For those having a Catholic wedding--with the mass

jmkaiser

How many songs did you have and what readings are you planning? This is something I've been avoiding but I need to get on it.

My brother will be playing the piano and one of the readings will be Jesus at the wedding but that's about all I know.

shan87

My church provided a book with a list of options that we picked for each.
here is our outline ... I didn't put the specifics but we had to pick each bolded underlined piece.

Ceremony Outline
Opening Prayer
Old Testament Reading
Responsorial Psalm               
The Goodness of the Lord: Psalm 33:12 and 18, 20-21, 22 (803-1)**               
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

                The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Blessed the nation who God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.  But see, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who hope for his kindness. 

                The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Our soul waits for the LORD, who is our help and our shield, For in him our hearts rejoice; In his holy name we trust. 

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
 May your kindness, O LORD, be upon usWho have put our hope in you. 
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

New Testament Reading
Alleluia Verse and Verse Before the Gospel                
1 John 4:8b, 11               
If we love one another, God remains in us And his love is brought to perfection in us.

 Gospel
Exchange of Consent or Wedding Vows
Blessing of the Rings

Prayer of the Faith:  
Presentation of the Gifts
Prayer Over the Gifts
PrefaceNuptial Blessing
Sign of Peace
Communion
Prayer after Communion
Final Blessing


We are having the St. Cloud String Quartet do the music... Here is our music selection

Wedding Party Entrance: Brandenburg #3 1^st Movement (Bach) 

Processional: Canon in D

Preparation of Gifts: Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desire (Bach)

Sign of Peace : Serenade (Hayden)

Communion:  Delibes floues duet

Unity Candle: Air in G (Bach)

Recessional: Rondo (Mozart)


If you have questions I can try to answer them better when I get home and have the book in front of me.

ETA: to fix my spacing

PoliceWife104

Ditta Shan.  We were provided a book for music & a book for readings to choose from. We aren't limited to the things in the book, but those were the ones that are most comonly used.  

 We haven't decided what all of ours are yet, but I can check when I get home & let you know the info that we do have figured out!  = )

You could also maybe jump over to the Catholic board & see what info they can give you.  They all seem really nice!

newlyseliski

My readings and psalm:

First Reading:  Tobit 8:4b-8
Psalm 96 (setting by Randolph Currie)
Second Reading:  1 John 4:7-21
Gospel:  Matthew 19:3-6

My full mass music+readings is in my bio here

Catholic Wedding Help website is a good resource for selecting readings, music and planning your wedding liturgy!

Also, my parish has some sample music for preludes, processionals and recessionals here

The Wedding at Cana is from the Gospel of John... 2:1-11!

lboerner88

This was our program for our mass. You will meet with the music director and the priest (well at least we did) to go over all of this.

Bimbi284

We got a book too!  We basically chose our readings from that, than worked with the organist to pick the music (my DH is a classical pianist who plays at weddings and his Dad is the music director of a church, so we wanted to throw in some non-traditional stuff)

Here's basically our whole program:

Prelude: Ave Maria 

 

Entrance Rite

 

Processional Bridesmaid: Psalm 19 – Marcello 

Processional Bride: Laudate Dominum - Mozart 

Optional hymn: Love divine all love's excelling 

Opening Prayer 

 

Liturgy of the Word

 

Old Testament Reading – Tobit 8:4b-8 

Responsorial Psalm - The Lord is Kind

New Testament Reading - Hebrews 13:1-4a, 5-6b 

Gospel Acclamation - Celtic Alleluia; Verse – 1 John 4:12 

Gospel – John 15:12-16 

Homily 

 

Rite of Marriage

 

Exchange of Vows 

Blessing of Rings 

Unity Candle - Wedding Song by Paul Stookey 

Prayer of the Faithful 

Presentation of the Gifts - Himno del amor (originally sung by Edith Piaf) 

Prayer over the Gifts 

Preface 

Nuptial Blessing 

Sign of Peace

Communion - Dank sei dir herr – Handel 

Prayer After Communion 

Final Blessing 

 Recessional: Widor Toccata (Patrice)