First Catholic Wedding?

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The Introductory Rites

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- Welcoming, and greeting of the Bride & Groom by the priest, and procession into the Church - The Gloria is sung, and the priest gives an opening prayer

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Liturgy of the Word

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- This portion is dedicated to the reading of Scripture. Including readings from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the New Testament and the Gospel

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The Celebration of Matrimony

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- This includes the exchange of consent, or vows, the blessing of rings, and the declaration of intent: AKA the "indispensable element that makes the marriage." Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1626 "The consent by which the spouses mutually give and receive one another is sealed by God himself.” – CCC 1639

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Liturgy of the Eucharist

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- This includes the preparation of the gifts (bread and wine), the Eucharistic Prayer in which the bread and wine is transformed into Christ's Body & Blood, the Nuptial Blessing and the distribution of Holy Communion “The liturgical crowning of the marriage rite is the Eucharist, the sacrifice of that ‘body which has been given up’ and that ‘blood which has been shed,’ which in a certain way finds expression in the consent of the spouses.” – St. John Paul II, Letter to Families, no. 11 “It is…fitting that the spouses should seal their consent to give themselves to each other through the offering of their own lives by uniting it to the offering of Christ for his Church made present in the Eucharistic sacrifice.” – CCC, no. 1621

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Conclusion

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- The priests gives a final solemn blessing over the couple and the congregation - The dismissal and recession! https://www.foryourmarriage.org/rite-for-celebrating-marriage-within-mass/