Houston Wedding Celebration Vows * Planning * Minister * Nondenominational * Catholic * Celebrations

Oct. 21, 2009 - PRLog -- Saint Alban's Anglican Wedding Vows
Preparation to start:
The Minister makes ready the alter where he prepares the required items. A cross or crucifix, a communion kit with wine and bread, Holy Water, The Holy Bible,  Blessing Oil, and a alter or table covered in white linen or cloth.

The minister shall stand facing the crowd, The groom shall join the minister and stand to the minister's left side.

Entrance Processional:

The procession shall begin when the music starts or the minister tells the coordinator by signal to start. At this time preselected music should start.
The father (or person selected) , the bride, the bridesmaids, the groomsmen, the best man, flower girl,  meet at the entrance to the chapel. The flower girl(s) go first walking down the isle, then go the bridesmaids, the best lady. “Who gives this woman to be wed”?

The escort replies,  The family and I.


The Minister Speaks : Please be seated.

The Minister speaks:

The graces of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of of the Holy Spirit be with you.

Response: And also with you.

We have come together in the presence of God to witness the marriage of : ________ &
________ ,  and to celebrate their love for each other, and to ask God's blessing upon them.
Through the ages, people on great journeys have stopped at important places and at decisive moments , to build cairns, or stone landmarks, at the roadside – to mark the
spot – to measure their progress, and to leave reminders of their arrivals and leavings to which they and others can always return.  ______________ & _____________'s   relationship is a great journey, that in different ways,we have traveled and will continue to with them. Today we pause along the way to gather at a decisive  and important moment for us all! Nothing will ever be the same for ___________ & _____________, for us who know them, or for the community in which they will live their lives as they are now to be married in God's faith.


Let us mark this wonderful beginning in ____________ & ____________ lives as this journey begins today!  We ask for your prayers and support for ____________ & ____________ as they make their promises to each other.

Let us pray:
Gracious God, in Christ you reveal your love , your power, and your joy! May that love draw us closer to you and to one another,  and that your power strengthen us daily, and that joy pervade our whole being. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN.

The Declaration of Consent * Vows

The Minister speaks:
____________ will you take  ____________  to be your husband? And to live together in the covenant of marriage? Will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live.

The brides says: I will or I do.
____________ will you take  ____________  to be your wife? And to live together in the covenant of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live.

The groom  says: I will or I do.
May God, who has given you the will to make these promises, also give you the will to keep them, now and forever! AMEN.
at this point all guests  are asked to please stand *

The Collect:

The Minister speaks:

The Lord be with you!

Response: And also with you.

Let us pray:
God our Father, from the beginning you have blessed creation with abundant life. Pour out your blessings upon ____________ & ____________, that they may be joined in mutual love and companionship, and in holiness and commitment to each other for the eternity. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN.

The Minister speaks:

You may be seated.

The Holy Gospel:

The Minister speaks:
The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John.
The Response: Glory to you Lord Christ!
The Minister speaks: The Gospel of the Lord:
The Response: Praise to you Lord Christ!
 
The Marriage:

The Minister speaks: (Repeat after me. First to the groom then to the bride.)

In the name of God,  I, ____________, take ____________, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.

In the name of God,  I, ____________, take  ____________, to be my husband, to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.

The Giving of Rings:
The Minister speaks:
Please give me the rings. (He places the rings in this right hand and holds the rings up toward heaven and prays).

Bless O Lord, these rings to be a sign of the vows by which this man and woman
have bound themselves to each other, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Then the woman follows. Both repeat the below paragraph while placing the rings on each other fingers.)

I give you this ring as a symbol of my vows, with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you this day in the name of Jesus, and with this ring I thee wed,

The Pronouncement
In the presence of God, and before this congregation, ____________ & ____________, have given their consent and made their marriage vows to each other, They have declared their marriage by the joining of hands. Therefore in the name of God I pronounce that you are now husband and wife.

What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. (Mark 10:09)

The Minister speaks:   Jesus said a new commandment I give unto you: that you love one another;  even I as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ( John 13:34)

Walk in love, as Christ has loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:02)

The Minister speaks:
Lift up your heart.
Response: We lift them up to the Lord
The Minister speaks:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Response: It is right to give him thanks and praise!
The Minister speaks:
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. Therefore we praise you, joining voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven , who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name.
Response: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your Glory. Hosanna in the highest. Lessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest!Holy CommunionThe Minister speaks:  Holy and gracious Father, in your infinite love you made us for yourself, and when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you in your Mercy sent your son Jesus Christ unto the world, to share our human nature , to live and die as one of us, and to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all.
He stretcher out his arms unto the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to Your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world. On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread, and when he had given thanks to You, he broke it, and gave it to all his disciples, and then said: “Take, eat, This is My body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me”.
After supper he took the cup of wine, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and said, “Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new Covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me”. Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith!
Response: (all) Christ has died, Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
The Minister speaks:   (C) Copywrite Father Louis Bernhardt * 2001

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