Catholic Weddings — The Knot Community

Truth

shawna127 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:10:26 +0000

I heard this quote on relevant radio the other day and I thought I would share it!

"Just because it's in the bible doesn't mean it's true, it's in the bible because it's true. Just because the church teaches it doesn't mean it's true, the church teaches it because it's true."

I really liked it so I thought I would share it with you ladies :o)

Flowers made into rosary

FutureMrsMiller25 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:44:50 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am looking to have some of my flowers made into a rosary and was curious if anyone had used any companies to do this before.

So far I have looked at -

http://www.rosariesfromflowers.com/default.html

http://www.keepsakerosaries.com/

http://www.floralrosary.com/default.html

It seemed like most it didn't matter what color your flower... they just I guess dyed them or processed them all the same color - except for rosariesfromflowers.com and I kind of like the idea of them retaining the same color vs being made all into the same color. Any suggestions or advice will be appreciated! Thanks!

Prayers, please!

Nickie431 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:21:01 +0000

My brother's good friend and his travel buddy went mountain climbing in Peru and have now been missing for 5 days. The search team just discovered their vacant campsite. You ladies on this board were so kind to offer prayers at the time of our grandfather's death when I was a newbie, so I wanted to send out this request for the safety of Ben and Gil. Thank you.

Good morning!

professorscience — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:46:12 +0000

I FINALLY have everything I need to bring to the state certification office. And it's a good thing, because I start working this week, and then school starts in three! But I am now an expert on the Oklahoma teacher certification process, so if any of you needs help there, I'm your girl!

What's up for everyone's Monday?

STM Question

emwalsh1 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:28:52 +0000

I have been charting using the sympto-thermal method for about 4 months now- I think I am on chart number 5 currently and I am getting married in a couple of months. At first, everything seemed really normal and consistent, but now my temperatures seem all over the place and I am getting really confused about what is going on.
My first few cycles always followed the same temp pattern- I would be in the upper 97 range for most of phase 1, then go lower when phase 2 was beginning, then dip really low (below 97) before ovulation and start coming up again slightly. Then, around days 17-19, I had a very clear thermal shift and my HTL was always quite a bit higher than my LTL, so I could clearly tell when phase 3 began. My mucus patterns were perfectly in line with all of this.
All of a sudden, for the past two cycles, my temperature barely drops during phase 2, so it is in the mid 97 range and then the "thermal shift" might be .2 or .3 degrees higher. I can still tell, based on my mucus, where I should be cycle wise, but I am really confused. Has this happened to anyone else, and do you have any ideas why my thermal shift seems to be non-existent now?
Thank you!

Intercessions

tess6373 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:11:42 +0000

We need to write these and Im not much of an eloquent writer. Anyone want to share theirs?

Baptism discussion from The Bump

MuddyInsignia — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:34:44 +0000

Ladies, could you lend me a hand? Disclaimer: I am not a confirmed RC yet, but will be doing RCIA this fall and I have tried to study Catholicsm as much as possible. I believe the post that follows mine towards the end of this string is incorrect accoding to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, but I do not have all the references close at hand. The question at hand is how to baptize a child in a mixed religion relationship (the couple in question is unmarried).

Here is the link:

http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/67587500.aspx

Christian and Catholic Wedding?

ambeth619 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:02:04 +0000

I'm not Catholic but my FI is. We've disscussed every possible avenue of going about our faiths and we're both comfortable in what we already are. He's not practicing and I am very deep into my faith. I'm not sure if this would hinder his chances of later wanting to go to Mass? Or am I just thinking of old world Catholic views? I am in no way opposed to the Catholic faith but I am just comfortable where I am spiritually and I would prefer to stick to it.

Also, how would this affect any future children we might have? I want them to experience both faiths but seeing as I'm not Catholic would that stand in thier way?

I really appreciate any help. :)

Old Testament Reading

tess6373 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:00:41 +0000

So our reading is just 13 days away and we are realizing that we do not like any of the old testament options our priest gave us (so sexist!).

What old testament reading did you guys do? Any suggestions for something a little more non-traditional?

deacon question

allykev22 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:30:27 +0000

We are planning on having a deacon do our wedding ceremony, so originally we weren't going to have communion. Our deacon told us that we could still have communion without a priest present, just that the host would need to be prepared ahead of time by a priest. Has anyone done this for their wedding or been to a wedding where the host was already prepared? Would this still be considered a marriage mass?

Ceremony vs. Mass

lv2011 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:36:46 +0000

Originally, we'd planned to be married in the full mass. Now, FI thinks it is disrespectful to the many family members on both sides to do a mass, and should have the more dialed down Catholic ceremony.

If someone can tell me the differences (personal as well as structural) between the two, as well as time difference, I'd really appreciate it. Every Catholic wedding I've been to has been in the full mass. We meet with our priest next week to discuss our selections for the readings, so we can ask then. But I wanted the opinions of you ladies to take with for consideration.

Thanks!

Thursday, so what's up for you?

ootmother2 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:48:48 +0000

Who is getting married this weekend? One of my favorites on the Etiquette board but she doesn't post here.

