, please face each other and state your pledge of love and commitment to each other. Leo: Jeasel: Priest: (Recites his personal vow to Jeasel) (Recites her personal vow to Leo) Now, please pray together.

Exchange of Consent
Priest: LEO & JEASEL since you wish to contract Holy Matrimony, please join your right hands and express your intention before God and His Church.

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials And I, by the authority of the Church, calling on Leo & Jeasel: Guide us Almighty God as we strive to fulfil our all those present here as witnesses, especially marriage vows amidst the complexities of life, for LEO & JEASELs sponsors, confirm and bless the better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in bond of marriage which you have contracted in sickness and in health, till death breaks this bond the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the between us. We put ourselves in Your hands as Holy Spirit. husband and wife and share the wonderful meaning of this offering with all those who are present. With To whom God has joined together, let no one put the witness of our families and friends, we offer asunder. ourselves together as husband and wife to your loving care. May our Lord bless, preserve and keep you and fill you with grace. That in this life, you may love, honor and cherish each other in faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and holiness. That in the Confirmation of Marriage Bond age to come, you may have everlasting life. Commentator: May we request the principal sponsors to confirm the marriage of LEO & JEASEL.
(Two representatives of the Principal Sponsors shall now come forward for the marriage confirmation.)

All:

Amen.
(The priest sprinkles LEO & JEASEL with holy water.)

Commentator: The parents and the Principal Sponsors may now be seated.
(Jeremy, Jude and Coco may now bring the rings, arrhae and holy bible to the altar for the blessing.)

Principal Sponsors:

LEO & JEASEL we, your godparents, have heard your vows to live together till death and to share the good and bad moments of your life. We welcome your union as husband and wife. We wish you continued happiness as we pray that the blessings of the Sacrament of Matrimony will nurture your new life together.

Blessing and Exchange of Rings

Commentator: The rings symbolize love in all its aspects of creation. They represent permanence in the midst of the changing circumstances of times: beauty, when there is misunderstanding and conflict; fidelity, when there is an absence of order, sincerity and trust.

We thank you for your confidence in us, and we accept our responsibility to be your guardians and advisers. Priest: LEO & JEASEL, you have declared your consent before the Church. May the Lord, in His goodness, strengthen your consent and fill you both in His blessings.

While the bible symbolizes the omnipotent guidance of our Heavenly Father who is centered in LEO & JEASELs lives. Priest: LEO & JEASEL, we shall now bless your rings. Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Priest:

Who made heaven and earth. Let us pray.

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials are only rich as they are willing to share. We ask you this through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.
(The priest sprinkles the arrhae with holy water.)

Bless, O Lord, these rings and LEO & JEASEL who will wear them. May these rings be a constant reminder to them, and a sign to the world, of the true love, reverence and unending fidelity they have for one another. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. All: Amen.
(The priest sprinkles the rings with holy water.)

Priest: Receive these coins as a sign that your blessings will no longer be held separately but together. Remember that whatever gifts you have in this life are not truly yours but Gods. As responsible stewards then of Gods gifts, use them to praise and glorify him through service to others. LEO, you may now give the arrhae to JEASEL. Leo: JEASEL, I give you these arrhae as a symbol of my dedication to your welfare, of my total and free offering to you, as I pledge to take care of you and cherish you and the family we shall have together. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. LEO, I accept them as symbol of your generosity, sincerity, and faithfulness. I also accept my responsibility of building a Christian family and home with you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Priest: Leo:

Now give this ring to one another while you say your promise. JEASEL, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love. As it encircles your finger, may it remind you always that you are surrounded by my enduring love. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. LEO, this ring I give to you as a token of my love and devotion to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be as your wife. With this ring, I gladly marry you and join my life to yours. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Jeasel:

Jeasel:

Blessing and Giving of Arrhae

Commentator: The coins symbolize the blessings of the Almighty Father and fruit of mans labor so that humanity will constantly live with respect and dignity.

Consent of People
Priest: Brothers and sisters, let us welcome our newly married couple Mr. & Mrs Leo Paolo Dela Cruz. Let us acknowledge them as husband and wife by giving them a hearty round of applause.

Prayers of the Faithful

Commentator: Priest: Bless, O Lord, these tokens of material possessions. Grant LEO & JEASEL with sufficient blessings to live a comfortable life. Help them to keep in mind that they are but stewards of whatever they possess, and they Please all rise.

