No, we actually love each other so much and just so happen to have the same name!
Yes! I know women veil in order to show reverence to our Lord. Considering the Heavenly Father is more important than me, I think you should honor Him regardless of it being a wedding mass. Also, I am aware of the tradition of unmarried women wearing white veils, I am 100% okay with you wearing a white veil if that is the color you own. - Riley
First off, you can expect to be welcomed. The Church welcomes all to its sacramental celebrations. As a witness to the marriage of the bride and groom, you are called to actively assist in the wedding ceremony through words and actions that show your love and support for the couple. If you are not Christian, this may be as simple as being a warm presence for the couple and participating in the words and actions of the wedding liturgy as you feel comfortable. (No one expects you to say prayers or make statements of faith that do not reflect your beliefs.) If you are Christian, you are invited to join the whole assembly to offer your prayers (spoken and sung) for the couple. The wedding liturgy, called the Order of Celebrating Matrimony, has two basic forms: within Mass or without Mass. The Catholic sacrament of marriage normally takes place within the context of Mass, because the Eucharist both reflects and strengthens the bonds of love between the bride and groom, and between the couple, the Church, and Christ. If the wedding is celebrated as part of a Mass, it may last an hour or more; if it takes place without Mass, it will probably last about half an hour or so. There will be a program that lets you know how to participate in the service or Mass (with hints such as "please kneel" or "please stand"). Other people rely on the priest to give those signals to those present.
Only Catholics should receive the Eucharist. Another name for the Eucharist is "communion," because the act of receiving it both reflects and affects the spiritual union of the believer with Christ and all the other faithful. In other words, it's a statement of Catholic faith, one that you probably do not want to make if you do not share that faith. Catholics believe in the full and true presence of Our Lord, Jesus, in the Eucharist. Through receiving the Eucharist, Catholics renew their oneness with Jesus Christ through a commemoration of the Last Supper as seen in John chapter 6.
All who are not receiving Holy Communion are encouraged to express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another. If you would like to, you are highly encouraged to process to the front of the church when the usher releases your pew to receive a blessing from the priest or eucharistic minister. If you do this, cross your arms over your chest, walk to the front, and follow the line back to your pew. The priest will give you a blessing that essentially asks you to receive the Lord in your heart.
No it does not. It would only count if Mass is at 4pm or after (ours is at 2pm)! Catholics are obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, and can fulfill their obligation by attending a Mass in the evening of the day preceding. Evening is considered to begin at 4:00 p.m., according to Pope Pius XII's document Christus Dominus.