Bibli, I tried to count back but did baby B come on our day? I try but there's only so much I can do with the tides. I'm sure you know how that happens, right? right?

ahhh, Catholic weddings

jenjlgsings — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:36:16 +0000

Every time I attend a non-Catholic wedding, I appreciate the tradition and meaning of our faith that much more.

I was at a wedding on Friday that was almost unbelievable. The ceremony was at the reception site and they had so many things thrown in it was just strange. There was a hand ceremony, a rose ceremony, a covenant signing, a symbol of eternity thing with a hoop and some other stuff. While it was an interestsing idea to incorporate things that are meaningful to you when faith is not, it was so mismatched and all over the board. As guests we were standing around wondering what the heck was going on.

Even one of my fiance's non Catholic (actually, usually quite anti-Catholic) friend commented about how "there is something to your tradition"

I'm not meaning to knock non Catholic weddings - to each their own. I just recognize the incredible beauty of our sacraments more and more every time I attend something like this.

Thank you!

egm900 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:43:55 +0000

Thanks for all the NFP app suggestions, right now I'm charting in both Fertility Friend and OvuVIew to see which one I prefer. It has made charting a lot easier, especially when traveling!

Tuesday questions??

Resa77 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:34:44 +0000

I hope you ladies can come up with some interesting ones. Here are some of mine to get things going:

1) What's an irrational wedding peeve of yours? What about a rational one?
2) What worries you more for your future teens -- sex or drugs? Why?

Now you add some!

psalm? HELP!

richie+renee — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:20:57 +0000

Hi Everyone,

We're bringing in our own vocalist for a full Catholic wedding mass (I just converted to Catholicism this year, so still learning the ropes in regards to music). The vocalist will be singing the bridal procession, responsorial psalm, and acclamation.

We want to use Psalm 118... but does the vocalist sing two (or more???) verses of the psalm? I'm not sure which to choose or how many. Help!! (+ thank you!)

Favorite Old Testament Reading?

cbvcru67 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:59:36 +0000

Fi and I are choosing the readings for our wedding and can't seem to find an Old Testament reading we both enjoy and agree on. Any thoughts? I'll admit that I am somewhat sensitive to some of the depictions of women in the Old Testament and also that some of the readings that reference a marriage bed or similar (Tobit) aren't really what I am looking for either. There are two I liked from Sirach and Ruth but Fi thinks they are both possibly too short or wouldn't translate as well to non-Catholics. Thanks in advance!

Monday

Resa77 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:40:06 +0000

Happy Monday! (Sounds like an oxymoron to me...). Everyone have a good weekend? Anything exciting going on?

Me, I am in total freak out mode about how close the wedding is. I have to basically force myself not to think about the wedding, and it's driving me insane lol. It's not even like I have THAT much to do; I'm just nervous!! I was telling FI, I'm not nervous at all about being married or marrying him, I'm just nervous for the actual wedding ceremony. I'm not even nervous for the reception. Literally, I'm just nervous for the Mass. After that I'll be fine. Let's just hope I can it to the altar lol!

Friday!!

Resa77 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:19:27 +0000

Happy Friday! How is everyone on this fine day? What kinds of things do we want to talk about today?

My little vent of the day is that I'm SOOO sick of political posts on FB. There are some people whose posts don't bother me at all -- for instance, if they don't only post about politics, but one day have a political status, I'm not likely to be annoyed. Or, if they just link political new articles, that doesn't bother me. It's more the memes and super dramatic statements. I saw a Catholic post "Catholic friends: lay off the crazy or I'll have to unfriend you" or something, and in the comments he specified that he was sick of the "crazy anti-abortion and anti-HHS posts." I understand where he's coming from (and some people do come off as a little crazy!), but it offended me nonetheless. Anyone else finding more and more that you pretty much want to block half your FB friends from your newsfeed?

Arrival time at Church?

Caitlynmk — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:37:40 +0000

Hey Ladies- I was just informed by our Priest that our church does not have a "bridal room" or anywhere that myself and my bridesmaids can wait before the ceremony. He said that most brides just show up right before the wedding and wait in the limo until its time to line up and go down the aisle. That makes me a bit nervous and seems really odd, so I wanted to see if any of you are in the same situation and what you plan to do? I wanted to get to the 2 PM ceremony by 1:30 and have somewhere to wait/relax/freshen up...

Baby Bibli

bibliophile2010 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:59:53 +0000

Our little girl C arrived last Tuesday. Everything went well, and she is a perfect little blessing. Thank you all for your prayers throughout the pregnancy.

**Edited as promised. :)

"A Prayer From the Desert"

Jasmine&Rajah — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:51:33 +0000

I read this today on the prayer intentions post at Why I Am Catholic:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/yimcatholic/2012/07/the-yimc-community-prayer-intentions-list.html

A Prayer From the Desert
Lord Jesus Christ, Whose will all things obey:
pardon what I have done and grant that I,
a sinner, may sin no more.
Lord,  I believe that though I do not deserve it,
You can cleanse me from all my sins.
Lord, I know that man looks upon the face,
but You see the heart.
Send Your spirit into my inmost being,
to take possession of my soul and body.
Without You I cannot be saved;
with You to protect me, I long for Your salvation.
And now I ask You for Your salvation.
And now I ask You for wisdom,
deign of  Your great goodness to help and defend me.
Guide my heart, almighty God,
that I may remember Your presence day and night.
Amen.