Priest:

Almighty Father, through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, You have chosen LEO & JEASEL and joined

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials them together in the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony. Show them the way, the truth and All: Gracious God, hear our prayer. the life, that they will share together so that they can attain everlasting joy, happiness and peace Reader: Jereen Andrea S. Espanta of Your glory. For this we pray: GRACIOUS GOD, Reader: For all of us gathered here today, may God give us a HEAR OUR PRAYER. generous heart to reach out to those who are suffering, those who are less privileged and that we All: Gracious God, hear our prayer. may be committed to their welfare. We pray. Reader: Julia Elline L. Espanta All: Gracious God, hear our prayer. Reader: For the Holy Catholic Church, world leaders and Reader: May Almighty God accept the thanksgiving of all of rulers of our nation, that God may illuminate their us gathered here today. May He grant the petitions minds and hearts to continually educate all of us of all those who offered their prayers and intentions, towards authentic reverence for family life and especially LEO & JEASEL. And may He bring to his concretely work against social pressures which cause glorious kingdom our brothers and sisters who have family breakdowns. We pray... gone to their rest especially, Rosendo Sr., Pedro & Natalia, Leonardo, Jose, and baby Felicitas Amancia. All: Gracious God, hear our prayer. We pray... Reader: For the Christian families, may they work together to safeguard the dignity and unity of family life so that its family spirit may grow and become visibly attractive to all. We pray... All: Gracious God, hear our prayer.

All:

Gracious God, hear our prayer. Aaron R. Ramos Jr. For LEO & JEASEL, that they may infinitely be in love with each other and remain faithful to their marriage vows forever. May the Lord bless them with children; provide them with divine guidance throughout their lives and good health as they grow old together. We pray Gracious God, hear our prayer. For the parents of LEO & JEASEL, who gave them the gift of life and love, relatives and friends who stood by their side, supported and cared for them, that they may be rewarded for the selfless care and guidance theyve shared and continue to share with them. We pray...

Reader: Reader:

Priest: Loving Father, look down with favour upon Your children LEO & JEASEL. Grant them to remain faithful to you and to one another. And at the end of a long and well-spent life, reward them with eternal happiness together with their children and with all those who love them. Grant this through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.

Commentator: We request the congregation to be seated. JEASEL kindly kneel. LEO &

All: Reader:

Laying of the Veil and Donning of the Cord

Commentator:
(The veil sponsors Mickey and Jacqueline may now lay the veil.)

May the veil laid over LEO & JEASEL stand for everything and everyone that will protect them -the roof of their

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials home, the company of friends, the guidance of their All: And also with you godparents, the concern of their families, and Gods infinite grace. Priest: Lift up your hearts. All:
(The cord sponsors Jay and Charmaine may now place the cord.)

We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Priest:

May the cord laid around LEO & JEASEL be a sign for them and for us of their perpetual unity. Let nothing and no one come between you to break this sacramental oneness.

All:

It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Commentator: Please be seated for the Offertory.

Priest: Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him you entered into a new covenant with your people. You restored man to grace in the saving mystery of redemption. You gave him a share in the divine life through his union with Christ. You made him an heir of Christs eternal glory. This out pouring of love in the new covenant of grace is symbolized by the marriage covenant that seals the love of husband and wife, and reflects your divine plan of love. And so, with the angels and all the saints of heaven, we proclaim your glory and sing the unending hymn of your praise:

Offertory Hymn:

SAYO LAMANG

Offertory Procession Prayer over the Gifts

Priest: Lord, hear our prayers and accept the gifts we offer for LEO & JEASEL. Today, in Your fatherly love and providence, You have made them one in the sacrament of marriage. May the mystery of Christs unselfish love, which we celebrate in this Eucharist, increase their love for you and for each other, and protect them all the days of their life. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. All: Amen.

Sanctus

(to be sung)
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of power and might Heaven and earth are filled with your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.

Commentator:

Please kneel.

Preface
Priest: The Lord be with you.

Eucharistic Prayer

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials Priest: Lord, you are Holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness. Let Lord, remember your Church throughout the world, Your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy make us grow in love together with Benedict, our so that they may become for us the body and blood Pope, Paciano, our archbishop, Pablo and Roberto his of our Lord, Jesus Christ. auxiliary bishops and all our clergy. Before he was given up to death, the death He freely accepted, He took the bread and give you thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to His disciples and said: Take this all of Remember also, LEO & JEASEL whom you have brought to their wedding day that, by your grace, they may always live in mutual love and peace.

you and eat it, this is my body which will be given up for you. All: Priest My Lord and my God. When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again, He gave You thanks and praise, gave the cup to His disciples and said: Take this, all of you and drink from it. This is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me. Blood of Christ, be our salvation. Choir:

Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. Bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence. Have mercy on us all. Make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, with the Apostles and with all the Saints who have done your will throughput the ages. May we praise You in union with them and give You glory through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Through Him, with Him and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is Yours Almighty Father, forever and ever. AMEN.

All:

Priest: Let us proclaim the Mystery of Faith.

Memorial Acclamation

(to be sung)

The Lords Prayer

(to be sung)

We remember how you loved us through your death And still we celebrate for you are with us here And we believe that we will see you when you come In your glory Lord, we remember, We celebrate, we believe.

Priest: Let us join hands and pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave us.

Nuptial Blessing
Priest: My dear friends, let us now turn to the Lord and pray that He will bless with His grace, JEASEL, now married in Christ to LEO, and that through the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, He will unite in love the couple He has joined in this holy bond.

Priest: In memory of His death and resurrection, we offer You, Father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the Body and Blood of Christ, be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials Holy Father, you created mankind in your own image and Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. made man and woman to be joined as husband and wife in union of body and heart to fulfil their mission All: And also with you. in this world. Father, to reveal the plan of your son, You made union of husband and wife an image of the Priest: Let us offer each other a sign of peace. covenant between You and Your people. In fulfilment of this sacrament, the marriage of Christian man and All: Peace be with you. woman is a sign of the marriage between Christ and the Church.

Agnus Dei

(to be sung)

Lamb of God you take away, the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. (repeat twice)

Father, stretch out your hand and bless LEO & JEASEL. Grant that they begin to live this sacrament, and that they may share with each other the gifts of your love and become one in heart and mind as witness to your presence in marriage. Help them to create a home together and give them children to be formed by the gospel and to have place in your family. Give your blessing to JEASEL, your daughter, so that she may be a good wife and mother, caring for the home, faithfully in love with her husband, generous and kind. Give your blessing to LEO, your son, so that he may be a faithful husband and a good father, cherishing his family, and true to his commitment of love to his wife, gentle and strong. Father, grant as they come together to your table on earth so that they may one day have the joy of sharing your feast in heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.

Lamb of God you take away, the sins of the world, Grant us peace.

Breaking of the Bread

Priest: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to His supper. All: Lord I am not worthy to receive You but only say the word and I shall be healed.

Holy Communion
Communion Song: Commentator: TANGING YAMAN

(The Veil and Cord Sponsors may now come forward to remove the Cord and the Veil from the bride and groom.) (The Candle Sponsors may now come forward to put off the Candles.)

CONCLUDING RITE COMMUNION RITE

Prayer after Communion

Priest: Let us pray.

Sign of Peace

All:

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials JEASEL, love LEO, your husband, be a good Lord, in Your love, you have given us this Eucharist to unite homemaker and us with one another and with You. As you have made persevere in faith and love and holiness. LEO & JEASEL one in this sacrament of marriage and in the sharing of the one bread and one cup, so now LEO, love JEASEL, your wife, as Christ loves His make them one in love for each other. Church and live with her in the holy fear of the Lord. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Priest: The Lord be with you. Amen. All: And also with you.

Sevenfold Blessing Prayer of the Couple

Priest: LEO & JEASEL, please recite your prayer as a couple. Priest: May the Lord bless you by His word and Spirit till the end of your days. All: Amen. Leo & Jeasel: O God, we want to begin our life together with you and we want to continue it with you always. Help us never hurt and never to grieve one another. Help us to share all our works, our hopes, our dreams, our successes and all our failures, our sorrow and our joys. Help us to have no secrets from one another so we may truly be one. Keep us always true to one another and grant that all the years ahead may draw us ever closer to one another. Grant that nothing may ever come between us and nothing may ever make us drift apart. And as we live with one another, help us to live with you so that our love may grow perfect in your light for You are the God of Love. This we ask you for your loves sake. Amen. Commentator: May we request the congregation to answer Amen after each blessing.

Priest: May He unite your hearts in an enduring bond of pure and faithful love. All: Amen.

Priest: May you be blessed with loving children, and may the care and love that you lavish on them be returned a hundredfold. All: Amen.

Priest: May the peace of Christ dwell always in your hearts and in your home. May you have true friends to stand by you, both in joy and in sorrow. All: Priest: Amen. May you be ready with help and consolation for all those who come to you in need and may the blessing promised to the compassionate descend in abundance to your home.

Admonition
Priest: LEO & JEASEL, now that you have received the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony, I admonish you to remain faithful to one another.

Dela Cruz Espanta Nuptials All: Amen.

Priest: May you be blessed in your work and enjoy its fruits. May your career never cause you distress nor desire for earthly possessions lead you astray. But may your hearts concern be always for the treasures laid up for you in the life of heaven. All: Amen.

Priest: May the Lord grant you fullness of years, so that you may reap the harvest of a good life and after you have served Him with loyalty in His kingdom on earth. May He take you up into his eternal dominion in heaven. All: Amen.

Priest: And may the Almighty Father bless you all, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. All: Amen.

Dismissal
Priest: The mass has been offered. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

Final Hymn