TAMI- MADISON INFO

ellen73 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:36:56 +0000

Have fun at the conference- I have some coworkers that are going to it, too!

My DH works in Madison & I've gone there a few times with him.

UW-Madison has a great student center/student union that has a bar. There is usually music on a veranda type of thing overlooking one of the lakes, and there are bars outside as well.

State Street is fantastic- lots of bars, restaurants, cafes & shops. There is a great tea house & little curiosity type of shops. I have lots of jewelry from Art Gecko (it's been DHs go to place for gifts since our dating days).

Have fun!

This weekend's Knotties!

professorscience — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:28:02 +0000

We've got a lot this weekend (and we're halfway through our 2012 list)!

sbelle85	7/20/2012
futuremrsbruno	7/21/2012
terbear22	7/22/2012

Here's hoping your wedding day is everything you want!

Thursday!

Resa77 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:16:29 +0000

Anyone up to anything exciting? I'm in total stress mode, and I'm trying so hard ot just chill out! This weekend is my bachelorette party, so that'll be nice. And then on Sunday I am getting a facial and massage, so I'll get to relax some hopefully. Can't wait!

Tied the knot last week!

Eliz77 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:19:00 +0000

Saturday the 14th I became Mrs Eliz77!

As some of you know, it wasn't an easy path. It never had to do with us, or our committment to being married, but there were enough stresses to deal with. Started off with some awkwardness about picking a Church/Priest, which made me question marrying in the Church (something I never want to remember even thinking about!!!!); then dealing with family illness (my Grandma is still hanging in there, but it's not looking good, FI's dad made it to the wedding, but was hospitalized for two days prior to the wedding) and some other pointless family drama (my cousin ended up in rehab so I didn't have to strss over not inviting her and her FI) but through it all, our nearest and dearest behind us with their unending support, love and failth.

The Deacon assigned to our wedding proved to be the most amazing addition, one I did not foresee. I love him! He has such a great sense of humor-one of the stress heading into this was the fact husband's divorced parents had not beem in the same room in 20 years. He knew this and was a total ice break at our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Another was FI was not brought up Catholic and was a bit uneasy with the unfamiliarlity of it all. Deacon was very patient, welcoming and never once made him feel uncomfortable. One funny moment right before ceremony began-Husband was a bit concerned about answering correctly during the vows exchange and asked him how he should answer the questions-I will? Yes? I promise? Deacon told him however you want, and how about a big "HELL YEAH?!" thrown in there?? Just a great ice breaker type of person. Wish he ahd been able to come to the reception, but he had tickets to the NYY vs Angels game (and being an avid NYY fan myself, I totally understood!). He was fantastic leading up to our day, always on hand when we called him, called to check in periodically to make sure we were on track, and further impressed me by getting what we were all about. His words during the ceremony really reflected that. So many people picked up on it. Every detail of our wedding was very simple, family oriented and just so...us...for lack of better word! It means so much that our officiator got that and didn't come off as just another wedding he was doing. Or that he was pushing more on us than we talked about. It was all seamless and I really believe made all our guests feel comfortable and just...getting it!

I made sure the photographer got a picture of the three of us, and will be sending him a framed copy with yet another "thank you". To whoever mentioned in another thread about it being her payment to her uncle-thank you for the idea!

SO, thank you, Catholic Board posters, for your many words of advice and wisdom! I know there were many debates and some heated discussions in some of my threads, but I do respect all of you and feel I walked away with at the least something to think about.

God Bless!

AW - Pro Picture Preview

Tami87 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:03:59 +0000

Yay our photographer updated her blog with photos from our wedding today. I am so happy with them :) By the way in the blog she calls the church we got married in a cathedral, which it is not, but our photographer isn't Catholic so she doesn't know any better and I guess in her mind ornate church = cathedral. Anyway yay for pro photos!

http://photosbyloria.blogspot.com/2012/07/tami-jonathans-wedding-part-1.html

Arrival Time at Church

Caitlynmk — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:15:56 +0000

Alternate Universe Wednesday

professorscience — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:17:11 +0000

I really loved the questions thread from last week, so I'm glad it's back.

How is everyone's Wednesday? I am so excited, because H's cousin had her twins yesterday and everyone is (as far as I know) doing great! One was slightly bigger than the other (but still only 4 pounds), but all seems to be well.

Hopefully Resa will come along and ask us some conversation-starting questions!

Day-of timeline for 2pm wedding?

erin5286 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:30:14 +0000

For those of you who had or are having a 2pm (or similar time) wedding, what was your timeline/schedule for the day of? How early did you start hair appointments/getting ready? How much time did you allocate for pictures?

I know our photographer will have his own suggestion on time for pictures, but I haven't met with him to discuss that yet (have left two voicemails and haven't gotten a call back yet, but that's a different issue...)